Discovery Day - 2023 Program

The High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) at Princeton
University advances understanding of the Earth as a complex system
influenced by human activities and informs solutions to local and
global challenges by conducting groundbreaking research across
disciplines and by preparing future leaders in diverse fields to impact
a world increasingly shaped by climate change.
HMEI functions as a vibrant central resource for faculty, postdocs,
students, alumni, and others with an interest in environmental topics
and research. More than 140 members of the Princeton faculty,
representing 30 academic disciplines, are active with HMEI and
contribute to the teaching of scientific, technical, policy, and human
dimensions of environmental issues.
HMEI serves as a center for environmental education, ideas, and
dialogue through robust undergraduate and graduate teaching and
certificate programs, research centers and initiatives, and public
events addressing a range of environmental topics.
Since its inception, the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology (EEB) has been a leader in transforming how we understand
and manage the biological world. Evolution is the theme that unites
EEB, and theory and empiricism guides it. Faculty, postdoctoral
researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students engage in
innovative research that explores some of the most urgent societal
problems of today, including species and habitat conservation, the
effect of climate change on ecosystems, the dynamics of disease in a
close-knit world, and the global consequences of biodiversity loss.
The department fosters a culture of intellectual openness, collegiality
and collaboration that supports cutting-edge ideas, insight, rigorous
scholarship and, overall, the continued advancement of the scientific
field.
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