Congratulations to Lauren Perez Bonilla on receiving a Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Summer Fellowship. The Wood/Raith Living Trust is named for Audrey Wood (UCONN class of ‘47) and Edeltraut Raith. Both Wood and Raith earned their Masters in Library Science from the University of Southern California and spent their careers as librarians with […]
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Dr. Anji Seth on Women and the Climate Crisis panel
Anji Seth will be one of the four participants on the GENERATIONS: A Conversations Between Women and the Climate Crisis panel. In this event, four generations of women will discuss how the climate crisis affects us all. The panel will explore how each generational viewpoint informs our overall understanding of this important issue and how […]
GIS Undergrad featured in UConn Today story
Congratulations to Audrey Berry and all the GIS Diversity grant awardees. The program, funded by a CLAS diversity initiative, was highlighted in a recent issue of UConn Today. Read the story here: https://today.uconn.edu/2023/04/research-ready-preparing-students-for-life-after-uconn
Adam Gallaher successfully defends his dissertation.
Congratulations to Adam Gallaher for successfully defending his dissertation, which is titled: Sustainable Energy Transitions: Exploring Low Carbon Solutions for Transportation and Electricity Production.
UConn Geographers head to Denver for annual AAG conference
A group of geographers from UConn participated in the American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2023 Annual Meeting held in Denver, CO from March 23-27. During the conference, the AAG honored geographers who received awards over the last several years. UConn Geographers receiving awards include: Sabina Bhandari (current PhD student) received Travel Awards from the Spatial […]
Quinn Molloy receives Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Quinn Molloy received an University Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. This honor is bestowed on a very small number of graduate students and Quinn is joining a selective club of distinguished educators recognized and respected for teaching excellence. […]
Dr. Atkinson-Palombo to moderate Virtual Green Days Panel
Virtual Green Days Panel, University of Iceland, Wednesday, March 1st, 12:30-1:30. https://meet.google.com/pwp-jmdb-psr This panel will showcase work being done in US cities by three graduates of UConn’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the intellectual frontier of Sustainable Transportation. Featured speakers are Anaka Maher, Solutions Engineer at Optibus; Steven Luglio, Transportation Engineer at Sam […]
Adam Gallaher: How heats pumps could help CT’s energy challenges
Adam Gallaher recently posted an Op-Ed piece in the Hartford Courant. Check it out at the link below. https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-heat-pumps-help-during-energy-rate-spikes-20221213-cck7mixqqzb7nhg5ovh5u6iwma-story.html
Weixuan Lyu Receives Presentation Award at IGWG2022
Congratulations to Weixuan Lyu, a second-year PhD student in Geography, who has earned a presentation award in the 2022 International Graduate Workshop on Geoinformatics (IGWG2022). Her presentation is titled Sensing Urban Foodscapes: Measuring the Perceived Food Space of Residents in Hartford, CT. Her research leverages a mixed-method approach combining a structured survey and GIS modeling […]
Professor Atkinson-Palombo on forum concerning Connecticut’s energy future
https://today.uconn.edu/2022/11/in-connecticut-climate-change-is-another-way-to-say-opportunity/