Professor Mark Boyer has  an Op-Ed piece in the Hartford Courant titled:  Even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, are we witnessing the death of science? Read the essay here: https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-boyer-science-coronavirus-0419-20200419-mxfdfiynkzhlhed55th5t3awgu-story.html

Professor Mark Boyer has  an Op-Ed piece in the CT Post titled:  What Trump didn’t learn in kindergarten. Read the essay here:  https://www.ctpost.com/opinion/article/Opinion-What-Trump-didn-t-learn-in-kindergarten-15169579.php  

Prof. Debanuj DasGupta will deliver the keynote lecture for the Global Citizen Forum at Drake University (Des Moines, Iowa). The Global Citizen Forum is a conference focused on themes of global importance that takes place in March each year.  The Forum is part of Drake’s overall Engaged Citizen Experience (ECE). The 2020 Global Citizen Forum […]

Dr. Atkinson-Palombo is helping to organize a conference on Sustainability and Emerging Transportation Technology to be held at UC Irvine in September 2020.  Call for abstracts is now open. https://trb.secure-platform.com/a/page/SETT2020

Congratulations to Ruiting Zhai and Adelina Mkami who each each successfully defended their dissertation on January 24, 2020. Ruiting Zhai’s defended her dissertation titled:  Modeling Land Use/Cover Change and Its Effect on Invasive Species in Long Island Sound Watersheds. Adelina Mkami defended her dissertation titled:  Democracy and Place in Practice: Exploring a Community Food Network. […]

Professor Tom Cooke recently had an article in The Conversation titled Why Americans are staying put, instead of moving to a new city or state. The article can be found at:  https://theconversation.com/why-americans-are-staying-put-instead-of-moving-to-a-new-city-or-state-127483  

Congratulations to Xueke Li who successfully defended her dissertation titled:  Improved Understanding of Trends, Variations, and Causes of Atmospheric Aerosols Using Ground Measurements, Satellite Observations, and Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling  

Prof. Debanuj DasGupta to deliver lecture at Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University.  He will share about his research related to transgender detention and border politics in the United States.  

The Connecticut GIS User-to-User group celebrated International GIS Day on Wednesday, November 13 at Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU).  It was a full day event followed by Mappy Hour at the Willimantic Brewing Company. Details of the event can be found here:  https://ctgis.uconn.edu/gis-day-2. The following Geography faculty and graduate students gave presentations as part of […]

Professor Anji Seth will be on a panel at the “Usable Climate Science and the Uses of History” workshop on Friday, November 8th. More info about the workshop can be found here:  https://environmentalhumanities.yale.edu/event/usable-climate-science-and-uses-history-interdisciplinary-workshop