Congratulations to Fabian Terbeck for successfully defending his dissertation. His dissertation title is: Rising Poverty and Diversity in Suburbs: A Decomposition Analysis of Poverty Trends in the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville Metropolitan Area in the 2000s.
Antonio Barocci successfully defends dissertation
Congratulations to Antonio Barocci for successfully defending his dissertation. His dissertation title is: A Geography of Repression. The Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the First Years of the Fascist Special Tribunal 1926-1928.
Awanti Acharya successfully defends dissertation
Congratulations to Awanti Acharya for successfully defending her dissertation. Her topic was: A Spatial Hedonic Regression and Difference-in-Differences Based Study on the Impact of Curb Appeal, Cell Tower, and Flipping on House Prices.
Earth Day 2020: What’s Ahead for Connecticut’s Climate
Professor Anji Seth and the UConn Atmospheric Sciences Group (ASG) Climate Assessment for Connecticut is featured with video in UConn Today. Check out the story and video here: https://today.uconn.edu/2020/04/whats-ahead-connecticuts-climate
Mark Boyer Op-Ed: “Are we witnessing the Death of Science”
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: Op-Ed in the Connecticut Post
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 DasGupta to deliver keynote lecture for the Global Citizen Forum
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 […]
Sustainability & Emerging Transportation Tech Conference – call for papers
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
Ruiting Zhai and Adelina Mkami both defend dissertation
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. […]
Prof. Cooke: Why Amercians are staying put instead of moving.
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