The Geography Department would like to congratulate Mengyao Zhang for receiving an award at the 2016 AAG conference. Mengyao won 1st place in the Business Geography Specialty Group student paper award [graduate division] at this year’s AAG. The title of her paper is “How can we attract customers? A multidimensional assessment of local grocery stores in Greater Hartford […]
Geography student receives honorable mention for Aetna Writing In The Disciplines Award
The original post from the UConn Office of Public Engagement Luke LaRosa, a senior at UConn, was recently awarded a Honorable Mention for Aetna Writing in the Disciplines Award for his paper titled “Selling Downtown North: Place Branding, Citizen Involvement, and the Creation of a Neighborhood” “Selling Downtown North: Place Branding, Citizen Involvement, […]
Professor Scott Stephenson’s research on polar shipping routes featured in EOS
One of Professor Stephenson’s recent articles was recently featured as a Research Spotlight in EOS, AGU’s science news magazine. https://eos.org/research-spotlights/climate-models-predict-diverse-arctic-ocean-shipping-routes
Dr. Thomas Cooke: What Exodus? High-Skill Workers Drawn To CT’s Quality Of Life
Below is a link to an op-ed piece written by Professor Tom Cooke which was published in the Hartford Courant. http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-cooke-ct-gaining-skilled-population-0117-20160114-story.html
Dr. Mark Boyer: Thought of science actually informing policy may be gone
Below is a link to an op-ed piece written by Professor Mark Boyer which was published in the Albany Times-Union. Thought of science actually informing policy may be gone
“The Problem With Too Much Parking” – research from UConn’s Sustainable Cities group
Here is some interesting research from UConn’s Sustainable Cities research group which appeared in the Washington Post recently. Dr. Carol Atkinson-Palombo is a member of this research group. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/15/the-problem-with-parking/
Join the Universitas 21 Global Ingenuity Challenge: The Challenge of Sustainable Housing
USE YOUR INGENUITY TO SOLVE A CRITICAL GLOBAL PROBLEM Join the Universitas 21 Global Ingenuity Challenge: The Challenge of Sustainable Housing Calling students from all majors! Apply to become part of a five member UConn team to find an innovative solution to “The Challenge of Sustainable Housing.” You will be competing with teams that are […]
Professor Foote receives AAG mentoring award
Congratulations go out to Professor Ken Foote who received the 2016 AAG Susan Hardwick Excellence in Mentoring Award. The AAG annual award recognizes an individual geographer, group, or department, who demonstrates extraordinary leadership in building supportive academic and professional environments and in guiding the academic or professional growth of their students and junior colleagues. More […]
Professor Stephenson to speak at Climate Symposium
Assistant Professor Scott Stephenson to speak at the 2015 Rutgers Regional Climate Symposium. This symposium is intended to stimulate interaction and foster collaboration among the community of natural and social science climate researchers and university students from institutions in the greater NJ, NY and Philadelphia region. This years theme is Climate Change and Polar Regions. […]
Dr. Atkinson-Palombo appointed to two National Research Council panels
The National Research Council has appointed Dr. Atkinson-Palombo to two scientific and technical panels covering projects funded by the Transportation Research Board. Over a period of two years she will be traveling back and forth to Washington DC to collaborate with other scientists and practitioners to shape two separate projects – one relating to public involvement in […]