Assistant Professor Heather Randell has won the Editor's Choice Award 2023 – Letter, from the journal Environmental Research Letters, for her article, “Dams and tribal land loss in the United States.”
Research Fellow Matthew Grimley and Associate Professor Gabe Chan co-authored a new paper, “Processes of Power: Transitions and Justice of Energy Infrastructure in Minnesota,” published in Energy Research & Social Science.
Associate Professor Gabe Chan and postdoctoral researcher Bhavin Pradhan published a paper, "Racial and Economic Disparities in Electric Reliability and Service Quality in Xcel Energy’s Minnesota Service Area," which asks whether disparities exist in access to shared infrastructure systems, focusing on the electric system, an essential service delivered by heavily regulated public utilities.
Daniel Scholten, a visiting assistant professor in the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy area, and a second-year STEP student, Daniel Zuckerman, have published a new report on the global energy demand shift in developing countries.
Associate Professor Bonnie Keeler is a co-author of a new study, "The impacts of racially discriminatory housing policies on the distribution of intra-urban heat and tree canopy: A comparison of racial covenants and redlining in Minneapolis, MN," published recently in Landscape and Urban Planning.
Associate Professor Bonnie Keeler and alumnus Nfamara Dampha (MDP ‘17/PhD NRSM ‘20), a researcher at the Institute on the Environment, have been selected as authors for the first ever National Nature Assessment.
Assistant Professor Fayola Jacobs contributed to the new National Climate Assessment report, released last week, which concludes that the effects of human-caused climate change are far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States. Jacobs co-authored the chapter on Social Systems and Justice.
Professor Peter Calow co-authored a new report for the Minnesota Department of Health to help the agency develop a 10-year strategy to ensure a safe, equitable, and reliable drinking water supply for state residents.
Associate Professor Bonnie Keeler, Social Policy Researcher Angie Fertig, and Master of Development Practice Director Dave Wilsey have received the University's Award for Excellence in Academic Unit Service.