Science, Technology, and the Environment

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.

Assistant Professor Daniel Scholten is editor of the "Handbook on the Geopolitics of the Energy Transition."

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.

Researchers from the Humphrey School and the University of Texas at Austin published a paper evaluating the importance of community-based organizations in the transition to renewable energy in the United States.

Associate Professor Bonnie Keeler has received a three-year grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to research the value of a cleaner Mississippi River.

Faculty and staff in the Humphrey School's Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy program are recipients of 2022 Impact Goal grants from the University's Institute on the Environment.

Associate Professor Bonnie Keeler has been named to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), as a member of its Social and Community Science Subcommittee. Keeler’s three-year term began in April.