Geography
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Clark University Geography Ph.D. student receives selective Horowitz Foundation research grant
Clark University doctoral student Alida A. Cantor is one of 16 scholars to receive grants for research in the social sciences from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. Cantor’s outstanding dissertation proposal, “Dust Storms and Dying Lakes: Wastefulness, Beneficial Use, and Water Transfers in California,” additionally earned the Martinus Nijhoff Award, a special recognition for work on policy implications of scientific,…
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Clark U. research: Conflict with communities a big cost to business
A new study has uncovered the true scale of the costs companies incur when they come into conflict with local communities. Co-authored by Anthony Bebbington, the Higgins Professor of Environment and Society and Director of the Clark University Graduate School of Geography, the study contends that understanding the relationships between environmental, social, and business risk might help…
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Bebbington awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Anthony Bebbington, Director of the Graduate School of Geography and Milton P. and Alice C. Higgins Professor of Environment and Society at Clark University, was recently awarded a 2014 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in support of his forthcoming book, “Natural resource extraction in Latin America: transforming the human-environment, challenging social science.” Professor Bebbington’s research addresses…
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Clark University geography program earns prestigious Sussman Foundation support for Ph.D. student researchers
The Clark University Graduate School of Geography has been selected to join a prestigious group of institutions that receive funding from the Edna Bailey Sussman Foundation for U.S.-based environmental science Ph.D. student research. Over the last several years, the Edna Bailey Sussman Foundation has supported students enrolled in a select number of graduate degree programs, contributing to the scientific…
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Esteemed geoscientist, PBS host, to present Atwood Lecture March 20
Environmental expert Richard Alley will present “Learning while burning: an optimistic view of energy, environment, and our future,” the annual Wallace W. Atwood lecture at Clark University, at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 20, in Tilton Hall, second floor of the Higgins University Center, 950 Main St.
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Clark University research lends insight into sustainably managing urban ecosystems
Among the most pressing global issues of the 21st century are the environmental challenges posed by urbanization and the differing ways people manage urban land. New research led by Clark University associate professor of geography Colin Polsky is aiding the scientific understanding of these practices and effects via a unique study of U.S. lawn care practices. Polsky is the…
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Clark University senior researches urban farming, potential model for food systems education program
Take a moment and look in your refrigerator. Do you know where those vegetables came from, or how they were distributed? Are they genetically modified? It is these types of questions and many more that Clark University senior Elliot A. Altbaum is attempting to answer with his ongoing research on food systems. Altbaum’s research doesn’t stop…
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NASA-funded climate change study focus of meeting at Clark
Christopher Williams, assistant professor of geography, welcomed a group of distinguished colleagues to a Nov. 22 project meeting at Clark University, where they continued to develop methods for more accurately measuring climate change. Williams and his fellow team members, whom he describes as “leaders in the field of remote sensing,” are in their third year…
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Awards presented at Graduate School of Geography conference
A giant, walk-in globe, an art/science exhibit, a quiz bowl, awards and — of course — presentations of academic research, speakers and workshops were all part of the New England-St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society (NESTVAL) 2013 Conference, hosted by the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University on Oct. 18 and 19. This year’s conference drew 229 participants,…
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New Clark study on clearcuts shows surprising trends in carbon, water
A new study by Clark University scientists, released today in Global Change Biology, is the first detailed account of how carbon, water, and energy balances shift in the three years following the clearcut of a deciduous forest. The study, conducted by Clark University Professor Christopher Williams and colleagues in a 20-acre clearcut in Petersham, Mass., reveals…