Waleed Abdalati testified to Congress for the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.听
Waleed Abdalati
On April 15, 2021, Professor Abdalati testified in a hearing held by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. The hearing was titled听鈥淢aking the Case for Climate Action: The Growing Risks and Costs of听Inaction.鈥�
While Dr. Abdalati spoke to the underlying physical mechanisms of climate change, their current expressions, and future implications, other witnesses included the city manager for Tybee Island in Coastal Georgia, who talked about the challenges they face in confronting sea level rise; a lawyer from Mississippi, who spoke to the ethnic and racial inequities associated with climate change;听and an economist, who spoke to the social costs of climate change.听
Dr. Abdalati remarked, "hearing these different perspectives on climate change really drove home the geographic dimensions of climate change in a very powerful way, as well as the critical role that geography serves in meeting these challenges.鈥�
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Holly Barnard
Holly Barnard Awarded Boulder Faculty Excellence in Leadership & Service听Award for 2020-2021
Chosen from amongst many excellent nominees, Professor Holly Barnard was selected as a recipient of the BFA Faculty Excellence in Leadership and Service Award this year.听
She was jointly nominated by the Department of Geography and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) for her leadership in听advancing justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in both units, across the CU campus, and beyond. In addition, Professor Barnard has also taken on numerous leadership roles in the discipline, through the American Geophysical Union and through her past service as Lead Program Manager for the Hydrological Sciences Program at NSF.听
Additionally, Dr. Barnard was also recently honored for her efforts to promote听diversity听by the Arts & Sciences Council of the College of A&S.
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Emily Yeh听Winner of the听2020-2021听Outstanding听Faculty Mentor听Award
Emily Yeh
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Yaffa Truelove
Yaffa Truelove听Wins Best Urban Studies Article 2020
The Urban Studies Best Article is awarded by the editors to the authors of听the most innovative and agenda-setting article published in a given year. Eleven articles were shortlisted by the editors from those published in print copy in 2020.听听is听an international journal for research in urban and regional studies.
Dr. Truelove's article,听Disambiguating the southern urban critique: Propositions, pathways and possibilities for a more global urban studies, has been voted by the editors as the Urban Studies Best Article for 2020. In agreement with the听publisher, SAGE, they will be听allowing Open Access to the article on the journal鈥檚 website.
Katherine Lininger
Katherine Lininger
Professor听Katherine Lininger听was part of a team given a CU Outreach Award for the outreach proposal,听鈥淐U Restoration Ecology Experimental Learning Program鈥�,听by the听CU Boulder Outreach Awards Committee. The effort听was led by Tim Seastedt, professor emeritus of INSTAAR and EBIO, and also included听Professor Sharon Collinge from the Department of Environmental Studies.听听The project builds on three years of work, partnering with the non-profit Wildlands Restoration Volunteers (WRV). WRV听uses service-learning and education programs to help听local youth build relationships with nature. Over 70% of the youth engaged in the program come from low-income, minority, or at risk听populations.听As a result, underserved youth will have access to the many benefits of a connection to nature and will be able to explore potential careers in environmental sciences and see their own capacity to make a positive impact.
Their team was selected from amongst a very competitive pool of 40 applications.听
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Morteza Karimzadeh
Morteza Karimzadeh awarded RIO Seed Grant
Morteza Karimzadeh听and Terra McKinnish were awarded the CU RIO Seed Grant for the project entitled 听鈥淩ecovering from a Pandemic: Unraveling Neighborhood Geographic Disparities in Consumer and Business Behavior in 2021鈥�.
They will use foot-traffic data to identify business patrons鈥� residence neighborhoods and the level of recovery in consumption by residents living in those neighborhoods as characterized by different sociodemographic, political and economic conditions.
The 2021 Research & Innovation Seed Grant program resulted in 16 new grants with approximately $700,000 being awarded to CU Boulder faculty across disciplines, with each grant providing up to $50,000 in funding.
Heide Bruckner
MeatOut Day: Heide Bruckner Interviewed on Colorado Public Radio
In February, word started to get out that Gov. Jared Polis has proclaimed the 20th as MeatOut Day. The day,听, is meant to encourage non-vegetarians to consider moving toward a plant-based diet.
Heide Bruckner's听research involves the intersections of food and identity.听鈥淢eat has always been politicized and meat-eating tied to a lot of perceptions of American identity and masculinity, especially here in the American West,鈥� she said.
Dr. Bruckner favors the idea of a MeatOut Day, as a way to introduce people to the idea that they can reduce the amount of meat in their diet without becoming a full vegetarian.
鈥淭here is a large area in between that all-or-nothing approach that we really should explore,鈥� she said. 鈥淩ealistically, one day isn鈥檛听going to radically shift perception, change behaviors or reduce meat consumption. But I do believe it can provide an opening for some to consider the role that meat plays in their diet.鈥�
The governor鈥檚 office notes that Polis issues numerous proclamations each year celebrating the state鈥檚 agricultural sector, including Colorado Ag Day, Farm Bureau Day, and Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Day.听But that has not stopped the criticism.听After word of the proclamation got out, several state Senators spoke out against MeatOut Day on the chamber floor.
John O'Loughlin: Ukrainian Resident鈥檚 Divided Views on the Donbas Conflict
John O鈥橪oughlin
On February 12, 2015 the Minsk II accords left the Donbas region territorially divided with the Ukrainian government controlling the western side and two separatist entities controlling the eastern side. O鈥橪oughlin and his research team conducted a survey on both sides and they found drastically different opinions regarding the war in Donbas.
On the eastern side, they found trust in the authorities to be higher among residents;听however, on the western side, they found trust in the authorities to be much lower among residents. Their survey also shows that residents disagree on the future status of Donbas as an autonomous region.听
The team also made a research presentation on the results at George Washington University鈥檚听听in February; the video of the talk is available on听.听