Hixon Fellows
The Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability engages and supports Yale students who are interested in conducting urban sustainability research that bridges science to practice. Every year, Hixon Fellows are chosen from a pool of competitive applicants based on the relevance of the research proposal to the Center's mission.
Urban Agriculture
Understanding carbon sequestration and food access in NYC green roofs
Effects of Urbanization on Wildlife
Residential Energy Efficiency Effects on Philadelphian Indoor Rodent Exposure
Assessing how historical variation in urban neighborhood housing and greenspace development is linked to contemporary mammal biodiversity in New Haven, CT
Land Use Planning and Management
Street Tree Communities in Selected Residential Areas of Nairobi, Kenya
Exploring Tree Diversity and the 10-20-30 “Rule” of Urban Forestry in Raleigh, NC
Urban Silviculture Training
Understanding Urban Forest Dynamics Through Patch Analysis
Urbanization and Land Use Change
A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Compound Hazards in Urban Areas across California
Urban-Methane Transfers: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Atmospheric Emissions Along the YRD
Environment and Public Health
Temporal Trends of the Fine Particulate Matter and Mortality Relationship in Representative US States: Understanding Changing Health Disparities Across Population Characteristics by level of Urbanicity
Socio-cultural and Ecological Interactions
Going Zero Waste: Motivations of Pro-environmental Behaviors and Development of Sustainable Lifestyle Community in urban China
Climate Change and Air Pollution
Transboundary Commuting Emissions and their Implications on the Mobility-related Emissions Mitigation Targets of NYC