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.
Climate Change and Air Pollution
Sprawling Towards Climate Change: Connecting U.S. Patterns of Land Development to Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Urbanization and Land Use Change
Essay on the Federal Role in Advancing Smart Growth
Water Quality and Hydrology
Surface Water Bacterial Fluctuation in the Upper Hoosic River Watershed
Water Resources
Analysis of Ecologically Guided Development Practices & Case Studies: Application of the Blue Code
Urban Agriculture
Rural Urban Agriculture Market System: Challenges and Opportunities, A Case Study: Eastern Nepal
Cultivating Community, Food, and Empowerment: Urban Gardens in New York City
Land Use Planning and Management
Starting a Community Forestry Project in Greater Boston
The Price You Pay: Negotiating for Permanence in the Lake Catherine Community of New Orleans
Community Forestry in the Urban Environment
Rainbows in the Puddles: A Covenant of Hope in Manifest Neglect
Socio-cultural and Ecological Interactions
Institutions and the Urban Environment in Developing Countries: Challenges, Trends, and Transitions
Environment and Public Health
The Newhall Health Study: Community-Based Participatory Research in Environmental Health