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.
Socio-cultural and Ecological Interactions
The Nature of Nature: Do perceptions of nature vary among neighborhoods in Baltimore? If so, how?
Environmental Stewardship in New York City Parks and Natural Areas: assessing barriers, creating opportunities, and proposing a new way forward
Design and the Built Environment
Youth Taking the Reins: Empowering At-Risk Students to Shape Environmental Challenges with Design
Evaluating Afforestation Effects on Urban Resilience in Kissena Corridor Community of New York City
Urban Agriculture
Crisis of Urban Agriculture Case Studies in Cuba
Water Resources
Closing the Water Budget in an Experimental Urban Watershed: A Comparative Assessment of Methods for Estimating Evapotranspiration
GIS and Green Infrastructure: Case Study in the Alley Creek Watershed and Sewershed, Queens, New York
Environment and Public Health
Residential Racial Segregation and Fine Particulate Matter Component Levels in the United States
Traffic Pollution and Congenital Heart Defects in Lanzhou city, China: A Land Use Regression Modeling Study
Climate Change and Air Pollution
Estimating Economic Cost of Sea Level Rise on Low-Lying Coastal Properties in Accra, Ghana
Water Quality and Hydrology
Monitoring hydrologic and water quality data of Green Infrastructure (GI) treatments to understand effectiveness of GI to reduce peak flows and to remove pollution associated with stormwater runoff
Nutrient and Sediment Modeling in Watersheds across an Urban-Rural Gradient
