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
Cultivating Community: Building Cohesion and Forging Identities in New Haven's Community Gardens
Water Quality and Hydrology
Trace metal fluxes between an urban salt marsh and Long Island Sound
Control of Precipitation Events on Dynamics of Disinfection Byproduct Formation Potential
Polluted waters: the impacts of runoff on ephemeral wetlands across an urban gradient
Validation of genetic markers and application to detect fecal contamination at beaches in New Haven County, Connecticut
Evaluation of a filter for nps phosphorus removal in the Lake Champlain watershed.
Industrial Environmental Management
Life Cycle Assessment of a Land Management Project—the PlaNYC Reforestation
A systems dynamics model to foster urban building materials resuse in New Haven
Water Resources
Understand, Simulate, and Optimize the Water-Energy Nexus from a System Dynamics Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities
Climate Change and Air Pollution
Do Trades Worsen Damages? Sulfur Dioxide Emissions and Urban Areas
Design and the Built Environment
Greening Main Street: Integrating Extensive Vegetated Roofs and Economic Revitalization in Washington, D.C.
Land Use Planning and Management
Closing the Loop: A Proposal for Alternative Land Management Practices at Yale
