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Justin Mankin Quoted in the Associated Press

"We're really struggling to pick the low-hanging fruit," the associate professor of geography tells the Associated Press about efforts to decarbonize the global economy.
Professor Mona Domosh to Speak About New Book 'Disturbing Development in the Jim Crow South'

Join Professor Domosh on November 9th at 4:30 in Berry 180 (Baker-Berry Library) to hear about her recently published book and the research process that led her to write it.
Students Explore Historic Redlining at the Book Arts Workshop

Students from the Social Justice and the City course, led by Professor Erin Collins, constructed homes at the Book Arts Workshop to understand historic redlining and its impacts in Oakland.
Lizet Garcia '23 Awarded the Antonio Maceo Award for Racial Justice

Geography alum Lizet Garcia '23 is one of the two Mellon Mays fellows receiving Dartmouth awards for outstanding contributions to their fields.
Mellon Mays Fellowships at Dartmouth Have National Impact

Geography alumni Jimena Perez '23 and Lizet Garcia '23 credit the Mellon Mays Fellowship with helping them network with graduate programs to pursue a PhD and further their research.
NSF Graduate Research Fellow Lizet Garcia '23 Continues Research on the School to Prison Pipeline

Garcia wrote that it was important to "do the work to denaturalize these structures but at the same time work towards a better future," they said. Garcia intends to focus on ideas that "center care and love and center youth voices."
Corey Lesk Quoted in CNN about Effects of Extreme Heat on Crops

"Crops are stuck between a thirsty atmosphere and dry soils, which can lead to lasting damages," research associate Corey Lesk told CNN.
A Mining Boom Across the Tropics Is Degrading Rivers

Study reveals the global scale of mining's detrimental impacts on the environment.
Study Finds More U.S. Crops to Require Irrigation

With climate change, investment would benefit corn and soybean farmers.