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Welcome back from the Biden School
September 02, 2025 Written by Biden School Staff
Keep reading for a recap of what Biden School students, faculty, and staff were up to this summer, including awards, publications, and more.
Associate professor Gregory Dobler and his research partner, professor Debra Laefer of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, received a grant award from the National Science Foundation for his co-pricinal investigator work on the research project titled "Disciplinary Movements: Hyperspectral Standardizing and Sharing Possibilities for Urban Conditions through Toolkits, Resources and Archiving."
Associate professor Liz Fournier and her research partner, assistant professor Rosalyn Washington of the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, UD College of Education and Human Development, received a research grant award from the UD College of Art and Sciences' Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center for their project, titled "Illuminating Hideen Labors: Exploring Home Care Work through Historical Collections."
Doctoral student Benedicta Agyare-Aggrey was selected for the 2025 ARNOVA Graduate Diversity Scholars and Leaders Professional Development Program.
Doctoral students Benedicta Agyare-Aggrey and Kejda Llana were selected for the 2025 cohort of the APPAM Equity and Inclusion Student Fellowship.
Doctoral students Daniel Lahera and John Oluwadero attended the Summer Institute on Public Sector Organizational Effectiveness, July 21-23, 2025, at the University of Notre Dame.
Associate professor and SNF Ithaca director Timothy Shaffer participated as a panelist at the Civic Through and Practice: The Intellectual Foundations of Citizenship conference, May 16-17, 2025, hosted by Johns Hopkins University and the American Enterprise Institute.
ABC-SN: Attention Based Classifier for Supernova Spectra
arXiv, Federica Bianco, et al.
A global minerals trust could prevent inefficient and in-equitable protectionist policies
Science, Saleem Ali, et al.
A model of electric vehicle adoption and motivating reasons for adoption
Transportation Research, Jeremy Firestone, et al.
Building a Global Minerals Trust for a Just Green Transition
United Nations University, Saleem Ali, et al.
The International Journal of Transportation Research, Saleem Ali, et al.
Critical minerals policies need clearer interface with scientifically credible targets
Global Sustainability, Saleem Ali, et al.
Divergent priorities in flood adaptation
Environmental Research: Climate, A.R. Siders, et al.
Grant Assistance Program Case Study: Milton Art Crosswalks
Institute for Public Administration, Collin Willard, et al.
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Philip Barnes, Andrea Pierce, Calaia Jackson
Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University Working Paper Series, Amy Ellen Schwartz, et al.
Research in Higher Education, Dominique Baker, et al.
Lights out, decisions on: How households adapt to power outages across regions and events
Energy Research & Social Science, James Kendra, et al.
Frontiers in Political Science, Saleem Ali, et al.
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, Federica Bianco, et al.
Navigating justice tensions in managed retreat
Environmental Science & Policy, A.R. Siders, et al.
Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines
Science, Kimberly Oremus, et al.
Provider Perspectives on LGBTQ+ Youth Homeslessness in Delaware
Delaware Journal of Public Health, Rebecca McColl, Erin Nescott, Tibor Tóth, et al.
Reimagining the Future of IJPA: A Vision for 2025 and Beyond
International Journal of Public Administration, Alisa Moldavanova, et al.
Renter policies and rights in the context of disasters in the United States: A critical review
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Julie Elliott, et al.
Roundtables: generating conversations to shape scholarship
Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, Kimberley Isett, Jessica Sowa.
Cleaner Waste Systems, Kalim Shah, et al.
Trends in mental health-related pediatric emergency visits among New York City students
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Amy Ellen Schwartz, et al.
Ocean & Coastal Management, Jeremy Firestone, et al.
What Does it Take to Have a Healthy Community? Exploring the Role of Social Infrastructure in Shaping Public Health
The American Review of Public Administration, Alisa Moldavanova, et al.
White Paper: Situating Public Research Universities in Today's Landscape
Michigan State University, Dominique Baker, et al.
Socially vulnerable Americans bear the brunt of disaster replacement (Fast Company / Disaster Research Center)
Letters to the editor: Great teachers are essential to great education (Cape Gazette / Gary T. Henry)
Colleges are slightly less diverse as admissions officers seek ways to adapt post-affirmative action (CBS News / Dominique Baker)
Trump administration escalates its war with universities like Columbia by threatening student loans and grants. What’s next? (MarketWatch / Dominique Baker)
Creating a global minerals trust (UDaily / Saleem Ali)
News at a crossroads (UDaily / SNF Ithaca)
Consequences for colleges whose students carry mountains of debt? Republicans say yes (NPR / Dominique Baker)
Opening a new window into the universe (UDaily / Federica Bianco)
Plastic shopping bag policies are actually working, a new study suggests (CNN / Kimberly Oremus)
Thanks to bans and fees, there are fewer plastic bags littering beaches (Fast Company / Kimberly Oremus)
FEMA is unprepared for the next Hurricane Katrina, disaster experts warn (Yale Climate Connections / Disaster Research Center)
Efficacy of plastic bag bans (UDaily / Kimberly Oremus)
Thousands of PECO customers still without power as dangerous heat wave intensifies (WHYY / Jennifer Trivedi, Disaster Research Center)
The US Department of Education is far behind on producing key statistics (Brookings / Dominique Baker)
New telescope captures the cosmos in groundbreaking detail (Science Friday / Federica Bianco)
Two major ways the Trump administration is making hurricane evacuations more difficult (Yale Climate Connections / Disaster Research Center)
Biden School MPA director leads journal article in American Review of Public Administration (Biden School News / Alisa Moldavanova)
Partners in healthy aging (UDaily / Julia O'Hanlon, IPA)
Lead policy scientist at IPA hosts collaborative policy forum (Biden School News / Julia O'Hanlon, IPA)
IPA associate director leaders Delmarva Freight Summit (Biden School News / Troy Mix, IPA)
IPA senior fellow receives lifetime achievement award (Biden School News / Ed Freel, IPA)
Why UVA President’s Resignation Could Be a ‘Watershed Moment’ (Inside Higher Ed / Dominique Baker)
Astronomers brace for 10 million alerts a night from Rubin Observatory (Scientific American / Federica Bianco)
What to do if you get a flash flood warning (NPR / Disaster Research Center)
IPA staff and faculty lead annual Department of Labor Leadership Academy (Biden School News / IPA)
Supreme Court allows mass layoffs at Education Department (Inside Higher Ed / Dominique Baker)
Department of Defense directly invests in U.S.-based rare earth mining company (MarketPlace / Saleem Ali)
University of Delaware MPA program internationally recognized (Biden School News / Academics)
UD's Delaware Center for Civics Education hosts Mock Second Continental Congress (Biden School News / Delaware Center for Civics Education, IPA)
Material needs of artificial intelligence eclipsed by energy debates (Forbes / Saleem Ali)
A passion for policy (UDaily / Chelsia Douglas)
Columbia deal a 'threat' to higher ed, experts warn (Inside Higher Ed / Dominique Baker)
The Democracy Project celebrates its 25th anniversary (Biden School News / Delaware Center for Civics Education, IPA)
Texas flood aftermath (UDaily / Julie Elliott, Disaster Research Center)
VIEWPOINT: Why civil discourse still matters in Delaware business and beyond (Delaware Business Times / Timothy Shaffer)
IPA Senior Fellow appointed program co-chair for 2026 ASPA Conference (Biden School News / Jessica Sowa)
IPA researchers publish grant assistance case study (Biden School News / Collin Willard, IPA)
Could a global minerals trust help speed up the energy transition? (The Wall Street Journal / Saleem Ali)
Map shows where US will start deep sea mining in the Pacific (Newsweek / Saleem Ali)
Armenia, Turkey and the ecological path to peace (Forbes / Saleem Ali)
Gov. Meyer announces 2025 Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame honorees (Delaware Business Times / Valerie Biden Owens, Biden Institute)
Sussex council asked to comment on state plan that doesn't yet exist (Cape Gazette / Phil Barnes)
Nexstar Media Group buying Tegna in deal worth $6.2 billion (AP News / Danilo Yanich, SNF Ithaca)
Boosting nature's benefits on communities (UDaily / Matthew Willmes)
Expanded world-class education opportunities beginning fall 2025 (Biden School News / Academics)
These Katrina survivors feel overlooked. Now, they're using TikTok to tell their stories (Rolling Stone / Jennifer Trivedi, Disaster Research Center)