Heather Randell

Increasingly, it’s women who are harvesting crops as heat waves worsen. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images

June 28, 2022

Intensifying heat waves threaten South Asia’s struggling farmers – increasingly, it’s women who are at risk

Emily M L Southard, Penn State and Heather Randell, Penn State

As crops fail in the rising heat, men are leaving many rural areas for migrant work in cities. Women are left to tend to the farming in increasingly dangerous conditions.

Aging U.S. infrastructure: Rust on the underside of the Norwalk River Railroad Bridge, built in 1896 in Norwalk, Conn., and scheduled for replacement starting in 2022. AP Photo/Susan Haigh

November 8, 2021

Bridges, bike lanes, electric car chargers and more: 5 essential reads on the infrastructure bill

Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation

What will the US$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill pay for? Here are some of the things it will help build, fix or remove.

The Denali Highway as it crosses the Susitna River. Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

November 6, 2021

Infrastructure bill passed by Congress promises billions for bridge repair – rural Alaska shows the growing need as temperatures rise

Guangqing Chi, Penn State; Davin Holen, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Heather Randell, Penn State; Megan Mucioki, Penn State, and Rebecca Napolitano, Penn State

Alaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state, and that’s causing problems, a team of bridge engineers and social scientists explains. The infrastructure bill in Congress would offer some help.

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Intensifying heat waves threaten South Asia’s struggling farmers – increasingly, it’s women who are at risk

Bridges, bike lanes, electric car chargers and more: 5 essential reads on the infrastructure bill

Infrastructure bill passed by Congress promises billions for bridge repair – rural Alaska shows the growing need as temperatures rise

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