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Arizona, Tess Foels

Water Law Review

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Oregon, Marisa Wesker

Water Law Review

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University Of Denver Water Law Review 2025 Annual Symposium: Partnerships In Water, Water Law Review

Water Law Review

Kay Shepherd. "Keynote"

Chaney Hornbacher and Abbey Obourn. "The Shoshone Water Rights Deal: The Historic Effort to Preserve Colorado's Oldest Water Rights"

Marley Crank and Amanda Gill. "Water Sharing Agreements in Southeast Colorado: Efficiency and Conservation in the Arkansas River Valley"

Drew Woodward and Jordan Cruz. "Settlements, Compacts, Commissions, and More: Nonlitigation Alternatives to Resolving Federally Reserved Water Rights"

Miscanthus × Giganteus Increases Soil Maximum Water Holding Capacity Compared To Maize, Jessica T. Nelson, Maoz Dor, Andy D. Vanloocke, Jacob E. Studt, Perla K. Schrock, Marshall D. Mcdaniel

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Soil ecosystem services, like the ability to store water, have been depleted after a century of conventional, annual cropping, and perennial crops offer a solution to this and other agricultural environmental issues. We assessed the impact of Miscanthus × giganteus (miscanthus), a perennial biomass crop, on soil water holding capacity and structure compared to continuous maize (Zea mays L.) at two sites in Iowa. After three growing seasons, we measured the following: (1) maximum water holding capacity (MWHC) with and without soil structure, and (2) total porosity and pore size distribution (PSD) via micro-computed tomography (microCT). Miscanthus increased MWHC …

Vol 50, No. 1: Table Of Contents, Transportation Law Journal

Transportation Law Journal

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Vol 50, No. 1: Full Issue, Transportation Law Journal

Transportation Law Journal

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Vol 50, No. 1: Editor's Note, Transportation Law Journal, Ellie Bowen

Transportation Law Journal

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Vol 50, No. 1: Masthead, Transportation Law Journal

Transportation Law Journal

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The Uk's Intended Move To Electric And Connected And Autonomous Vehicles: Are Infrastructural Barriers Preventing Successful Transition?, Katy Ferris, James Marson

Transportation Law Journal

The advent of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) is poised to transform global transportation systems, offering unparalleled opportunities to enhance safety, sustainability, and efficiency. Given that CAVs are most likely also to be electric vehicles (EVs), and in the UK, CAVs/EVs are a central element of government efforts to modernise mobility while achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, it would seem the UK is ready to embrace the transition to this new and disruptive form of transportation. However, while technological innovation has surged, critical questions remain about the readiness of physical, digital, and policy infrastructures to support the widespread adoption of …

Vol 50, No. 1: Back Matter, Transportation Law Journal

Transportation Law Journal

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Vol. 54, No. 1: Table Of Contents, Denver Journal Of International Law & Policy

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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Introduction To The Djilp Special Issues On Human Rights And Reproductive Justice: International And Comparative Perspectives, Louise Seiler, Kelley Loper

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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Crispr-Cas9 Gene Editing In Tomato: Development And Characterization Under Stress, Jun Guo

Tennessee State University Alumni Theses and Dissertations

Transcription factor (TF) families played essential roles in plant responses to abiotic stress, contributing significantly to stress tolerance and adaptation. The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) TF family included 161 members in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Previous proteomic analysis identified TF bHLH148 (Solyc01g058670) as being upregulated under aluminum (Al) stress, suggesting a potential role in Al tolerance. To investigate this, CRISPR-Cas9 was used to generate SlbHLH148 knockout mutants in the ‘Black Vernissage’ tomato cultivar. Two homozygous T2 lines, Slbhlh148-1 and Slbhlh148-2, were confirmed to contain frameshift mutations that resulted in truncated proteins lacking the bHLH_AtIBH1_like domain, as shown by protein modeling. Phenotypic evaluation …

Transforming The World With Reparations, Ingrid Wuerth Brunk, Monica Hakimi

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This special issue of the American Journal of International Law—devoted entirely to reparations in international law—offers a range of perspectives on reparations for large-scale harms relating to colonialism, slavery, industrialization, and transboundary pollution. As the symposium authors describe, the gap between the reparations that justice might demand and the ones that international law provides is enormous. The international law for reparations does not come close to remedying such harms and is not poised to do so anytime soon.

Is There Life In The Ruins? A Look At Post-Sveen Contract Clause Jurisprudence, James W. Ely, Jr.

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Seven years ago, in Sveen v. Melin, the Supreme Court applied the prevailing multipart test and rejected a contract clause claim. The result was hardly a surprise. The Court has not invoked the contract clause to invalidate a state law in more than forty years. The decision broke no new ground and seemingly signaled that the Court was content with the current multipart test, one that appears calculated to uphold state regulatory authority rather than vindi- cate the rights of contracting parties. Justice Neil Gorsuch force- fully dissented in Sveen, insisting that the multifactor test "seems hard to square with …

Do Representative Payments Matter?, Brian T. Fitzpatrick, Colton Cronin

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

For many decades, courts have awarded the representative plaintiffs who bring class actions an extra payment when the actions recover something for the class. It has long been thought that the payments are necessary to induce a class member to step forward and serve as a representative, and, without them, many class actions would go away. Indeed, we show that the payments had become all but ubiquitous in non-securities class actions. In 2020, however, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit became the only circuit to hold the payments unlawful. We test whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision …

Item 3: Assignment 1: Identity Maps And Intersectionality With The Environment, Suzanne Savaria

Suzanne Savaria, Postcards for the Environment: Pass It On

Students will continue to work with the identity map by creating a second layer with vellum sheet. In this iteration, they will explore where they intersect with and/or impact the environmental topics we are exploring in class. Through reflective writing and class discussion, students will complete three sentences as they continue to build their advocacy statements. These sentences begin: I believe, I think, I feel.

Asignación Dos: Representación En Redes Sociales De Los Representación En Redes Sociales De Los Partidos Políticos De Puerto Rico, Leila Rodriguez

Leila Rodriguez, Participación Cívica en/para Puerto Rico

El propósito de esta asignación es que los estudiantes analicen cómo los principales partidos políticos de Puerto Rico se representan a sí mismos en las redes sociales. Para ello, re-alizarán un análisis de contenido de las publicaciones de Facebook de cada partido. En esta tarea, los estudiantes desarrollarán habilidades de pensamiento sintético y analítico y apren-derán técnicas de análisis de contenido.

Item 4: The Anti-Blackness Of The Electoral College, Danielle Hodge

Danielle Hodge, Race, Communication, and Anti-Black Racism

This discussion activity examines the US Electoral College and its role in animating the anti-Black racism found in the voting systems and practices in the United States of America. Specifically, students are assigned two readings that explore how enslavement and anti-Black racism inform the foundation of the Electoral College. These texts guide students’ subsequent engagement with two videos (e.g., one from NPR and a second from the Harvard Kennedy School) that facilitate an in-class discussion.

Item 3: Redlining, Housing Segregation, And Anti-Black Racism, Danielle Hodge

Danielle Hodge, Race, Communication, and Anti-Black Racism

This discussion activity explores the relationship between anti-Black racism, redlining, and housing segregation. Students are assigned three texts that introduce them to anti-Black racism as a theoretical framework, highlight the distinction between anti-Black racism and other forms of oppression, and describe how segregation informs racist voting practices. These texts inform their subsequent engagement with two videos (e.g., one from NPR’s Code Switch and a second from NowThis) that facilitate and guide an in-class discussion.

Item 2: Strollin’ By Snl, Reflecting On Voter Suppression, Danielle Hodge

Danielle Hodge, Race, Communication, and Anti-Black Racism

This discussion-based activity focuses on voter suppression and its relationship to anti-Black racism. Students are assigned two readings that detail how Jim Crow-era laws impacted voting for African Americans intergenerationally and describe the history of Black voter suppression. These texts inform their subsequent engagement with two videos (e.g., one from ABC News and a skit from Saturday Night Live) that facilitate an in-class discussion.

Item 1: Syllabus, Danielle Hodge

Danielle Hodge, Race, Communication, and Anti-Black Racism

This syllabus critically examines, interrogates, and engages with anti-Black racism. Anti-Black racism is a distinct kind of racial oppression and discrimination against, imposed upon, and experienced by African Americans and Black people (i.e., people of African ancestry). Dr. kihana miraya ross describes it as a “theoretical framework that illuminates society’s inability to recognize our [black people’s] humanity—the disdain, disregard and disgust for our existence.” Consequently, anti-Black racism underscores and attends to the pervasiveness of anti-Blackness across time, contexts, cultures, communities, and societies, and is an ever-present ideological and epistemological system that is inextricable from white supremacy. This syllabus is organized …

Item 5: Fannie Lou Hamer’S America, Danielle Hodge

Danielle Hodge, Race, Communication, and Anti-Black Racism

This discussion activity introduces students to the voting and civil rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer. They will read three texts that describe her life, locate her as a meaningful contributor to what we know as the Civil Rights Movement, and engage with her 1964 Democratic National Convention testimony. These texts inform students’ subsequent listening to Hamer’s testimony and watching of the full film, Fannie Lou Hamer’s America—both of which facilitate an in-class discussion.

Item 4: Assignment: Understanding Polls: A Hands-On Survey Activity, Michael Williams Jr.

Michael Williams, American National Government 100-200 Level Introductory Course

This activity demystifies opinion polls. It addresses the question, “Why are polls often wrong?” by guiding students to create and analyze a flawed survey. Students conduct a survey with common flaws and analyze results to understand how shortcomings skew results. The project explores the concepts of margin of error, sample size, bias, and framing.

Item 6: Activity: Finding Your Civic Fit, Michael Williams Jr.

Michael Williams, American National Government 100-200 Level Introductory Course

This activity introduces students to civic organizations and their importance in community building. The exercise guides students in defining “civic organization,” exploring interests, and researching civic organizations. Students identify local civic organizations and understand how these organizations contribute to the community.

Item 1: Syllabus Hssj 2200: Civic Leadership, Wendy Wagner

Wendy Wagner, Civic Leadership

This is a course in leadership studies that challenges students to consider the leadership development literature in civic contexts. It is also a service-learning course. While service itself is a form of civic participation, it's important to note that service-learning courses don't always focus on issues of civic identity and engagement as much as one might think. Civic learning is not an inherent outcome of all service-learning experiences. The literature in community engaged scholarship is clear that we do not achieve civic learning outcomes from simply adding ten “service hours” to an otherwise unaltered course. Instead, assignments and classroom discussions …

Item 4: Activity 3: Your Declaration Of Civic Engagement Values And Principles, Wendy Wagner

Wendy Wagner, Civic Leadership

The purpose of this activity is to help students develop critical thinking skills about civic engagement by analyzing both successful elements and limitations of common service approaches. Using Robert Egger's story as an example, students share their own experiences with community engagement. Students identify positive elements and critiques of typical community engagement projects and collaboratively establish a statement of values and principles that address these concerns.

Item 1: Syllabus: Postcards For The Environment: Pass It On, Suzanne Savaria

Suzanne Savaria, Postcards for the Environment: Pass It On

This curriculum is the first part of a Senior Capstone service-learning based course. The full course is an international-led faculty course that is taught in Portland, Oregon, and in various locations in the region of Catalonia, Spain. In this course, we address some of the important issues of climate change both at home and abroad. In this interaction, we will explore what is being done to address environmental issues in our cities, water, and food sources. In response, we will design, write, and send Postcards for the Environment, creating augmented reality postcards while developing our creative, advocacy, and civic engagement …

Item 6: Assignment 3: Improving Knowledge Of Puerto Rico Through Wikipedia, Leila Rodriguez

Leila Rodriguez, Civic Engagement in/for Puerto Rico (English)

The purpose of this project is for students to improve the content, scope, and quality of information about Puerto Rico in Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia. The project is conducted in collaboration with Wiki Education, which provides students with additional media and digital literacy skills and training. Students work on the project throughout the entire term.

Item 6: Assignment 2: The What, So What, Now What? Paper, Wendy Wagner

Wendy Wagner, Civic Leadership

This structured reflection assignment guides students through the analysis of a service-learning experience using the DEAL model of critical reflection. Responding to scaffolded prompts, students write a 4-5-page paper connecting their community service experience to broader course concepts, examining the social context and systems involved, and articulating their learning about civic responsibility and future action steps. Assignment is easily adapted from a paper to a presentation.