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This research aimed to look at how Pennsylvania's House voting districts have changed from 2001 to 2022, as there have been accusations of state gerrymandering. The findings show that Pennsylvania's House districts have actually become less irregular…

This project investigates urban density in various cities across the United States and how transit infrastructure influences people to commute to work via car.

What are the spatial patterns of tree cover in the Philadelphia region? Does tree cover have a stronger correlation with race or income?

This project investigates the placement of landfills in the United States due to population and GDP as explanatory variables. The conclusion is that there is a correlation between high GDP and high waste production.

This project considers the hazards of the Mt. Hood volcano and the modeling the dangers of a possible eruption with respect to population density and poverty rate.

Nitrogen fertilizer is heavily used in agriculture, including on corn. When more nitrogen is provided to plants than they need, it’s converted into nitrate and enters our waterways. High nitrate levels can be harmful to human health, as well as the…

To measure the presence of invasives, I utilized data from the U.S. Geological Survey's national carbon assessment, which estimates the current carbon stocks for the main Hawaiian Islands; alien grasses, in a number of species, were one of many…

This project looks at what populations are most vulnerable to coastal flooding in New Jersey State based on historic flood levels.

Like many public school districts in major U.S. cities, the School District of Philadelphia offers a variety of different high school experiences. Upon entering eighth grade, students and their families must decide whether they will pursue a high…

In 1937, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) assigned grades of A, B, C, and D to neighborhoods and land tracts across the U.S. These grades were meant to indicate the perceived risk for homeownership loans, but they were deeply racist and…