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“Our very own Medical Anthropologist, Dr. Rose Jones presented at the recent 18th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities, alongside Brandy Kelp, Senior Planner for the City of Fort Worth’s Transportation and Public Works Department and Jamie Gonzalez, MeD, Director at Houston Healthy Cities, with moderator, Dr. Kari Northeim, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health.

SWMD Transformation Streetscape and Park Transformation Project Update

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Dr. Rose Jones presents at Health Disparities Conference Our very own Medical Anthropologist, Dr. Rose Jones presented at the recent 18th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities, alongside Brandy Kelp, Senior Planner for the City of Fort Worth’s Transportation and Public Works Department and Jamie Gonzalez, MeD, Director at Houston Healthy Cities, with moderator, Dr. […]

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Summer 2023: Resources for Heat and Health

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Heat, Trees, and Your Health Urban Forests Mitigate Urban HeatUrban forests create healthy communities and trees are two times more effective at mitigating the challenges of urban heat than other identified strategies. Trees are considered an important part of our communities’ infrastructure and provide many economic, social, environmental, and health benefits when properly placed, planted,

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Excessive Heat Creates Stress in Trees: Recognize & Respond to the Symptoms

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This week’s excessive heat warnings affect not only the well-being of humans, but also trees. Learn how to recognize the symptoms of heat stress in trees and what you can do to help it survive. Further, learn heat-tolerant tree species for planting in Texas. As dangerous heat continues in Dallas with triple digits all week,

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Design Phase Continues for Next Year’s Select Dallas ISD Schools

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Cohort 4 with Dallas ISD is ongoing with the design phase—we are continuing to meet with campus leadership and teachers to collect input on desired outdoor learning themes, getting updated plans from our landscape architects, and sharing updates with the bond team, and conducting site visits. We will begin community engagement and collaboration in May,

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