Dr. Paul Sando, Anthropology and Earth Science, was interviewed for National Public Radio’s Midday program (WBUR Boston affiliate) regarding the USDOT’s newly released rules for railroads to disclose oil transport by rail through communities, and whether or not those trains have vulnerable design tank cars in their consist. The segment is set to air on Friday, May 9, 2014
Dr. Paul Sando, Anthropology and Earth Science, has a news article covering backlog and late movement of last season’s harvest by the railroads accepted for publication in the May issue of “Trains Magazine” (due in April), his comments on railroad safety and oil transportation were featured in a report by Dan Gunderson on MPR’s Morning Edition on March 13, 2014, […]
Dr. Paul Sando, Anthropology and Earth Science, has authored a chapter of the book; Beyond the Border: Tensions across the Forty-Ninth Parallel in the Great Plains and Prairies (Conway, Kyle, and Tim Pasch, Editors), now entering the final proof prior to printing at MacGill-Queen’s University Press in Canada. The chapter is titled; Water and Political Relations between the Upper Plains […]
Dr. Paul Sando, Associate Professor of Geography, has been invited and accepted to present at the Canadian Transportation Research Forum’s annual meeting, June 10-12, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His presentation/article is titled, “Railroads, Adaptability, Competition and the Shuttle Train (or Food, Crude, and the Railroads).” The focus of the research on the railroad’s addition of large oil movements out of […]
Paul Sando, Department of Anthropology and Earth Science, will be presenting at the “Beyond the Border” Conference (Jointly sponsored by the Canadian Consulate and the Midwest Assoc. of Canadian Studies) on Oct. 5-6 at The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. His paper is titled: “A System Tested: Water Issues and International Relations along the Souris River.”