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Sonia Birla a Finance, Geography, and International Studies triple major was announced as National finalist for the 2024 Truman Scholarship. A junior from Cary and a member of the Honors College, she has advanced to the regional interview round in Washington, D.C., and are among 191 finalists selected from 709 applications nationwide. Charlotte is the […]
The department of Geography and Earth Sciences hosted a career fair on Friday March 15th in the McEniry lobby where over a dozen local companies and government entities talked to students about potential internships and careers. The event was attended by more than 100 of our undergraduate and graduate students and many connections were made! […]
Sunshine and free donuts greeted a record number of volunteers who cleaned the GEO club’s adopted section of Mallard Creek on March 16. If you’re interested in joining GEO for future events, contact Valerie Reynolds (vreynol2@charlotte.edu) and follow GEO on Instagram @unccltgeo! Below is a gallery of photos taken from the clean up:
Dr. Veronica Westendorff, a landscape architect and recent graduate of the Ph.D. in Infrastructure and Environmental Systems (INES) program, shares findings from her research on tree canopy, heat islands, and potential strategies for cooling in Charlotte with WFAE. Dr. Westendorff, Dr. Idziorek, and a multidisciplinary team of Geography and Earth Sciences researchers are working to […]
The GEO club held its February meeting at Charlotte’s Lambla Gallery to view Erratic Accretion, an art exhibition by Milwaukee-based artist Nicole Shaver. Nicole joined via Zoom to provide context for the exhibition and share her interests in the intersection of art and science as well as the significance of place. Among the art pieces were mineral samples from the department’s Orchard […]
M.S. Earth Sciences student Jasen Greco received a poster award at the recent American Meteorological Society Student Conference in Baltimore, MD. His study, entitled “Idealized Simulations of SUpercell Thunderstorm Interactions Near Stationary Boundaries,” was particularly lauded for its organization and clarity. Congratulations, Jasen! For a larger version of the poster, see below.
Dr. Katherine Idziorek (co-PI), along with collaborators Chen Chen, Ph.D. (PI, Oklahoma State University) and Stephen Wong, Ph.D. (collaborator, University of Alberta) were recently awarded an NSF Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG) to study Place-Based, Human-Centered Networks to Enhance Community Resilience and Equity. The research will focus on opportunities and challenges associated with the integration of […]
Douglas Shoemaker, director of research and outreach at the Center for Applied GIScience, was featured in a WBTV segment February 2 talking about a recent study that measured the loss of Charlotte’s signature tree canopy. In his interview with Jamie Boll, originally recorded in 2020, Doug remarks on his surprise regarding the magnitude of canopy loss, […]
23 Undergraduate meteorology majors, four graduate students and two faculty traveled north to Baltimore, MD for the annual American Meteorological Conference. Students participated in a packed two-day agenda where they met peers, university faculty, and professional meteorologists from across the country. Graduate students Jasen Greco and Logan Twohey presented posters during the Sunday evening research […]
On January 9, GES Assistant Professor Jack Scheff appeared on WFAE (Charlotte NPR)’s flagship daily current-affairs show Charlotte Talks to discuss recent developments on climate change in North Carolina and beyond. The hourlong panel was hosted by WFAE’s Mike Collins and included experts from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center and from NC State University. Listen to audio here.
GES faculty and graduate students presented their research at the Southeast Division’s American Association of Geographers’ (SEDAAG) Conference in Norfolk, VA, Nov 19-20, 2023. Dr. Bill Graves and Dr. Michael Ewers presented in the Innovations in Economic Geography paper session. Dr. Ewers’ paper on the US Hydrogen Hub Program was co-authored with Environmental Studies Major Caitlin Conrecode. Dr. […]
Dr. Jean-Claude Thill was honored last weekend with an award from the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC). The full announcement can be read below: The Walter Isard Award for Scholarly Achievement pays tribute to regional scientists who have made significant theoretical and methodological contributions to the field of Regional Science throughout their careers. NARSC is […]
The Epsilon Sigma chapter of the Sigma Gamma Epsilon honor society welcomed new members at its initiation ceremony on November 7. It is a privilege and an honor to be a member of SGE, which recognizes scholarship and professionalism in the Earth Sciences. Congratulations to these newest members! Pictured are the new members, Left to right: […]
The GEO club and members of Dr. Scott Hippensteel’s Sedimentology class visited Green Mill Run in Greenville, North Carolina to collect fossils. The two formations exposed along the bed of the creek are the Cretaceous Donoho Creek and the Miocene Yorktown Formation, both of which are full of shark teeth and, occasionally, marine reptile teeth. […]
Students from the 49er Urban Planners club and the Urban Studies minor represented Geography and Earth Sciences at the American Planning Association North Carolina Chapter’s annual conference in Durham this week! Drs. Zuñiga and Idziorek presented their Gambrell Fellowship research on transportation barriers experienced by residents living in underinvested Charlotte communities, and students participated in […]
Dr. Michael Ewers along with other faculty at UNC Charlotte were awarded the new Gambrell Faculty Fellows Fellowship for work that addresses critical community questions. “The idea is, if you are in a society or a community where there’s knowledge of existing resources and opportunities, you’ll be more able to adapt and deal with change,” […]
Four GES students Miles Calloway, Wyatt Hicks, Harris Robinson, and John Kinsey, along with two non-GES students Mia Todd (Architecture) and Grace Bell (UNC-CH), travelled to Thailand this summer to participate in a 8-week collaborative project between UNC Charlotte and Chulalongkorn University, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Directed by Dr. Gang Chen and Dr. […]
Dr. Casey Davenport, an Associate Professor of Meteorology, was recently conferred the Outstanding Early Career Award by the American Meteorological Society’s Committee on Mesoscale Processes. The award citation highlights her diverse portfolio of work in severe thunderstorms and pedagogy: “For contributions to understanding of environmental and terrain influences on supercell thunderstorms and techniques to more […]