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INES PhD student, Tarini Shukla, received 1st place in the 2020 NCDOT Research and Innovation Summit student poster competition. The poster reports part of the work from NCDOT DeepHyd project “A Deep Learning-based Artificial Intelligence Approach for the Automated Classificationof Hydraulic Structures from LiDAR and Sonar Data” Co-authors: Craig Allan, Wenwu Tang, Shenen Chen, John […]

Dr. Missy Eppes gives a research talk on behalf of herself and Dr. Keanini.

The Geological Society of America annual meeting is happening all this week online. Several G&ES students and faculty are presenting, and two faculty are receiving National Awards! Join us in celebrating our Department’s achievements within this brave new world of online meetings! 21-5 CHANGES TO NEAR-STREAM GROUNDWATER IN AN URBAN FOREST WATERSHED SHOWN BY CONTINUOUS […]

The PROmoting Geoscience Research, Education, and SuccesS (PROGRESS) program is on the 2020 shortlist for the Nature Inspiring & Innovating Science Award in Outreach. This award recognizes programs that support girls or young women in STEM and the retention of women in STEM careers. Dr. Sandra Clinton leads the current project in the Carolinas in […]

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Tyrel (Tink) Moore, Professor Emeritus in Geography and Earth Sciences. A scholar of the South, Tink arrived at UNC Charlotte in 1982. It is estimated that he taught more than 20,000 undergraduates as well as a significant portion of the Charlotte region’s urban […]

Tropical cyclone season is the season that Geography and Earth Sciences Masters student Eric Webb relishes. The map below that he recently created shows just how primed the Atlantic basin is for hurricanes. CBS and Yahoo News both showcased Eric’s map in articles at CBS News: CBS News Article Yahoo News: Yahoo News Article So […]

NPR via WFAE (also on WUNC, KUNC, WAER and possibly other NPR affiliates) https://www.npr.org/2020/08/10/900766698/residents-in-north-carolina-brace-for-earthquakes-aftershocks WBTV On Your Side with Jamie Boll Talking about that earthquake that shook our area yesterday morning WSOC (At around 3:20) https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/did-you-feel-it-largest-earthquake-more-than-100-years-rattles-carolinas/c69224bb-cc0c-413e-bccd-c0ccc3c8cafd/ WBTV https://www.wbtv.com/2020/08/09/did-i-just-feel-an-earthquake-many-surprised-others-unbothered-by-ncs-magnitude-earthquake/

The blare of horns, the staccato notes of performers on street corners, the boisterous voices of crowds of people – these city sounds had largely fallen silent in the face of COVID-19 pandemic stay-home orders. In the quiet that settled into urban spaces, city dwellers worldwide have told stories of connecting with birds around their […]

As the United States battles a drastic resurgence in coronavirus cases, a group of UNC Charlotte researchers aggregated, analyzed and visualized publicly available COVID-19 data to produce an interactive dashboard in order to better understand the rapid spread of the virus. Click below to read more. https://datascience.uncc.edu/visualizing-covid-19-pandemic

Brisa Urquita Hernandez, PhD in Geography Candidate and Director, Community Health at Atrium Health was recently interviewed by NPR’s All Things Considered. Brisa’s doctoral research focuses on the Latinx experience of urban restructuring in Charlotte’s South Boulevard Corridor as a determinant of health and in her role with Atrium she has been a leading member […]