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Those of us who knew Al Stuart are saddened by his passing on Nov. 1. Dr. Alfred Stuart, professor emeritus of geography and earth sciences, had a long and distinguished career at UNC Charlotte. I had the good fortune to work with him for more than 40 years, and I believe we should take a […]

GSA field trip to Great Falls on Halloween 2015. Halloween trip so Dr. Eppes is dressed as a Stream Pirate

Longtime UNC Charlotte colleague and Professor Emeritus Alfred (Al) Wright Stuart passed away on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 after a brief illness. He was a retired member of the faculty of the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences. Stuart was a native of Roanoke, Virginia who was instrumental in shaping and leading the Department of […]

What can we do to stem the increased use of phones and laptops to cheat on exams in class? http://chronicle.com/article/Memorization-Cheating-and/233926

Brian Magi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, was the guest on the October 22, 2015 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. As an atmospheric scientist, Magi explores the relationship between fires, climate, and air quality. His long term research goal is to simulate global fires as […]

CAGIS is pleased to announce that they are receiving a new award “Healthy Wells” from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the NC Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services. The award for the “Health Wells” project is in total $666,665 for five years (UNCC part: $294,449). This project is designed […]

The department started a newsletter in the spring. We hope this will a biannual newsletter. Click the link to download Earth Matters – Spring 2015 Newsletter

Monarchs, long missing from his Druid Hills neighborhood, are attracted to flowers planted last month as part of the Butterfly Highway, a project launched by UNC Charlotte graduate student Angelique Hjarding. The program monitors butterflies and other natural pollinators to increase biological diversity in underserved communities. http://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2015/05/20/local/butterflies-take-flight-with-urban-reintroduction-program/

Warren Pettee, who finished his Meteorology degree in May and will be continuing at UNC Charlotte in the Earth Sciences MS program in the Fall, received full travel funding to attend the 2015 Unidata User’s Workshop (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/events/2015UsersWorkshop/) in Boulder, Colorado, in June 2015. Warren has spear-headed many efforts at UNC Charlotte related to using and […]

Following AAG, Elizabeth Delmelle was elected as the chair of the Transportation Specialty Group, and Eric Delmelle was elected vice-chair of the Health Geography Specialty Group. Congrats to both of you.