News

The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences annual awards reception is Saturday, April 20th at 6pm on the 3rd floor of the Student Union.

Graduates from our department had great success at Saturday’s Graduate Research Symposium. Sarah Haas and Seth Brazell took first and second place respectively in the Biology & Chemistry Papers category while Sara Gleave took second place in the Social Sciences & Humanities Papers category.

Anya Byers, first-year Geography PhD student, won the US-IALE travel award. This nationally competitive $500 scholarship will allow Anya to present her research “Analyzing emerging infectious forest disease as a coupled human and natural system” at the 2013 U.S. International Association of Landscape Ecology in Austin, Texas.

Congratulations to Paul McDaniel (PhD Geography and Urban Regional Analysis, May 2013) who has accepted a research fellowship position with the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) at the American Immigration Council in Washington, DC. The fellowship focuses on the intersections among immigration, entrepreneurship, urban/suburban revitalization, and community building. Additionally, Paul contributes to other aspects of IPC’s […]

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) has elected Dr. Jean-Claude Thill as one of four Fellows for 2013. Click here to see the list of Fellows.

Dr. Thomas Ludden, GIS Research Associate with UNC Charlotte’s Metropolitan Studies and Extended Academic Programs (MSEAP) has accepted a position as Senior Market Planning Analyst with the Real Estate Strategy & Portfolio unit of Starbucks in Seattle. Over the past 13 years, Tom has been leading the GIS and spatial analytical modeling efforts for MSEAP’s […]

Apply now for the Charlotte Research Scholars (CRS) program at https://graduateschool.uncc.edu/charlotte-research-scholars-2013-application – many Geography and Earth Sciences department faculty have volunteered to be CRS mentors for Summer 2013. CRS will provide 60 UNC Charlotte undergraduate students funding to participate in a 10-week (May 28 to Aug 3) research program. Scholars receive a $4,000 fellowship, one-on-one, […]

Geography PhD student, Whalen Dillon, received great news this week! His first dissertation chapter “Range-wide threats to a foundation tree species from disturbance interactions” was accepted for publication in the botanical science journal Madroño. Whalen’s geographical research was requested to be part of a special issue “Tanoak History, Values, and Ecology” organized by public policy […]

Paul McDaniel successfully defended his dissertation for the PhD in Geography on January 30. Dr. Heather Smith is his advisor

Several members of the department will be attending and presenting at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting from Jan 5-10 in Austin, TX. The AMS meeting attracts over 6000 representatives of the atmospheric sciences community. Undergraduate meteorology majors Brandy Stimac, Reid Strickler, Philip Ware, Gonzalo Agudelo, Daniel Cunningham, David Goldmintz, and Albert Washington will be […]