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Mineralogy students hiked over Helene-era landslide deposits and downed trees to collect some amazing pegmatite samples from the historic Ray Mica Mine in Yancey County, NC. Kyanite, garnet, muscovite, and tourmaline were popular finds! Below is a gallery of photos from the trip:

Avery Taylor is a senior and Levine Scholar majoring in earth and environmental sciences and geology and was featured in this weeks Inside UNC Charlotte. She has dedicated her college experience to sustainability, wildlife conservation and environmental advocacy. From volunteering with the Carolina Raptor Center to working on sea turtle conservation at Edisto Beach State […]

Dr. Bill Graves, a professor of Geography in the department of EEGS won the UNC Charlotte Award for Teaching Excellence during a ceremony held on Thursday, September 11th. Click here for a link to the full story. During his remarks, Dr. Graves described his teaching philosophy: “I tell stories to train students to think like […]

William (Bill) Graves, professor, geography; Margaret Quinlan, professor, communication studies; and Luke Reinke, associate professor, reading and elementary education are this year’s finalists for the UNC Charlotte Teaching Excellence Award for tenured faculty. For the full story, click here.

Meteorology senior Ian Shank was featured in this week’s Niner Insider Story about his summer internship in Norman Oklahoma. A piece of the article is linked below, but for the full article click on this link. Ian Shank, a senior meteorology student, was driving a packed car to Norman, Oklahoma, to be a student researcher […]

Adrian Croland, a second-year master’s student in geography, participated in the NASA DEVELOP National Program, which conducts feasibility studies that bridge the gap between earth science, information and society. Working closely with DEVELOP science advisors and mentors to apply observations of Earth to address real-world problems, participants conduct 10-week research projects in interdisciplinary teams of […]

Natasha Kroll, a senior double major in Earth & Environmental Science and Data Science with a minor in Statistics, has been awarded the 2025 North Carolina ArcGIS Users Group (NCAUG) Undergraduate Scholarship. Check the link for details. The NCAUG is the largest non-profit organization in North Carolina dedicated to advancing the geospatial industry across public […]

Sonia Birla, BA Geography ’25, is one of 65 Americans selected to study and work in Germany as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals program. Read more here.  Congratulations, Sonia!

This summer four students from Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences (Claire Casey, Ashana Sankar, Lily Witcher and Tori Teague) joined Dr. Heather Smith, faculty and students from the Levine Scholars Program as they explored climate change in Santander, Spain. In partnership with Departamento de Geografía, Urbanismo y Ordenación del Territorio and a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the University of […]

With the support of our department and the Center for Applied Geographic Information Science (CAGIS), we are excited to announce that our department has become a member of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), making us the second institution in North Carolina to join after NC State. This membership means that all our […]