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Discovery Place Science guests had the opportunity to dig into North Carolina’s geological diversity and rich history of mining with experts in the field from UNC Charlotte’s GEO Club and Sigma Gamma Epsilon chapter. Learners of all ages explored the properties and uses of rocks in everyday life, tested and identified minerals, and simulated geomorphic […]

On November 20, 2024, the Center for Applied GIScience (CAGIS) and the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geographical Sciences (EEGS) hosted the annual GIS Day in McEniry Lobby at UNC Charlotte. The event brought together students, faculty, and industry professionals to celebrate the power and potential of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Competition Highlights The day […]

Geography PhD student Lauren Burns was awarded the Graduate Schools 2025 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award for the category of Non-traditional/Thesis. The committee noted that “Her thesis research uniquely blended disciplinary expertise in meteorology along with the science of teaching ale learning to make a substantial and novel contribution to meteorology and geoscience education” A summary […]

EEGS MS graduate Zed Bates-Norris was one of the winners of the Student Poster Contest at the 2024 NC BREATHE Conference! These students have showcased outstanding research in the field of health equity, climate change, and environmental justice, and their work exemplifies the innovative thinking and impactful solutions we need to address pressing health and […]

Drs. Fall, Falconer (Anthropology) Eppes and Ridder (CSU, San Marcos) meet with a group of 11 European colleagues from Belgium to tour and sample the bronze age site that the UNC Charlotte team and colleagues have been working for almost 20 years! The stone with the hole is a 4000 year-old loom weight to hold […]

Dr. Davenport and three of her graduate students (Ethan O’Neill, ESCI MS; Logan Twohey, GEOG PhD; Jasen Greco, GEOG PhD) attended and presented at the American Meteorological Society’s 31st Conference on Severe Local Storms in Virginia Beach. The group stayed busy presenting posters, giving talks, running sessions, and enjoying the surf and sand! Dr. Davenport also served […]

GEO members represented more than half of the students in attendance at AEG’s Carolina chapter meeting in Greensboro. Attendees met with professional geologists from the region and enjoyed a delicious (free!) dinner before hearing an insightful presentation on asbestos by former AEG President Sarah Kalika. UNC Charlotte is a student chapter of AEG Carolinas and hosts several professional events […]

Dr. Colleen Hammelman and PhD Candidate Dylan Turner, with co-author Dr. Cathy Liu from Georgia State University, were named Second-Place Winner for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning’s 2024 Best Paper Award in Planning & Entrepreneurship for their paper, Leave or Stay? The Small Business Landscape along Buford Highway. The paper examines immigrant retail patterns on the international […]

Dr. Colleen Hammelman, with co-authors Dr. Charles Z. Levkoe, Lakehead University, and Dr. Kristin Reynolds, The New School, published a new edited volume: Radical Food Geographies: Power, Knowledge, and Resistance (Bristol University Press). This collection presents critical and action-oriented approaches to addressing food systems challenges across places, spaces, and scales. With global case studies, it investigates the […]

SGE and GEO illuminated hundreds of visitors with a display of fluorescent minerals at the McDowell Nature Center and Preserve’s annual Nature at Night event. Club members also volunteered at stations highlighting native and nocturnal species, nature-themed crafts, and s’mores! Learn more about SGE, GEO, and other departmental organizations here.