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EEGS faculty and graduate students celebrated the end of the Fall 2024 academic semester with a holiday potluck with lots of amazing food, plenty of desserts, and a game that got everyone laughing. Special thanks to our department chair, Dr. Sara Gagne, and our staff (Lisa, Teena, Rachel, and Mika) who helped to plan and […]

The Charlotte Heat Mappers, a multidisciplinary research team led by Drs. Katherine Idziorek, Matthew Eastin, and Michelle Zuñiga, have released the final report and dataset resulting from their 2024 Urban Heat Island mapping campaign. The community science effort, supported by funding from the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), engaged more than 60 volunteers to collect fine-grained […]

Wenwu Tang, Ph.D., professor and executive director of the Center for Applied Geographic Information Science and Sara Gagné, Ph.D., associate professor and department chair of the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences were featured in an in-depth interview with an “On Your Side Tonight” segment from WBTV journalist Jamie Boll. Gagné and Tang shared how research in EEGS and […]

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 […]