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Congratulations to Jasen Greco, double major in Meteorology and Earth and Environmental Sciences, for his success at the UNC Charlotte Undergraduate Research Conference. Jasen won the Science, Technology, Engineering Poster Presentation Award for his study entitled “Comparing High-Shear, Low-CAPE Supercell Weather Events in the Southeastern United States vs. The Great Plains.” This work was conducted […]

Dr. Jack Scheff will be on WFAE’s Charlotte Talks from 9-10am on April 28th (4/28) with WFAE climate reporter David Boraks and Andy Pershing from Climate Central. We will be discussing “the higher temperatures in the region this winter, how climate change is impacting allergy season and what to expect from the summer/hurricane season this […]

NPR article about Green infrastructure Federal agencies are beginning to hand out billions of dollars in infrastructure spending, the largest investment ever made in the country’s water system. Much of it will go to improving pipes, drains and stormwater systems. But some scientists and urban planners are pushing to fund projects that are better adapted […]

Jean-Claude Thill, Knight Distinguished Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, is the 2022 recipient of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal, UNC Charlotte’s most prestigious faculty award, in recognition of excellence in research. He was honored at a special reception April 14. https://inside.charlotte.edu/news-features/2022-04-21/thill-receives-first-citizens-bank-scholars-medal

Several GES Faculty are members of UNC Charlotte’s Migration Research Network (MRN) recently profiled in Inside UNC Charlotte. Dr. Heather Smith is MRN co-leader and Drs. Micahel Ewers; Colleen Hammellman; Jean-Claude Thill and Michelle Zuniga are MRN members. Their research focuses on a broad range of migration-related topics at local, regional, and global scales, positioning […]

Kudos to Ph.D. in Geography Candidate Sara Tornabene who is the recipient of the AAG’s award for Best Student Paper for Geography & Entrepreneurship: https://www.aag.org/award-grant/kauffman/. Sara received this honor for a paper she published with Dr. Isabelle Nilsson: Tornabene, S., & Nilsson, I. (2021). Rail transit investments and economic development: Challenges for small businesses. Journal […]

In late March, multiple GES graduate students and faculty attended the Southern Appalachian Weather and Climate (SAWC) workshop in Asheville, North Carolina. The workshop brought together a diverse group of students, academics, federal scientists, and broadcast media to share current research, share advancements in operational practice, and facilitate improved communication of weather, water, and climate […]

An Analysis of Local and Combined (Global) Scours on Piers-on-Bank Bridges. The Chaven et al. article has been selected for the cover page of the journal Civil Engineering. The research derives from the NCDOT funded DeepHyd project (Wenwu is the PI, Diemer, S-E Chen (CEEG) and Allan are co-PI’s) (Shukla, Slocum and T. Chen) are […]

Paul Jung, a 2021 Geography Ph.D. graduate, received the Outstanding Dissertation Award of the American Association of Geographers’ Transportation Geography Specialty Group. His dissertation was titled “Distance Friction and Spatial Interaction Dynamics of International Freight Transportation.” In his dissertation, he studied the nature of spatial interaction phenomena and distance friction in the context of the […]

Dr. Jean-Claude Thill is Knight Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Thill is highly regarded for his substantial research and training contributions to quantitative human geography and GIScience sub-field. He has an impressive record of sustained and diverse service to the discipline. For ten years, he served as the editor-in-chief of […]