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In the 1960s and ’70s, a hypothesis took hold among researchers that African Americans in poor neighborhoods in big cities did not have easy access to low-wage jobs that were quickly moving to the suburbs. It was called spatial mismatch hypothesis. There were transportation challenges and Black families often couldn’t move to the suburbs because […]

As Charlotte grows rapidly, concerns about gentrification and displacement have become key issues for city government to address. Tracking gentrification and displacement can be challenging, as this process of neighborhood change is slow and takes many forms across space and time. However, when analyzed with viable data sources, areas that are potentially vulnerable to gentrification […]

Many Charlotteans enjoy the natural amenity provided by its prominent urban forest, so much so that we’ve become known as “The City of Trees.” However, this lush urban tree canopy is under threat and losing hundreds of acres per year, mostly in residential areas, leaving the City hotter and more prone to flash floods. And […]

Geography and Earth Sciences professor Jack Scheff explained the factors that have led to record heat in the Pacific Northwest in an article titled “Why the latest Western heat wave will be so oppressive” at https://mashable.com/article/heat-wave-west-us-why-so-hot

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. David Hartgen, Professor Emeritus. From 1989 to 2006, Hartgen was Professor of Transportation at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. While here, he established the University’s interdisciplinary transportation studies center and conducted numerous studies of transportation systems throughout the nation. He conducted […]

We have some exciting news to announce. The GES department would like to welcome Dr. Hoover, Dr. Idziorek and Dr. Zuniga to the university starting this fall. Dr. Fushcia-Ann Hoover is an interdisciplinary researcher specializing in environmental justice, urban planning and green infrastructure. Her questions engage the social processes that drive relationships between people, place […]

Dewan Mohammed Abdul Ahad, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, and Dylan Turner, Ph.D. Geography, each have been awarded the Wayland H. Cato Jr. First-Year Doctoral Fellowship which provides $18,500 plus tuition and insurance beginning in the fall. Recipients of the Cato Award, one of 13 Graduate School donor funded fellowships, also receive tuition and health insurance benefits […]

On Sunday May 2nd, the STORM club sponsored an end of semester event for meteorology students and faculty to celebrate another great semester, to honor the graduating seniors, and to give out annual awards. The event took place at the Alumni Pavilion on campus and of course had great weather! Meteorology faculty and students gather […]

Recently a few of our PhD students received various awards. Please congratulate them. Congratulations to Providence Adu on his receipt of a Joanna R. Baker Memorial Graduate Fellowship. The Baker fellowship is awarded to the applicant who best demonstrates evidence of creative and rigorous solutions applied to challenging public and social policy problems. Congratulations to […]

GES Ph.D. candidate Barbara Pinson Lash is working with the Hidden Valley neighborhood to establish a tutoring program for young students. The Hidden Valley Family of Tutors program was spearheaded by PhD Candidate Barbara Pinson Lash with UNCC’s Charlotte Action Research Project (CHARP), along with Hidden Valley Residents and Hidden Valley Elementary School. https://www.wbtv.com/2021/04/21/community-garden-planting-seeds-hope-positivity-hidden-valley-neighborhood/