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The American Planning Association North Carolina has awarded Katherine Idziorek and Michelle E. Zuñiga the prestigious Marvin Collins Planning Award for Community Engagement. This recognition celebrates their outstanding planning efforts showcased in the recently published article, Achieving 10-Minute Neighborhoods in Underinvested Communities: Understanding Transportation Opportunities and Challenges through Resident Stories, featured in the Transportation Research Record. Their […]

Happy Earth Science Week EEGS!  Earth Science Week is ‘a global movement towards understanding and cherishing our planet’. There are lots of ways to get involved. Here is a link. https://www.earthsciweek.org/ Or, post your “Earth” activities this week! Don’t forget to tag EEGS, UNC Charlotte and maybe The Geological Society of America or American Geophysical Union […]

Ryan Carter, a rising senior and Geography major, has been awarded the 2024 North Carolina ArcGIS Users Group (NCAUG) Undergraduate Scholarship. The NCAUG is the largest non-profit organization in North Carolina dedicated to advancing the geospatial industry in both the public and private sectors. This scholarship was awarded to two undergraduate students pursuing degrees that […]

A great time was had by all at our first Open House in the lobby of McEniry. Students of our large enrollment General Education courses were welcomed by faculty and our majors and invited to browse our undergraduate and graduate programs, our student clubs, and the undergraduate research opportunities we offer. Bonus: EEGS slap bracelets […]

EEGS Students, Faculty and Alumni enjoyed the 2024 GSA Connects annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Anaheim California last week!  They presented their MS research (Sophie Barnett; Patrick Webb), attended field trips with GSA student grant funds (Patrick Web), chaired a session on the Critical Zone with colleagues from Utah and Idaho (Dr. Eppes and […]

Professional Geologist John Lopez (Geology, 2009) and Madeline (Sesma) Price (Geology, 2024), from Hart & Hickman consultants, demonstrated how groundwater is collected for analysis using the monitoring well located along Toby Creek by Hauser Alumni Pavilion. Approximately 15 students were in attendance representing a diverse set of majors including Geology, Earth & Environmental Science, and Engineering, among others. […]

GEO and SGE teamed up over the weekend to “Keep Mallard Creek Beautiful.” Participants were rewarded for their hard work with free donuts and camaraderie. Thanks to the record-setting number of volunteers that included current and former undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty, as well as family members and friends.  If you’re interested in joining future […]

Students and faculty were treated to an “electrifying” tour of the Albemarle King’s Mountain lithium mine, which will provide the raw materials for lithium batteries used in electric vehicles. The mine operated previously for 50 years, but closed in 1988 when cheaper lithium could be obtained from other sources. The increased demand for lithium, and the […]

Roger Riggin, an Infrastructure and Environmental Systems PhD student working with Dr. Davenport, was recently honored with an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. He was particularly commended for excellence in developing relationships with students in all of his courses. Congratulations, Roger!

On July 14, the Charlotte Heat Mappers and 60+ volunteers carried out a successful community science mapping campaign, gathering temperature and humidity data across 100 square miles of Charlotte’s urban heat island. The goal of the mapping effort, funded by a grant from NOAA, is to better understand disparities in the effects of urban heat across Charlotte communities and to identify specific […]