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Congratulations to Mona Kashiha, 2014 Geography and Urban Regional Analysis PhD graduate for being the laureate of the 2015 Dissertation Competition of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). Her dissertation was titled “Spatial Competition Based on Customers’ Choice Histories: A Study of Trade Flows”. Mona has been a visiting scholar at Boston College since January […]

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Those of us who knew Al Stuart are saddened by his passing on Nov. 1. Dr. Alfred Stuart, professor emeritus of geography and earth sciences, had a long and distinguished career at UNC Charlotte. I had the good fortune to work with him for more than 40 years, and I believe we should take a […]

GSA field trip to Great Falls on Halloween 2015. Halloween trip so Dr. Eppes is dressed as a Stream Pirate

Longtime UNC Charlotte colleague and Professor Emeritus Alfred (Al) Wright Stuart passed away on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 after a brief illness. He was a retired member of the faculty of the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences. Stuart was a native of Roanoke, Virginia who was instrumental in shaping and leading the Department of […]

What can we do to stem the increased use of phones and laptops to cheat on exams in class? http://chronicle.com/article/Memorization-Cheating-and/233926

Brian Magi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, was the guest on the October 22, 2015 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. As an atmospheric scientist, Magi explores the relationship between fires, climate, and air quality. His long term research goal is to simulate global fires as […]

CAGIS is pleased to announce that they are receiving a new award “Healthy Wells” from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the NC Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services. The award for the “Health Wells” project is in total $666,665 for five years (UNCC part: $294,449). This project is designed […]

The department started a newsletter in the spring. We hope this will a biannual newsletter. Click the link to download Earth Matters – Spring 2015 Newsletter

Monarchs, long missing from his Druid Hills neighborhood, are attracted to flowers planted last month as part of the Butterfly Highway, a project launched by UNC Charlotte graduate student Angelique Hjarding. The program monitors butterflies and other natural pollinators to increase biological diversity in underserved communities. http://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2015/05/20/local/butterflies-take-flight-with-urban-reintroduction-program/