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Christopher Godwin, a newly graduated Geography BS student, published his research as lead author in a high-profile international journal Landscape & Urban Planning. The research was completed while Chris worked in Professor Gang Chen’s lab. It synergies remote sensing LiDAR (light detection and ranging) and aerial photography to efficiently model landscape-level forest carbon storage in […]

Carolynne Hultquist, a newly graduated Geography BS student, published her research as lead author in a high-profile international journal Remote Sensing Letters. The research was completed while Carolynne worked in Professor Gang Chen’s lab. In the study, high spectral resolution remote sensing, geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA), and machine learning were applied to assess burn […]

Congratulations to PhD in Geography and Urban Regional Analysis students Claire Schuch and Brisa Urquieta-Hernandez lead authors on a research paper selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ) as one of the four “most influential“ articles in 2014 in the area of identification and elimination of disparities in health care. The paper, Por Nuestros […]

Dr. Brian Magi is seeking a graduate student to join the Multidisciplinary Earth System and Atmospheric Sciences (MESAS) research group in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (mesas.uncc.edu). The student will develop research within the context of an NSF funded project focused on studying how global […]

Dylan McKnight didn’t get involved with the Reid Park Neighborhood Park project for recognition. He got involved because he wanted to help the neighborhood fulfill its 23-plus-year desire for a community park. But that led to something more. McKnight has been awarded the 2014 Marvin Collins Outstanding Planning Award in the graduate student project category […]

Geography professor receives Provost’s Faculty Award for Community Engagement Heather Smith, professor of geography in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, is the 2014 recipient of the Provost’s Faculty Award for Community Engagement. Established in 2012, the award honors a tenured faculty member whose teaching, research and service embodies the University’s commitment to civic […]

UNC Charlotte Geography Graduate Programs – Funded Assistantships Spring 2015

Congratulations to Angel Hjarding, PhD Student in Geography and Urban Regional Analysis, on receipt of a grant to participate in a NSF funded workshop and symposium at the Biodiversity Informatics Standards (TDWG), also known as the Taxonomic Databases Working Group, conference October 27-31 in Jönköping, Sweden. This is a competitive grant to pay the expenses […]

Janni Sorensen and former MA student Dylan McKnight were awarded a 2014 Marvin Collins Planning Award in the Graduate Student Project category for their work on the Reid Park Vision Plan and Dylan’s capstone MA project. This annual award is given by the North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association and will be received […]

Brian Magi and colleagues from Yale and the University of Oregon were recently notified that their project titled “Collaborative Research: Testing Hypotheses About Fire Using Data Syntheses and Fire Modeling” was selected for funding by the NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences program. A full abstract is at http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1436496&HistoricalAwards=false