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Dylan McKnight is a UNC Charlotte student pursuing master’s degrees in urban design and community planning. His capstone project was to design a park for the Reid Park Neighborhood, the historically African-American community, located in West Charlotte.

Large contingent from the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences attends the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting and Student Conference in Atlanta, GA, from 1-7 February 2004. The AMS meeting attracts over 6000 representatives of the atmospheric sciences community. Undergraduate meteorology majors Brittany Borer, Laura Caudle, Nick Easter, Sean Malone, Ricky Matthews, Amber McGinnis, […]

Jennifer Aldred, Tara Bengle and Melissa Currie were spotlighted in The Graduate Source for Spring 2014. Download the page here.

https://charp.uncc.edu/news-blogs/reid-park-wins-neighborhoods-creative-partnership-grant

In their GSA Today article, geoscientists Scott P. Hippensteel, Matthew D. Eastin, and William J. Garcia of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte call for a better understanding of the long-term record of storm frequency and impact, not only because of the increase in the strength of storms hitting coastal areas but also because […]

The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences congratulates Ms. Claire Schuch, PhD Student in Geography and Urban Regional Analysis who was honored with the Johanna R. Baker Fellowship from the Graduate School at UNC Charlotte. See below for link to story about the awards ceremony held at the Harris Alumni Center on October 25th , […]

At the end of October, the City of Charlotte hosted the first annual Neighborhood Leadership Awards with the Neighborhood Improvement Award going to Reid Park, a neighborhood partner of the Charlotte Action Research Project (CHARP). The award recognizes a neighborhood association that has shown a commitment to enhancing the aesthetics and safety of their neighborhood. […]

To enhance its social and behavioral science research, UNC Charlotte has established Project Mosaic, an initiative that will be led by Knight Foundation Distinguished Professor Jean-Claude Thill. The divisions of Academic Affairs and Research and Economic Development are funding the university-wide effort, which will be housed in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Project […]

Two study abroad options require priority attention if students are interested in enrolling. The first of these is Berlin in the Mirror of Time (GERM 3050, 3 credit hrs) which is a spring semester course with an embedded spring break study abroad component. Registration for this course is November 1st. Please contact Dr. Warbeck (kwerbeck@uncc.edu) […]

UNC Charlotte urban design and community planning student Dylan McKnight began working on a park design for the neighborhood as a major project for his master’s degree. http://plancharlotte.org/story/charlotte-mecklenburg-reid-park-uncc-urban-design