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A new research paper by Janni Sorensen, Jose Gamez, and Melissa Curie examines the development process of Windy Ridge, a subdivision in Charlotte, North Carolina. The study, called “Windy Ridge: A neighborhood built to fail” will be published in the July 2014 edition of Applied Geography. http://www.planetizen.com/node/68300

Many undergraduates from our Geography, Geology, Meteorology, and Earth Sciences programs will be presenting at the UNC Charlotte Undergraduate Research Conference on Friday April 25. Please attend and support undergraduate research in our department. Details of the event are at http://library.uncc.edu/undergraduateresearch. Several GES faculty have helped organize the event, and several others will serve as […]

Warren Pettee, a junior in the Meteorology program, was one of 54 UNC Charlotte undergraduates competitively selected from a pool of 150 applicants to be a 2014 Charlotte Research Scholar. Warren will be working on a project that incorporates data from the updated weather station on the roof of McEniry into an active display in […]

The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences has a strong contingency of graduate students and faculty presenting at this year’s Association of American Geographers (AAG) Conference, April 8-12 in Tampa, Florida. Students and faculty will present on a variety of topics, from Latino healthcare service provision, to the economic impact of high-speed rail in China, […]

Danny Yonto won first prize for his poster presentation at the UNC Charlotte Graduate Research Symposium. His poster, entered in the Social Science category, was titled “Student travel behavior: can preferences increase light rail ridership?”

We are very pleased to announce that our own Xingjian Liu has been selected by the Honors Committee of Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group (RDPSG) of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) as the recipient of 2014 Emerging Scholar award. Xingjian has received this honor due to his impressive prolific and high quality research […]

In an email to the TGSG members… I am pleased to announce our award winners for 2014. Like last year we had a number of high- quality nominations/applications and they were difficult to distinguish. The Transportation Geography Specialty Group (TGSG) board members carefully evaluated each nomination and the following individuals are awarded in the upcoming […]

Geography and Urban Regional Analysis PhD students Claire Schuch and Elizabeth Morrell were honored on Tuesday, February 25th at the 2014 Graduate Assistant Support Plan (GASP) Scholars’ reception for third-year doctoral students. The reception was sponsored by the Graduate School, with the support of the Charlotte Research Institute and was held at the Harris Almuni […]

Geography and Urban Regional Analysis PhD student Melissa Currie has been selected to present her research on Transit-Oriented Development at the forthcoming NC State Urban Design conference: Density in Place – Design Works – http://design.ncsu.edu/urban/about/. Also see recent article Melissa wrote about her research for PlanCharlotte – http://plancharlotte.org/story/tod-transit-blue-line-charlotte-southend​. Kudos Melissa!

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.