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The UNC Charlotte chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, an honor’s organization for geography students, has resumed their reign over the NC World Geography Bowl competition! Once again, the trophy has been returned to UNC Charlotte by team members Carolynne Hultquist, Ran Tao, Sara Gleave, Monica Dorning and Joe Howarth, team captain. Both Carolynne and Joe […]

Doctoral Candidate Tara Bengle of the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences Department and the Charlotte Action Research Project received an exclusive invitation to participate in meeting no. 3 of the “Democratic Practices and Community Development” work group. Her invitation comes as a result of an abstract she submitted, titled “Integrating popular education into a […]

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USIALE_Newsletter_201308.pdf UNC Charlotte Geography PhD student Monica Dorning and her research is featured in the “Spotlight on Student Members” in the US Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) Newsletter Vol. 28/2. UNC Charlotte, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences Assistant Professor Dr. Sara Gagné was elected to the office of Councillor-at-Large […]

UNC Charlotte, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences Associate Professor Scott Hippensteel recently published an article with economist Dr. Simon Condliffe of West Chester University titled: Profiting from the past: Are fossils a sound investment? GSA Today, v. 23, no. 8; doi: 10.1130/GSATG179GW.1

Congratulations to Claire Schuch, PhD Student in Geography and Urban Regional Analysis, on her selection as a 2013-2014 Graduate Life Fellow with UNC Charlotte’s Graduate School. See links below for information about Claire’s achievement and the GLF program. http://inside.uncc.edu/news/item/glf-program-starts-sixth-year-fellows-help-build-community-campus http://gradlife.uncc.edu/leadership-organizations/grad-life-fellows http://gradlife.uncc.edu/leadership-organizations/grad-life-fellows/ask-glf

http://exchange.uncc.edu/community-partnership-expands-connections-at-unc-charlotte/

Alumna Jennifer Meehan (BS-METR-2008) recently accepted a position in Washington, DC at the National Academy of Sciences as a member of the Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS) Space Study Board, where she will play an integral role in advising Congress, federal organizations (including NOAA, NASA, NSF, DOE, and Homeland Security), and civilian space […]

Heath Corder (M.S. Earth Sciences candidate, under the advisement of Dr. Manda Adams) was interviewed by WSOC-TV regarding the non-traditional physical mechanisms responsible for the 5 March 2012 tornado that destroyed several homes in East Charlotte. Heath is the lead author on the study (with Dr. Matt Eastin) documenting the event. The research team in […]

Geography and Urban and Regional Analysis PhD candidate Diep Dao has successfully won a national search for a tenure track Assistant Professorship in the Department of Geography at the University of Montana.