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The department is saddened by the sudden passing of Jon Watkins, our former lab manager of more than 10 years. Jon was beloved by many faculty and staff, as well as both undergraduate and graduate students who passed through McEniry and the lab facilities.  Jon graduated from Alfred University with a B.S. degree in Engineering […]

The department mourns the passing of Dr. Sallie Ives, Associate Professor Emeritus. Dr. Ives obtained her doctoral degree from the University of Illinois in 1977 and that same year joined her “brother in geography”, Wayne Walcott, in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Ives was promoted to Associate Professor […]

On Wednesday, May 1st the department held its annual awards celebration to honor the accomplishments and achievements of our undergraduate and graduate students. The event took place in the student union and was made possible by Carla Ashton and the communication and outreach committee. A big thank you to everyone who helped organize and all […]

During the 2023-34 academic year, UNC Charlotte participated in the national forecasting competition known as the WxChallenge (Weather Challenge). The WxChallenge is a collegiate focused meteorological forecast competition. Forecasters from higher education institutions from across the United States and Canada predict the high and low temperature, maximum sustained wind speed, and total precipitation from select […]

Three EEGS courses this semester focused on travel, two domestically and one internationally, over Spring Break in early March 2024.  The sights were breathtaking and students got the opportunity to interact with different cultures and landscapes.  These experiences are pivotal in the academic journey of our students. Participating students will be displaying their work and hosting a […]

Autumn Kamili, a junior meteorology major, was awarded the Live Más Scholarship from Taco Bell totaling 10,000 dollars. The Live Más Scholarship is for students who are pursuing higher education, preparing for the workforce, or using their passion to ignite change in their communities and beyond. The foundation looks for four things: Passion, Social Impact, […]

The department wants to recognize our outstanding administrative professionals: Teena Power, Rachel Smith, and Lisa Pickett. What do they do in EEGS? Simply put, everything! The three of them organize, assist, plan, solve, simplify, coordinate, and do a million other amazing things that none of us are even aware of to keep the department running […]

The AEG (Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists) Annual Visiting Professionals Career Day took place last Thursday afternoon from 4-6 pm in McEniry 125.  Four practicing geoscientists presented, representing a variety of career paths and positions.  Three of the presenters were alumni of our department – one very recently!  About twenty students were in attendance enjoying pizza, […]

This summer, the Charlotte Heat Mappers, a coalition of community organizations, nonprofits and government entities led by UNC Charlotte’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences (Katherine Idziorek, Matt Eastin, Douglas Shoemaker, Michelle Zuñiga, Veronica Westendorff and graduate research assistant Joe Wiswell) will oversee a community science campaign to map variations in urban heat across […]

This year the departments student clubs (GEO, STORM, 49erUP), faculty, and students volunteered on Sunday, April 14th from 11:00am to 4:00pm at the joint STEAM/Kidsfest in central campus. The event showcased GIS and mapping, urban planning, the stream table, rock identification, cloud making, and many other activities. Hundreds of local students and parents visited the […]

The Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geographical Sciences is thrilled to announce that current M.S. in Earth Sciences student and incoming Ph.D. in Geography student Jasen Greco is the 2024-2025 recipient of the Dr. William F. Kennedy Graduate Fellowship. Jasen will continue working under the advisement of Dr. Casey Davenport examining the interaction of supercell thunderstorms […]

Zurikanen Iddrisu is a first-generation graduate student from Ghana and a PhD candidate in the department of Geography and Earth Sciences. He holds a BSc in Development Planning from his home country and an MSc in Urban Analytics and Visualization from the University of Warwick, UK. His interests hover around the general area of geospatial […]

Dr. Youngseob Eum (PI) was awarded a School of Data Science 2024 Summer Seed Grant for Data Science along with his collaborators Dr. Srinivas S. Pulugurtha (Co-PI; Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering) and Dr. Lei Zhu (Co-PI; Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering). The research project will investigate spatial and temporal patterns in business […]

Sonia Birla a Finance, Geography, and International Studies triple major was announced as National finalist for the 2024 Truman Scholarship. A junior from Cary and a member of the Honors College, she has advanced to the regional interview round in Washington, D.C., and are among 191 finalists selected from 709 applications nationwide. Charlotte is the […]

The department of Geography and Earth Sciences hosted a career fair on Friday March 15th in the McEniry lobby where over a dozen local companies and government entities talked to students about potential internships and careers. The event was attended by more than 100 of our undergraduate and graduate students and many connections were made! […]

Sunshine and free donuts greeted a record number of volunteers who cleaned the GEO club’s adopted section of Mallard Creek on March 16. If you’re interested in joining GEO for future events, contact Valerie Reynolds (vreynol2@charlotte.edu) and follow GEO on Instagram @unccltgeo! Below is a gallery of photos taken from the clean up:

Dr. Veronica Westendorff, a landscape architect and recent graduate of the Ph.D. in Infrastructure and Environmental Systems (INES) program, shares findings from her research on tree canopy, heat islands, and potential strategies for cooling in Charlotte with WFAE. Dr. Westendorff, Dr. Idziorek, and a multidisciplinary team of Geography and Earth Sciences researchers are working to […]

The GEO club held its February meeting at Charlotte’s Lambla Gallery to view Erratic Accretion, an art exhibition by Milwaukee-based artist Nicole Shaver. Nicole joined via Zoom to provide context for the exhibition and share her interests in the intersection of art and science as well as the significance of place. Among the art pieces were mineral samples from the department’s Orchard […]