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The College of Computing and Informatics is sponsoring a virtual interdisciplinary panel discussion, called “Mars Landing and Exploration: Why We Should Care.”Our Dr. Eppes is a panelist. Friday, April 23, 12:30-1:30. Click here to attend.

Three Geography Ph.D. students won national awards last week at the annual AAG confrence. Sara Toranbene received a fellowship from the Urban Geography Specialty Group for her research: A collection of economic possibilities: Latinx Diverse Economies in Boston and Charlotte. Elina Shepard was runner-up for the AAG-Kauffman Award for Best Student Paper in Geography and […]

From Inside UNC Charlotte: “Every great city has a great research university.” Most of my colleagues have heard me say this a time or two. This certainly is true of the Charlotte region — and UNC Charlotte. Driving this home are the members of our faculty recognized recently for their promise with Faculty Early Career […]

A recent article appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences features Department of Geography & Earth Sciences Professor Pat Fall, whose research reveals that humans first arrived in the northern Bahamas about 830 CE, 200 years earlier than thought previously, after spreading rapidly through the entire Bahamian archipelago in less than century. […]

Behnam Nikparvar, won first place in the 2021 Graduate Research Symposium with a paper titled “Remotely Sensed Large Population Displacement and Return”. The Authors are: Behnam Nikparvar, Jean-Claude Thill, James Walsh The population of forcibly displaced people has doubled to 79.5 million since 2010. Reliable information about large population displacement and return resulting from wars […]

One of our majors, Jonese Pipkin, was highlighted in this story by Susan Messina with the university. “Jonese Pipkin ’20 plans to put her degree in environmental science to work by giving a voice to those unfairly impacted by environmental injustice.” See the full article here. https://inside.uncc.edu/news-features/2021-03-15/unc-charlotte-leading-african-american-degrees

There is a new documentary detailing the story of one Charlotte neighborhood. It’s called “Charlotte’s Hidden Valley Neighborhood: The Lived Experience”. The Hidden Valley neighborhood is over by where I-85 hits West Sugar Creek Road. The documentary looks at how the neighborhood is today and how it started. Barbara Lash is behind the documentary. She […]

A NCDOT proposal led by Dr. Wenwu Tang (Associate Professor, Executive Director of CAGIS) was selected for funding. Co-PIs are Drs. Wei Fan (Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering), Eric Delmelle (Associate Professor), and Shenen Chen (Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering). This project is entitled “Geo-FRIT: A web-based geospatial analytics tool for quantifying freight […]

Dr. Patricia Fall and Dr. Jean-Claude Thill are among the top 2% of the world’s most cited researchers, based on a recent Stanford Study. Read the full article here. https://inside.uncc.edu/news-features/2021-01-28/unc-charlotte-researchers-recognized-among-worlds-top-2?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UNCC_News_February_17_2021

Data remains crucial to understanding the impact and spread of COVID-19 around the globe. Jean-Claude Till, a Knight Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, and Rajib Paul, an associate professor in the Department of Public Health Science, discuss an effort by UNC Charlotte’s interdisciplinary School of Data Science to leverage data […]

The department has made a short video congratulating the Fall 2020 graduates.

Wetter and warmer climates accelerate mechanical rock weathering, according to new research. Findings by Eppes et al. reveal new links between climate and the breakdown of rocks, which affects the global carbon cycle—the movement of carbon between the oceans, atmosphere, and crust over geologic timescales. Read the full article here. https://eos.org/research-spotlights/warmer-climates-speed-breakdown-of-rocks

In March, multimedia artist and UNC Charlotte associate professor Marek Ranis spent 12 days in eastern California in the remote reaches of the Sierra Nevadas, deep within the boulders. He was working alongside colleague and geologist Martha Cary “Missy” Eppes on the first leg of a research project examining how climate affects the cracking and […]

The record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season finished with Hurricane Iota and Masters student Eric Webb contribution to that discussion was highlighted in a Forbes article by former American Meteorological Society president and University of Georgia professor Dr Marshall Shepherd. Congratulations to Eric for the contribution! You can check his Twitter feed at https://twitter.com/webberweather for all of […]

INES PhD student, Tarini Shukla, received 1st place in the 2020 NCDOT Research and Innovation Summit student poster competition. The poster reports part of the work from NCDOT DeepHyd project “A Deep Learning-based Artificial Intelligence Approach for the Automated Classificationof Hydraulic Structures from LiDAR and Sonar Data” Co-authors: Craig Allan, Wenwu Tang, Shenen Chen, John […]

Dr. Missy Eppes gives a research talk on behalf of herself and Dr. Keanini.

The Geological Society of America annual meeting is happening all this week online. Several G&ES students and faculty are presenting, and two faculty are receiving National Awards! Join us in celebrating our Department’s achievements within this brave new world of online meetings! 21-5 CHANGES TO NEAR-STREAM GROUNDWATER IN AN URBAN FOREST WATERSHED SHOWN BY CONTINUOUS […]

The PROmoting Geoscience Research, Education, and SuccesS (PROGRESS) program is on the 2020 shortlist for the Nature Inspiring & Innovating Science Award in Outreach. This award recognizes programs that support girls or young women in STEM and the retention of women in STEM careers. Dr. Sandra Clinton leads the current project in the Carolinas in […]