UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Executive Committee (FEC) unanimously passed the following resolution in support of the University community (including faculty) who are affected by the recent Executive Order   http://facultygov.unc.edu/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=22&wysijap=subscriptions&user_id=1684

Ajami, H., A. Sharma, L. E. Band, J. P. Evans, N. K. Tuteja, G. E. Amirthanathan & M. A. Bari (2017) On the non-stationarity of hydrological response in anthropogenically unaffected catchments: an Australian perspective. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 281-294.

Call, M., T. Mayer, S. Sellers, D. Ebanks, M. Bertalan, E. Nebie & C. Gray (2017) Socio-environmental drivers of forest change in rural Uganda. Land Use Policy, 62, 49-58.

Maxwell, W. (2017) The Back Swamp drainage project, Robeson County, North Carolina: Biopolitical intervention in the lives of Indian farmers. Water History, 1-20.

Dr. Gökarıksel will receive the Chapman Family Teaching Award – http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/twenty-four-earn-2017-university-teaching-awards-carolina/. Dr. Gökarıksel will be recognized during halftime of the men’s basketball game against Pittsburgh on Jan. 31.

Graduate student Priscilla will receive the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants- http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/twenty-four-earn-2017-university-teaching-awards-carolina/.  Priscilla will be recognized during halftime of the men’s basketball game against Pittsburgh on Jan. 31.

Ashely Ownbey, Geography Graduate and winner of the Annual McNally Award for Excellence in Geography  (class of 2014), has published an article based on her senior thesis in the Journal of Cultural Geography. The article, entitled ‘The “who” and “how” of place marketing: The role … Read more

Alumnus, James Ellsmoor (BA’16) of Solar Head of State, was just named one of Forbes 30 Under 30. https://www.forbes.com/profile/james-ellsmoor/. He majored in geography and economics (with a minor in sustainability studies). The Forbes 30 Under 30 list recognizes “the brightest young entrepreneurs, … Read more

Prof. Riveros-Iregui receives NSF funding to study post-Hurricane Matthew water quality. Find more information from the following link: http://ie.unc.edu/2017/01/unc-chapel-hill-receives-rapid-funding-from-nsf-to-study-water-quality-in-aftermath-of-hurricane-matthew/

Geography graduate student Angus Lyall has been offered the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI). Angus’ dissertation project explores the contentious negotiations between indigenous groups and the Ecuadorian state … Read more