On Friday, October 7th, the Geography Undergraduate Advisory Committee (GUAC) organized and facilitated an event titled “Research in Geography”. The slides from the event are now available and include information about how (and why) to get involved in undergraduate research … Read more

Below is a list of undergraduate students who received 2022 awards on their graduation ceremony: McNally Award for Excellence in Geography Kate Milner Douglas Eyre Award for Outstanding Leadership to the department, the field of geography and to the community … Read more

Professor Erika Wise’s students in GEOG 416 (Applied Climatology) were given an option to present their research projects at the UNC Celebration of Undergraduate Research poster session, and a few accepted this challenge!

Please come to a student panel on “Beyond the Classroom: Honors Theses, Independent Studies, and Internships in Geography” 5:15 Wednesday (9 March) in tent in front of Hurston/Carolina Hall

Tony Liu, B.A. from the class of 2017 and a current MS1 at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, has just published an op-ed for the Chicago Tribune on policy levers to address the mental health crisis facing … Read more

For nearly two decades, UNC Geography has enjoyed a close relationship with faculty and students at the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Our joint degree program has been a success and we have benefitted from … Read more

Geography and UNC libraries celebrated 2021 GIS Day on Nov. 17 with an online map competition. 26 UNC undergraduates and graduates submitted their map works in the forms of digital images, including two online maps. The winners of the map … Read more

Geography major (BA, 2021) Katie McMahon published an article based on her honors thesis in the journal “Global Environmental Change” (2021). Co-authored with Prof. Gray, the article explores climate change, social vulnerability, and child nutrition in South Asia. Originally from … Read more

The deadline is Nov. 15 noon, 2021. You can submit digital maps, or online maps (URLs) via this link.  The best three maps will be decided by a panel of GIS specialists. Students who create the best three maps will also … Read more

Students have reported that they enjoyed learning through the case studies offered in this class and were impressed by the quality of learning they were able to experience online. Students also enjoyed flexibility as the course has both synchronous and … Read more