Martha Isaacs, BA Geog ’17, will be moving from her job working for the Singapore Ministry of National Development to New York City, where she will work for the city as part of the prestigious  New York City Urban Fellows … Read more

Wu, Q., C. Song, J. Song, J. Wang, S. Chen & B. Yu (2018) Impacts of Leaf Age on Canopy Spectral Signature Variation in Evergreen Chinese Fir Forests. Remote Sensing, 10, 262.

Thiede, B. C. & C. L. Gray (2017) Heterogeneous climate effects on human migration in Indonesia. Population and Environment, 39, 147-172.

Chen, X., F. Lupi & J. Liu (2017) Accounting for ecosystem services in compensating for the costs of effective conservation in protected areas. Biological Conservation, 215, 233-240.

Dr. Gökarıksel has been appointed as the Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education, The Graduate School, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (7/1/2018 through 6/30/2021). In this role, Dr. Gökarıksel will be … Read more

In the Spring of 2018, Dr. Ashley Ward tasked students in her course will understand how they might employ spatial data to tell a story.  She encouraged students to step outside of the box of map-making and think about other … Read more

More than 40 million people provide unpaid care to a family member or loved one, according to data from the National Alliance for Caregiving. But these statistics leave out youth caregivers: a group of more than a million young people … Read more

Dr. Elizabeth Olson interviewed by Center for Urban and Regional Studies at Hickerson House. To watch Dr. Elizabeth Olson talk video about her research on youth caregivers, please follow this link – https://curs.unc.edu/2018/04/17/conversations-at-hickerson-house-elizabeth-olson-on-youth-caregivers/  

Diego Riveros-Iregui was appointed adjunct professorship in the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences (Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales – COCIBA) at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador. His appointment is part of the growing relationship between … Read more

This award will support Lara’s developing dissertation project, “Managing Life and Environment in Post-Conflict Guatemala.” She will be collaborating with the Toj Coman Women’s Collective, in the highlands of Guatemala. Lara’s proposed dissertation aims to develop a collaborative research program that focuses on everyday life events as a … Read more