Sandy McNally ’63 featured in Alumni Magazine
April 7, 2015
Sandy McNally ’63 featured in Alumni Magazine – for more information visit this page.
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Carrie Hamilton received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) for her study on oil and conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
April 7, 2015
Carrie is an undergraduate researcher with Dr. Gabriela Valdivia. Her project will focus on the current social and ecological contexts of Kichwa peoples in the region of Tena, Ecuador. Carrie also received a Class of 1938 fellowship for this project. The … Read more
Professor Betsy Olson awarded Student Undergraduate Teaching Award (SUTA)
April 5, 2015
Professor Betsy Olson awarded Student Undergraduate Teaching Award (SUTA), more information from the following link-https://uncstudentorgs.collegiatelink.net/organization/sutasa/about
Ph.D. student Sarah Schmitt received a student research grant from the Geological Society of America
April 5, 2015
Sarah Schmitt (1st year Ph.D. student) has been awarded a student research grant from the Geological Society of America. Sarah works with Dr. Diego Riveros-Iregui and her project will focus on “Understanding Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Water Cycling in the … Read more
Dr. Smith and Graduate Student Gergan publish paper entitled “The diaspora within: Himalayan youth, education-driven migration, and future aspirations in India”
April 1, 2015
Sara Smith and Mabel Gergan. 2015. The diaspora within: Himalayan youth, education-driven migration, and future aspirations in India. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 33: 119-135.
Graduate Student Lovette publishes paper entitled “Ecuador’s Mangrove Forest Carbon Stocks: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Living Carbon Holdings and Their Depletion since the Advent of Commercial Aquaculture”
April 1, 2015
Hamilton SE, Lovette J (2015) Ecuador’s Mangrove Forest Carbon Stocks: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Living Carbon Holdings and Their Depletion since the Advent of Commercial Aquaculture. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0118880. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118880
Graduate Student Dannenberg, Drs. Song and Wise publish paper entitled “Empirical evidence of El Nino—Southern Oscillation influence on land surface phenology and productivity in the western United States”
April 1, 2015
Dannenberg, M. P., C. Song, T. Hwang, and E. K. Wise (2015) Empirical evidence of El Nino—Southern Oscillation influence on land surface phenology and productivity in the western United States, Remote Sensing of Environment 159, 167-180.
Chris Neubert has been awarded the prestigious NSF GRFP fellowship
April 1, 2015
Chris Neubert has been awarded the prestigious NSF GRFP fellowship. Chris has also received FLAS funding to study Tamil over the summer.
Graduate student Stevie Larson’s on the front page of Daily Tar Heel
April 1, 2015
Our very own Stevie Larson’s on the front page of today’s Daily Tar Heel! http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2015/03/students-explore-asian-american-identities Stevie spoke on a panel about Asian-American identities, immigration and race in the U.S. for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.
Maggie Kovach is awarded 2015 GEAB Impact Award for research in “Climate Thresholds for Heat-Related Illnesses”
March 31, 2015
“The findings of Maggie’s research are being incorporated into a model that predicts the number of emergency room visits on hot days,” said adviser Charles Konrad, Ph.D. For more details about this, please click here.