Dr. Delamater is part of a multidisciplinary team that will develop a novel, comprehensive place-based measure of naloxone availability to document disparities in naloxone access. The team will work with a diverse advisory board to create the new naloxone availability … Read more
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
Presentation of an MOU between UNC and the Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University with original signature from UNC to the Dean of IOF, Professor Bir Chhetri, who is a collaborator of our project. I was honored with an Nepali National … 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
Geography professor Diego Riveros-Iregui is one of three inaugural recipients of the Faculty Award for Global Excellence from the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs. Riveros-Iregui is cited for “extraordinary steps to create international field research experiences for … Read more
Diego Riveros-Iregui has been awarded a 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Ecuador to investigate the coupling of greenhouse gas emissions, hydrologic dynamics, and the ecology of tropical alpine environments of the Northern Andes. The award will allow Riveros-Iregui to … Read more
Prof. Danielle Purifoy will feature in a CBS docu-series–airing tonight (Thurs 2/24/22)–called “Wasteland” about wastwater infrastructure in the US. Way to go Prof. Purifoy!
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
