Broadly Bryttani’s research interests lie at the intersection of extreme weather/climate change and the health of Black mothers in the Southeastern US. Her Master’s Thesis investigated the relationship between extreme temperatures (ET) and adverse birth outcomes for Black women in … Read more

Geography major Sarah Followill receives the G. Herbert Stout Award and will present at NC GIS conference on March 9th. Below is her presentation abstract: Atlanta, Georgia’s urban infrastructure is continuously expanding, covering an increasingly alarming amount of what was, … Read more

Geography PHD student Grey Shipman receives the G. Herbert Stout Award and presented at NC GIS conference next week on March 9th. Below is his presentation abstract: Public transportation can enable individuals without vehicles to access improved employment opportunities, essential … Read more

The Bringing Southeast Asia Home project, funded by the Luce Foundation and led by PI Prof. Lentz, aims to strengthen Southeast Asian studies at UNC and build links with the region for research, teaching, and study abroad. This DTH article … Read more

New book by Dr. Scott Kirsch, “American Colonial Spaces in the Philippines: Insular Empire” American Colonial Spaces in the Philippines tells the story of U.S. colonialists who attempted, in the first decades of the twentieth century, to build an enduring … Read more

Kriddie Whitmore received a Student Research Grant from the Geological Society of America. Kriddie also received ‘outstanding mention’ for exceptional merit – one of the top 10 proposals among 348 winners. Kriddie’s research proposal was titled “Estimating Surface Area of … Read more

Geography Professor Javier Arce-Nazario featured in Carolina Arts and Sciences Magazine in a story titled “Creative Cartography”

Gerstner, N., Hall, A.R., and Kirsch, S. 2022 (online first). “An Archive of Good Roads and Racial Capitalism in North Carolina” Human Geography. DOI: 10.1177/19427786221134092  

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

In yesterday’s GIS Day map contest, Geography Major Grey Shipman receives the second place. Geography Major Grey Shipman and Geography Graduate Lindsey Jackson in the event   His map title is “Relative Transit Supply and Demand in Chapel Hill, NC … Read more