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
Geography minor Amelia Woodall (Also a minor in Geographic Info Sciences, a ENEC major) receives second place in 2020 UNC GIS Day Map Contest. Her map title is “Hot and Cold Spot Analysis of Hospital Locations in Bogota, Colombia”. Descriptions … Read more
Geography and UNC libraries celebrated 2020 GIS Day on Nov. 18 with a traditional map contest. The winners of the map competition were decided by a panel of 5 GIS specialists, including two UNC GIS librarians: Philip McDaniel and Tia … Read more
Students in “Social Geography: Radical Black Thought” are exploring radical Black theory, action and imagination in a course led by Chérie Rivers Ndaliko. “The idea of the course is to take the ideas that are put forward by radical Black … Read more
Recent graduate and major in geography, Ezra Rawitsch (BA, 2019) just published a journal article called “Seeing Sapa” in URBAN PEOPLE | LIDÉ MĚSTA 22 | 2020 based on his undergraduate thesis. Bravo! For more information, please visit the link.
A year after three geography undergraduate students participated in a research experience in Ecuador, they are now featured during University Research Week. UNC-Chapel Hill celebrates University Research Week Oct. 19-23. Learn more about virtual events at researchweek.unc.edu. Follow this link … Read more
Claire Strack has been awarded a Gillian T. Cell Senior Thesis Research Award to support her senior honors thesis research project, “Regional Geography of Vaccination Uptake and the Impacts of Policy Change in Pennsylvania”.
Katie McMahon have been awarded an Alexandre Senior Thesis Research Award to support her senior honors thesis research project, “Child nutritional vulnerability to climate change in South Asia”.
The deadline is Nov. 13 noon, 2020. 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 … Read more
In this new UNC pilot program, students will learn Vietnamese alongside students enrolled at SOAS in London and other international learners from around the world. The synchronous teaching from an institution highly ranked for its pedagogy will allow students to … Read more
