Bikesh Jojiju, a PhD student in the Department of Geography and Environment, has emerged as the winner in the graduate student category of the Innovative Use of GIS competition. The event, co-sponsored by UNC Library and the Department of Geography … Read more
Sidney Hip, an undergraduate student majoring in Environment, Ecology, and Energy, has won the prestigious Innovative Use of GIS competition. Co-sponsored by UNC Library and the Department of Geography and Environment, the competition celebrates creative applications of Geographic Information Systems … Read more
The Raleigh City GIS Event took place on November 21, 2024. Dr. Liang represented the Department of Geography by setting up an exhibition booth featuring the department’s latest publications and submissions from the recent GIS Day map contest. Dr. Jun … Read more
The classic UNC map contest, sponsored by Geography and Environment department and UNC Library, as usual, held on GIS Day, which is Nov 20, 2024. The following winners were picked by the event participants, and a panel of six GIS … Read more
In Today’s UNC GIS Day Map Contest, sponsored by Dept. of Geography and Environment and UNC Library, Mark Chilton, a student from GISci Graduate Certificate Program, received 3rd place with his online map: https://registerchilton.github.io/Geography456//Public/Forgotten%20Landmarks.html The title of his online map … Read more
Prof. Lentz cited in news item about language instruction at UNC
Prof. Gabriella Valdivia’s research and work in the Ecuadorian Amazon is highlighted in the fall 2024 edition of Carolina Arts & Sciences magazine: https://magazine.college.unc.edu/features/symbiosis-with-the-river/
Leiha Edmonds and Nina Martin have a new article appearing in the Journal of Urban Affairs, titled, “Inplacement, not just displacement: Urban assemblages and neighborhood stability in the face of gentrification.” The article shares the findings of a Chicago-based research … Read more
Nina Martin has been appointed to the Durham Workers’ Rights Commission, where she will serve a two-year term representing the interests of low-wage workers. The Committee advises the Durham City Council on issues related to workers’ rights, including the following: … Read more
