2017 News
- Graduate student Trey Murphy interviewed on wind rights, mineral rights, and surface rights and the future of energy development in Texas December 13, 2017
- Dr. Banu Gökarıksel receives the American Association of Geographers 2018 Enhancing Diversity Award December 6, 2017
- Dr. Walsh receives $720,000 grant from NASA December 6, 2017
- Students in Erika Wise’s Research Intensive GEOG416 presented their research projects December 6, 2017
- Geography participates 2017 UNC GIS Day event activities November 22, 2017
- Geography Major Rachel Woodul receives the third place in the 2017 UNC GIS Day Map competition November 22, 2017
- Geography Faculty Statement on Silent Sam November 9, 2017
- Geography Grad Student Mark Ortiz reporting from UN Climate Change Conference November 6, 2017
- Dr. Lentz co-directs NEH-funded Summer Institute on “Constested Territory” at the National Humanities Center November 3, 2017
- Dr. Curley will give a talk at Miami University October 20, 2017
- Dr. Curley received a research grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation October 17, 2017
- Dr. Elizabeth Olson Approved for a $25,000 Funding Award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute October 10, 2017
- Dr. Smith at the Love House & Hutchins Forum hosted by the Center for the Study of the American South October 9, 2017
- The best towns and small cities in the US: Chapel Hill, North Carolina October 4, 2017
- Geography Professor Javier Arce Nazario curates geo-visual island exhibit in Puerto Rico September 6, 2017
- Professor Mike Emch receives $4.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE) program. August 23, 2017
- Geography Alumnus, Jacob Sharp, featured speaker at UNC New Student Convocation. August 23, 2017
- Chris Bennett and Sofia McCarthy present research at the Summer Undergraduate Pipeline Research Symposium July 27, 2017
- Clark Gray gives plenary at Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society July 27, 2017
- Dr. Wise featured in the Atlantic “The Map Hidden in the Pacific Northwest’s Tree Rings” July 10, 2017
- Congratulations to Dr. Michael Emch who has been appointed by the Provost and UNC Board of Trustees as the W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor June 2, 2017
- Dr. Riveros-Iregui featured on UNC’s front page news “A RAPID Response to Hurricane Matthew” May 23, 2017
- 2017 Geography Graduation Ceremony and Awards May 19, 2017
- Clark Gray funded to develop a new research-based course on vulnerability to climate change May 12, 2017
- Dr. Riveros-Iregui’s research on water quality impacts of Hurricane Matthew is featured in Endeavours May 12, 2017
- Geography Honors students present their senior thesis May 9, 2017
- Banu Gokariksel will contribute to a panel on last Sunday’s referendum results in Turkey April 26, 2017
- Dr. Gökarıksel featured in Endeavors “Women in Science” April 20, 2017
- Graduate student Pavithra Vasudevan featured on the Chronicle for her engaged research April 19, 2017
- Geography graduate students Reddy and Grefa featured on this semester’s Chronicle April 19, 2017
- Graduate student Trey Murphy received student field research awards in CAPE-AAG April 12, 2017
- Graduate student Willie Jamal Wright received the student paper award in CAPE-AAG April 12, 2017
- Graduate Student Maia Call won the Population Specialty Group’s Student Paper Award April 10, 2017
- Graduate student Angelica Gomez was selected to receive a grant from the Faculty for the Future Fellowship Program April 3, 2017
- Dr. Riveros-Iregui in the news for study that links ‘weather whiplash’ to the degradation in drinking water March 29, 2017
- Dr. Ward interviewed by NC Health News March 24, 2017
- Graduate student Sertanya Reddy has been selected to receive the Cornelius O. Cathey Award from the Chancellor March 22, 2017
- UNC Geography Department ranks 8th in the US in the 2017 QS world university rankings March 14, 2017
- Professor Gray to receive Research Excellence Award from the AAG’s Population Specialty Group March 11, 2017
- 2017 UNC Geography Department Newsletter is out! March 7, 2017
- Professor Olson interviewed by Health Progress about caregiving youth in the United States March 6, 2017
- DIVERSITY STATEMENT February 28, 2017
- Geography major Martha Isaacs earns Luce Scholars Program Fellowship February 28, 2017
- Geography minor Kathleen Lowry received the G. Herbert Stout Award February 28, 2017
- Professor Pickles presented the keynote address at the MUNCH XVII Model United Nations Conference February 27, 2017
- Department of Geography organizes a conference on Feminist Geography February 8, 2017
- Dr. Song receives NASA grant February 8, 2017
- The American Association of Geographers statement on President Trump’s Executive Order February 3, 2017
- Chancellor Folt makes statement about executive order February 3, 2017
- UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Executive Committee (FEC) unanimously passed resolution in support of the University community who are affected by the recent Executive Order February 3, 2017
- Dr. Gökarıksel will receive the Chapman Family Teaching Award January 23, 2017
- Graduate student Priscilla will receive the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching January 23, 2017
- Geog alum and McNally Award winner publishes article in Journal of Cultural Geography January 20, 2017
- Alumnus, James Ellsmoor (BA’16) of Solar Head of State, was just named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 January 9, 2017
- Prof. Riveros-Iregui receives NSF funding to study post-Hurricane Matthew water quality January 9, 2017
- Geography graduate student Angus Lyall has been offered the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship and the NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) January 6, 2017