2018 News
- Geographer Jackson Denton hunts salamanders in the Great Smokies—for science! December 20, 2018
- Geography students participated the 2018 UNC GIS Day map competition and won prizes December 3, 2018
- Geography major Walker Harrison receives the second place in the 2018 UNC GIS Day Map competition November 30, 2018
- Graduate student Rajesh Bista receives the first place in the 2018 UNC GIS Day Map competition November 30, 2018
- Professor Riveros-Iregui receives NSF grant following Hurricane Florence. November 30, 2018
- Dr. Ward featured in the recent Endeavors Woman in Science November 29, 2018
- GEOG 110 “The Blue Planet” Traveled to the Galapagos Islands November 26, 2018
- Dr. Pickles presented “Global Value Chains and the Changing Worlds of Work” at UNC Friday Conference Center November 15, 2018
- Christian Lentz discusses how we remember the Vietnam wars with NYT editor Clay Risen and Duke historian Adriane Lentz-Smith at Duke’s FSP (Old Chem 011) noon on Tues (10/30) October 31, 2018
- Calling for papers for a Special Issue on “Remote Sensing of Human-Environment Interactions”. October 24, 2018
- How to become a Geography major or minor? October 22, 2018
- Dr. Riveros-Iregui publishes an opinion piece in the Colombian newspaper El Espectador: Fusagasugá y San Bernardo: el balón está en su cancha October 19, 2018
- Geography Postdoc Danielle Purifoy in recent UNC news October 12, 2018
- Graduate student Francisco Laso mapping agriculture and conservation in the Galapagos Islands October 12, 2018
- Geography minor reports on 2018 SURF project October 1, 2018
- Dr. Stephen Walsh spoke on “Linking Social,Terrestrial & Marine Subsystems …” in the School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences at East China Normal University October 1, 2018
- Professor Scott Kirsch has been awarded a William Dearborn Fellowship in American History at Houghton Library, Harvard University August 27, 2018
- Erika Wise was awarded a new, 3-year National Science Foundation grant August 20, 2018
- Dr. Smith and Dr. Gergan (graduate alum) have been awarded an Antipode International Workshop Grant August 20, 2018
- Geography Undergraduate Chang Liu’s research featured in Endeavors August 17, 2018
- Podcast – Geography faculty Dr. Arce-Nazario receives IAH New Faculty Collaboration Grant with Senior Associate Dean Rudi Colloredo August 7, 2018
- Geography major Haley Moser talks about her experience in the Galapagos with graduate student Angelica Gomez June 22, 2018
- Incoming PhD student Cyrus Sinai is featured in The Atlantic for his work with the Congolese Ministry of Health to map the current Ebola outbreak June 18, 2018
- 2018 Geography Graduation Ceremony and Awards June 8, 2018
- Updates from our Alumni Martha Issacs, BA 2017 June 8, 2018
- Dr. Gökarıksel is appointed Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education May 22, 2018
- Geography 370 Students Visualize Vulnerability to Climate Extremes in the Carolinas May 18, 2018
- Dr. Betsy Olson’s youth caregiving research featured on NPR’s The State of Things May 17, 2018
- Dr. Olson interviewed by CURS on Youth Caregivers May 3, 2018
- Dr. Riveros-Iregui awarded adjunct professorship at USFQ. April 30, 2018
- Graduate student Lara Lookabaugh selected as an inaugural Humanities Professional Pathway Awardee April 19, 2018
- Dr. Andrew Curley testifies before Congress on the socio-political history of energy development for the Navajo Nation April 17, 2018
- Monday & Tues April 16/17: Inter-institutional climate change workshop between Geography Departments at UNC and King’s College London. April 16, 2018
- Graduate student Sertanya Reddy received a Royster Societies of Fellows award for dissertation completion April 16, 2018
- Sarah Schmitt was awarded the Thomas S. and Helen Borda Royster and Snowden and Elspeth Merck Henry Dissertation Fellowship within the Royster Society of Fellows for the academic year 2018-2019 April 15, 2018
- Students in Prof. Lentz’s GEOG 232 “Agriculture, Food, Society” visit Carolina’s Campus Community Garden. April 13, 2018
- Geography majors present their research at the UNC Celebration of Undergraduate Research April 13, 2018
- In Memoriam: Geography remembers Dr. Jason Davis April 12, 2018
- Graduate Student Sertanya Reddy awarded the 2018 Gwendolyn Harrison Smith Community Award April 12, 2018
- Dr. Ashley Ward and Dr. Chip Konrad study and develop an early warning system for extreme heat in North Carolina’s most vulnerable counties April 9, 2018
- Geography Graduate Students at UNC and King’s College London Hold Climate Change Workshop Series April 3, 2018
- PhD Student Angelica M. Gomez and Geography Major Haley Moser’s research on Galápagos water resources March 29, 2018
- Graduate student Manny Hernandez was nominated and selected for membership in the Frank Porter Graham Honor Society. March 27, 2018
- Birdsall Graduate Student Summer Fellowship to be offered for a second year March 27, 2018
- PhD Candidate Pavithra Vasudevan has been awarded a 2018 Impact Award by The Graduate School March 19, 2018
- Duke’s Forum for Scholars and Publics’ panel on ‘Remembering Vietnam’ features Christian Lentz. March 19, 2018
- Prof. Olson and collaborators’ work on a national research and advocacy network on youth caregiving featured in Endeavors March 16, 2018
- Dr. Riveros-Iregui delivered a lecture in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech March 14, 2018
- 2018 UNC Geography Department Newsletter is out! March 7, 2018
- Graduate Student Darius Scott has recently been interviewed for The Measure of Everyday Life (WNCU) for an episode on transportation and segregation February 21, 2018
- Dr. Emch received $3,632,091 NIH grant for “Impacts of Environment, Host Genetics and Antigen Diversity on Malaria Vaccine Efficacy” February 21, 2018
- Dr. Riveros-Iregui delivered a lecture in the College of Biological Sciences at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador February 16, 2018
- Graduate student Sarah Schmitt was selected to the inaugural class of Kenan Graduate Fellows in the College of Arts and Sciences February 16, 2018
- Graduate student Sertanya Reddy was awarded a Dean’s Graduate Fellowship for 2018-2019 February 16, 2018
- Graduate Student Mark Ortiz has been named a Graduate Public Scholar by the Humanities for the Public Good Initiative with the office of Fine Arts and Humanities February 16, 2018
- PhD Student Mark Ortiz named Druscilla French Graduate Fellow February 5, 2018
- Dr. Arce-Nazario’s work on water quality and water access in post-hurricane Puerto Rico featured in the Daily Tarheel January 27, 2018
- Graduate student Amy Braun was selected for the spring 2018 Future Faculty Fellowship Program at the UNC Center for Faculty Excellence. January 22, 2018
- Dr. Michael Jerrett will be giving the Eyre Distinguished Lecture on Friday January 19th January 16, 2018
- The greening Earth January 5, 2018
- Graduate Student Rachel Cotterman’s work with the Back Ways Project featured in the news January 4, 2018