2020 News
- PhD candidate Manny Hernandez was featured on p.1 of the December 2020 AAG Climate Specialty Group newsletter to spotlight his achievements in climatology December 16, 2020
- Professor Lentz’s book “Contested Territory” is subject of H-Diplo roundtable. November 25, 2020
- Spring Course Offering on Geographies of Globalization November 23, 2020
- Dr. Delamater published COVID-19 event risk maps for North Carolina November 20, 2020
- Geography minor Amelia Woodall (Also a minor in Geographic Info Sciences, a ENEC major) receives second place in 2020 UNC GIS Day Map Contest November 18, 2020
- Geography students participated the 2020 UNC GIS Day map competition and won prizes November 18, 2020
- Geography graduate student Anna Cherry won third place in 2020 UNC GIS Day Map Contest November 18, 2020
- Featured in “The Well,” Professor Rivers Ndaliko teaches Radical Black Thought. November 18, 2020
- Francisco Laso (Ph.D. ’21) Researches Diverse Spatial Perspectives in the Galápagos November 6, 2020
- Apply by Nov 15 for admission to the graduate certificate in GISc! November 5, 2020
- Professor Diego Riveros-Iregui receive grant to study potential benefits of beaver dams November 2, 2020
- Professor and Dept Chair Betsy Olson awarded 2020 George Johnson Prize November 2, 2020
- Ezra Rawitsch (BA, 2019) publishes article based on honors thesis October 28, 2020
- Three geography undergraduate students featured during University Research Week October 21, 2020
- 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”. October 17, 2020
- 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”. October 17, 2020
- “Unsettling Borders” virtual conference starts with “Queer Refugees/Queering Refugee Studies” panel on October 9 October 3, 2020
- Gupta, Gokariksel, and Smith publish an article that analyzes how the Indian state employs the narrative of saving Muslim women for masculinist state- and territory-making October 2, 2020
- 2020 GIS Day Map Contest September 29, 2020
- Listen to an interview with graduate student Rachel Woodul on the podcast September 8, 2020
- Dr. Delamater quoted in article on herd immunity and SARS-CoV-2 September 1, 2020
- Study led by three geography undergraduate students shows mountain streams emit large rates of CO2 to the atmosphere August 10, 2020
- Webinar on “Contested Territory” by Christian C. Lentz August 6, 2020
- Study Vietnamese On a New UNC Pilot Program July 30, 2020
- Dr. Emch’s podcast on COVID-19 in Africa published as part of “Resilient & Equitable Responses to the Pandemic series” July 22, 2020
- Four Geography Faculty Publish Book on Land Cover and Land Use Change on Islands July 21, 2020
- Geography faculty Jon Lepofsky will be a teaching fellow with the Institute of African American Research’s initiative July 6, 2020
- Dr. Delamater’s COVID-19 website in the news July 6, 2020
- Dr. Emch was interviewed by WCHL Chapelboro on COVID-19 research July 2, 2020
- Eck & Murray Publish in Journal of Agricultural & Forest Meteorology June 23, 2020
- Professor Riveros-Iregui receives NSF grant to study urban beaver dams and water chemistry June 18, 2020
- Graduate student Cyrus Sinai publishes an online article “You can’t fight pandemics without power—electric power” June 13, 2020
- The urgency of anti-racism in geographic education June 11, 2020
- Professor Riveros-Iregui named a Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Professor June 8, 2020
- Professor Paul Delamater helping to map COVID-19 in Michigan June 5, 2020
- Geography alum Christopher Bennett and Dr. Paul Delamater publish an article entitled “Travel Time to Title X Facilities and Teenage Birth Rates in North Carolina” June 5, 2020
- Professor Paul Delamater quoted about vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 on WRAL Raleigh May 20, 2020
- Professor Paul Delamater quoted about vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 in The Guardian May 12, 2020
- Erika Wise in the Washington Post! May 12, 2020
- Dr. Emch featured on college news ” The Disease Ecologist” May 11, 2020
- Congratulations to the Geography Class of 2020!!! May 9, 2020
- Geography Majors Isabelle Smith, Katie McMahon along with majors from business and E3P present research on sustainability in the UNC Food System May 7, 2020
- Professor Paul Delamater was on Fox News May 3, 2020
- Handbook of Gender and Feminist Geographies, edited by Geography Dept Chair Dr. Betsy Olson and featuring a chapter by PhD Candidate Chris Neubert, Dr. Sara Smith, UNC Geography alum Dr. Pavithra Vasudevan is published! April 27, 2020
- Professor Paul Delamater quoted in New York Times April 27, 2020
- “You can’t ignore this”: Geographers support Southeast Asian Languages at UNC April 24, 2020
- Christian Lent’z “Contested Territory” featured in AAGRB April 10, 2020
- Geography Majors and Minors can now apply for the Certificate in Applied Data Science April 9, 2020
- Montana Eck has been awarded the Summer School Teaching with Technology Mini-Grant Award from the UNC Center for Faculty Excellence April 3, 2020
- Claire Strack awarded a SURF to study vaccination March 26, 2020
- Christian Lentz gives talk at Cornell University March 6, 2020
- Gaby Valdivia speaks on oil and political ecology in Ecuador March 6, 2020
- Dr. Elizabeth Havice and Dr. John Pickles publish a book chapter entitled “On Value in Global Value Chains.” February 18, 2020
- PhD Candidate Amy Braun published book chapter entitled: “Got Algae?”: Putting Marine Life to Work for Sustainability’. February 18, 2020
- Dr. Andrew Curley interviewed by Duke Human Rights Center February 11, 2020
- IREU-Ecuador to be featured at American Council on Education’s Annual Meeting January 31, 2020
- Professor Wise featured on the home page of the UNC Endeavors website January 17, 2020