We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s student awards. Congratulations to all of these high-achieving undergraduate and graduate students for their hard work and dedication! D. Gordon Bennett Award for Outstanding Geography Graduate Student Jesse Lane (Ph.D. candidate) “In recognition of Excellence in Research, Teaching, and Service… Continue reading…
This is the most prestigious international award in transportation geography offered by the AAG TGSG since 1990.
Dr. Wenliang “Will” Li is one of six recipients of the American Association of Geographers 2021 Research Grants. This award grant is awarded to support the proposed research project “Integrated assessments of climate change and human activities on building energy use”. This project will take Manhattan, New York City as a… Continue reading…
Nichole Bignall, a 4th year Ph.D. student in GES working with Dr. Keith Debbage, has been selected to receive the 2021 AAG-Kauffman Award for Best Student Paper in Geography & Entrepreneurship.
On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability, I write to convey heartfelt congratulations on reaching the milestone of completing your degree. Well done and well deserved!
James Blount, a 2019 graduate from GES, has been accepted to Delaware’s prestigious climatology Ph.D. program. As the first in his family to attend college, James credits the support of Drs. Hall-Brown, Lennartson, Royall, Knapp, and Sultana along his path to first the B.A. and the M.A. in Applied Geography…. Continue reading…
The Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability (GES) at University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNC Greensboro) has extended graduate applications deadline until June 15, 2020 for Fall 2020 admission. The GES offers three graduate degree options: M.A. in Applied Geography (https://ges.uncg.edu/masters/); Ph.D. in Geography (https://ges.uncg.edu/doctoral/); and starting in Fall 2020, an online… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Dr. Selima Sultana for her election as Regional Councillor for the AAG. As Councillor for the Southeastern Division she will represent one of the largest regions of the AAG. Her two-year term begins July 1, 2020. https://sedaag.org/2020/03/selima-sultana-is-the-new-regional-councilor-for-the-southeastern-region/
The purpose of this Award Program is to identify innovative research in business geography that is relevant to questions related to entrepreneurs and their firms, as well as to practitioners and policymakers.
After fifteen years of dutiful service to UNCG and GES, Mrs. Carney will be retiring at the end of this month. The Department honored her service at a reception on December 5th at Oden Brewery. She was joined at the reception by students, staff, and both current and retired faculty,… Continue reading…
