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Dr. Keith Debbage presents at Entrepreneurship Conference in DC

Posted on October 19, 2016

Dr. Keith Debbage recently presented at the World Bank/George Washington University Annual Entrepreneurship Conference in Washington DC.  The title of his talk was […]


MA student Keith Watkins featured in UNCG Magazine

Posted on September 15, 2016

MA student Keith Watkins featured in UNCG Magazine for his work locating the oldest trees on campus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ESvlfD0uk&feature=youtu.be . See the accompanying […]


Ben Holt named Young Planner of the Month!

Posted on August 19, 2016

Ben Holt (MA 2013) was recently named Young Planner of the Month by the Virginia American Planning Association. Currently, Ben […]


Russell Smith and Brad Bereitschaft published in Sustainability

Posted on August 19, 2016

Russell Smith (PhD, 2007) and Brad Bereitschaft (PhD, 2011) recently co-authored and published “Sustainable Urban Development? Exploring the Locational Attributes […]


Victoria Bailiff hired as Planner II for Pittsboro

Posted on August 19, 2016

Congratulations to Victoria Bailiff (MA 2016) who has just been hired as Planner II for the Town of Pittsboro. She […]


Dr. Keith Debbage wins Coleman Foundation grant

Posted on August 19, 2016

Dr. Keith Debbage is one of three Coleman Entrepreneurship Veteran Fellows listed in the recently announced grant from the Coleman […]


Dr. Johnson’s co-edited book wins award

Posted on August 19, 2016

Dr. Corey Johnson’s co-edited book, Placing the Border in Everyday Life, has won the Association of Borderlands Studies Past President’s […]


Arwa Altaher wins at UNCG 2016 Graduate Research & Creativity

Posted on August 19, 2016

Arwa Altaher, PhD candidate (expected to graduate in Fall 2016) is the winner of the UNCG 2016 Graduate Research & […]


John Nowlin and Tommy Patterson elected as student representative board members in the AAG Specialty Groups of Wine and Biogeography

Posted on August 19, 2016

John Nowlin and Tommy Patterson have been elected as student representative board members in the AAG Specialty Groups of Wine […]


Graduate students represent Department at AAG conference

Posted on August 19, 2016

Hello all, With great pleasure I would like to acknowledge our graduate students’ contributions to this year’s AAG conference in […]