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Dr. Keith Debbage is the recipient of the 2020 AAG Media Achievement Award

Posted on December 11, 2019

Dr. Keith Debbage is the recipient of the 2020 AAG Media Achievement Award in recognition of his 30-year career as […]


Dr. Selima Sultana receives the 2019 Research Honors Award for the Southeast Region

Posted on December 11, 2019

At SEDAAG last week, Dr, Sultana was awarded the 2019 Research Honors Award for the Southeast Region from the Southeastern […]


Dr. Keith Debbage’s Carbon Emissions Research Featured in Forbes Magazine

Posted on December 3, 2019

A recent co-authored publication by Dr. Debbage on airline carbon emissions published in the Annals of Tourism Research has just […]


UNCG Students Capture North Carolina Geography Bowl Championship

Posted on November 18, 2019

At the November 1st World Geography Bowl competition, hosted by GES, the home team edged out Appalachian State to bring […]


Tyler Mitchell and Thomas Patterson (2017) publishes in the journal Environmental Research Communications

Posted on October 29, 2019

Congratulations to PhD student Tyler Mitchell and 2017 alumnus Thomas Patterson for their publication in the journal, Environmental Research Communications.  […]


Tyler Mitchell and Jason Ortegren (2008) publishes in the journal Climate Research

Posted on October 28, 2019

Congratulations to PhD student Tyler Mitchell and 2008 alumnus, Jason Ortegren for their publication in the journal, Climate Research (78:249–259, […]


Dr. Debbage Gives Talks in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE

Posted on October 22, 2019

Dr. Debbage has just returned from a successful two week visit to the United Arab Emirates University. His trip was […]


Debbage and Debbage publish in Annals of Tourism Research

Posted on October 21, 2019

Dr. Debbage and his son, Neil Debbage, Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio recently […]


Dr. Evan Goldstein receives new NSF funding

Posted on October 7, 2019

Dr. Evan Goldstein has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to support his project “COMET: the Coastlines and people […]


“Southbound” project with maps by Dr. Rick Bunch receives prestigious book award

Posted on September 30, 2019

Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South has been named the recipient of the prestigious Alice Award. Southbound contains fifty-six photographers’ […]