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Professor Bruce Rhoads on collaboration, friendship, and the environmental impact of war
Scientific collaboration often begins with a simple conversation, an exchange of ideas that transcends borders. For Bruce Rhoads, a professor of geography and geographic information science and river dynamics expert, and Alexander Sukhodolov, a research group leader at Germany’s Leibniz...
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How will (now 10%) tariffs, cuts to USAID, affect Lesotho?
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Before President Donald Trump abruptly changed course on tariffs, the 12th smallest African nation, Lesotho, was near the top of the list of countries whose products would be taxed at the U.S. border. Charles...
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PhD Student Gyudae Kim receives LAS and Campus Teaching Awards
PhD student Gyudae "GD" Kim has received the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Excellence Award in Undergraduate Teaching for a Graduate Teaching Assistant and the...
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CyberGIS Online programs earn U.S. Geospatial-Intelligence Foundation accreditation
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has granted accreditation to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the fully-online graduate certificate and master’s degree programs in CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science. A total of 23...
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Prof. Marynia Kolak and co-authors investigate opioid use disorder treatment gaps in US jails
Dr. Marynia Kolak was a co-author on a study published recently in...
Jim Best estuaries atlas
Prof. Jim Best publishes visual atlas of world's rivers and estuaries
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The word “atlas,” may conjure images of giant books chock full of maps and a dizzying array of facts and figures. However, the new book “...

Online Graduate Programs in CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science

Take the next steps in your professional journey and advance your applied expertise in cutting edge geospatial technologies to solve industry problems. CyberGIS – a new generation of geographic information science and systems (GIS) in the era of artificial intelligence and big data – represents the latest innovative development in the fast-growing field of geospatial data science. Join us remotely and earn a graduate-level certificate or M.S. degree in CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science at Illinois! 

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