When Aida Guhlincozzi and Julia Cisneros were younger, they each attended science camps that helped spark their interest in the geosciences.
As they moved up the academic ladder, however, and each finished their undergraduate degrees at Texas A&M before coming to graduate school at Illinois, they noticed there were fewer and fewer women—especially women of color.
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Japan House GardensAt 92, James Bier still pursues perfection at the Japan House gardens
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Getting more girls into geoscienceGGIS & Geology students organize summer camp for middle school girls.
A deeper level of geographyIllinois geographers research helps better understand some of the most complex landscapes of all: human societies
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- Congratulations to all of our Fall 2019, Spring 2020, and Summer 2020 graduates!
- for her paper 'Debtor Spaces: Austerity, Space and Dispossession.'
- We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of our distinguished colleague and friend Professor Emeritus Ezekiel Kalipeni, who died in Malawi on Saturday, April 11th from heart-related problems less than a year after his retirement from the University of Illinois.