Grad Students

 New York City, NY — The American Geographical Society (AGS) announced the recipients of the 2026 AGS Council Fellowships to support master’s and doctoral research. Among the recipients is...

PhD student, Gyudae "GD" Kim, was recently named a Jeremiah Sullivan Graduate Fellow by The...

The Illinois Global Institute has selected two graduate students from the Department of Geography & Geographic...

A new study using multidecade satellite imagery and face-to-face human interviews tracked the environmental and societal impacts of gravel mining in the Lubha River, Northeast Bangladesh. The...

 Gyudae “GD” Kim never planned on becoming a geographer. Nearly 20 years ago, he was serving his mandatory military service in...

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 Campus Award for...

PhD candidate Arrianna M. Planey has accepted a a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Health Policy and Management within the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the...

PhD candidate Melissa Heil (Advisor: David Wilson) has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Geography, Geology, and the...

Lirong Kou (advisor: Mei-Po Kwan) and Fik Winata (advisor: Sara McLafferty) have been selected as Finalists for the 2020 Peter...

PhD students Dong Liu (advisor: Prof. Mei-Po Kwan) and Fikriyah Winata (advisor: Prof. Sara McLafferty) and Master's student Sadia Sabrina (advisor: Prof. Bruce Rhoads) have both received the...