09/19/2022 - A research team led by DePaul University geography faculty, in collaboration with the UIUC Department of Geography & GIS, was recently awarded a $250,000 NASA grant to collaborate with a Chicago...
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09/07/2022 - Dr. Nikolai Alvarado received funding to establish the Latin American and Caribbean Cities Collective at the University of Illinois, in collaboration with...
08/08/2022 - How did you decide to become a geographer? Two early factors influenced my choice to become a geographer. First, I competed in extemporaneous speaking competitions during...
08/06/2022 - How did you decide to become a geographer? I began my undergraduate studies here at UIUC with an interest in environmental sciences but switched to geology after taking...
07/27/2022 - PhD student Yilun Zhao (advisor: Dr. Chunyuan Diao) has been awarded a Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (...
06/28/2022 - Geography PhD student Becky Vandewalle was selected as a Frontera Computational Sciences Fellow for the 2022-23 academic year. As a fellow, Becky will have access to the University of Texas at...
06/27/2022 - By GGIS majors Julia Cogan, Katie Niermann, and Zimo Xiao (BS, ‘22) As members of the Epsilon chapter of the Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU)...
06/08/2022 - GGIS major and University Laboratory High School Library graduate Zona Hrnjak is on her first ride this summer with the Illini 4000, a cycling team that raises awareness and funds for cancer research...
05/18/2022 - Art was an innovative spatial statistician; his work with Keith Ord resulted in the development of the well-known Getis-Ord statistic.
04/15/2022 - Professor Shaowen Wang was named to the 2022 Class of American Association of Geographers (AAG) Fellows, a program launched...
03/09/2022 - Dr. Aída Guhlincozzi (PhD, '21) was awarded the Jacques May Thesis Prize for the Best PhD Dissertation in Health & Medical Geography from the AAG Health & Medical Geography Specialty Group at...
03/09/2022 - Congratulations to several master's and doctoral students for winning prestigious awards and scholarships at the 2022 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting!
03/08/2022 - PhD student Chelsy Salas is gaining recognition for her work in our River, Watershed, and Landscape Dynamics graduate concentration with advisor Dr. Bruce Rhoads.
03/07/2022 - The subject code for courses offered by our department is changing from GEOG to GGIS. Please be aware of this change when viewing the Summer and Fall 2022 course schedules.
02/28/2022 - PhD candidate Wataru Morioka (Advisor: Mei-Po Kwan) taught a class on GIS and mapping as part of University High School's annual...
