2020-08-20
- How did you decide to become a geographer?
While getting my degree in Development Studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, I took an elective during my 4th year of study called “Geography of Development” with Professor Sophie Oldfield. That class introduced me to geography’s relational approach to the political, social, economic, spatial, and...
2020-08-20 - How did you decide to become a geographer? I am a human geographer. Part of why I became one had to do unquestionably with my personal experience. I grew up in Ecuador and Costa Rica before moving to the US, thus I have always been a migrant and an outsider everywhere I lived. I also have had the opportunity (privilege?) to travel extensively in Latin America, where I...
2020-06-26 - Honoring Geoff's lifelong contributions to the discipline of regional science and to the association itself.- 2020-06-26 - A new paper by Professors Jim Best and Stephen Darby takes a big-picture approach to review the health and resiliency of the world’s large river systems.
2020-06-25 - The CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies at U of I has teamed with the state of Illinois to produce a system of interactive maps, charts, and animations to better help understand and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Called WhereCOVID-19, the project aims to support decision-...
2020-06-17 - Congratulations to Professor Julie Cidell on receiving the 2020 Edward L. Ullman Award from the Transportation Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers. Among transport geographers, Cidell has led efforts to link transport geography with mobilities and urban studies. She co-edited the book ...
2020-05-14 - Congratulations to all of our Fall 2019, Spring 2020, and Summer 2020 graduates! Please click to download the Spring 2020 SESE Convocation Program, which includes all graduates from departments within the School of Earth, Society, and Environment: Atmospheric Sciences...
2020-04-20 - for her paper 'Debtor Spaces: Austerity, Space and Dispossession.'
2020-04-16 - 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. Dr. Kalipeni joined the department in 1994 as assistant professor and was promoted to full professor in 2008. He served as Interim...
2020-03-20 - The Carolyn Merry Mentoring Award was established by the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) in 2015 to recognize an individual who demonstrates exceptional mentoring abilities and practices. Professor McLafferty will be honored during the UCGIS Summer 2020 Symposium. The positive reactions to her...
2020-03-11 - Sid Kenyon (BA ‘13; MUPP, ‘15, UIC) visited campus last week and had lunch with current GGIS majors. He shared how a geography degree helped prepare him for a career in the field of transportation planning. Kenyon currently works as a senior transportation planner for the County of DuPage in Illinois, where he focuses on infrastructure development and manages the county’s network of bicycle and...
2020-01-27 - 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 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
2020-01-27 - PhD candidate Melissa Heil (Advisor: David Wilson) has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment at Illinois State University. At ISU, Melissa will be developing a new urban studies curriculum and continue her research on urban water systems.
2020-01-27 - Dr. Julie Cidell was named a Center for Advanced Study (CAS) 2020-21 Associate. During this appointment, she will work on a new book project: an historical geography that examines the Des Plaines-Kankakee confluence in northeastern Illinois as a local space of distribution with global significance. By expanding the geographic...
2019-11-26 - David Evensen, LAS News All gardens start with a vision, but even a backyard pepper patch requires a certain level of planning and grit that thwarts most from ever becoming more than a morning coffee musing. How powerful does the vision have to be, then, to design and build a full-blown Japanese garden in east-central Illinois? For James Bier (MS, ’57, ...