2024-04-30
- On any given drive across the countryside you may see cornfields or a forest. Dr. Chunyuan Diao sees a complex terrestrial ecosystem that can provide clues to improving food security, climate change, and sustainability.
Diao joined the U of I in 2017 and has become a highly respected reseacher of ground dynamics and the developer of CropSight, a reference data framework to help us better...
2024-03-06 - Professor Brian J. Jefferson will be a 2024-25 member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Each year the School invites approximately 20 scholars from around the world to share theoretically innovative, multidisciplinary work-in-progress and ideas. Jefferson's working title is ‘...
2024-03-01 - The College of LAS improves lives and understanding through its work in Chicago From deep-dish pizza to towering skyscrapers, Chicago is a city like no other. Nearly 3 million people call it home, making it a hub of economic development, culture, and groundbreaking research. And for decades, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has played a meaningful role there. ...
2024-02-21 - Bruce Hannon, professor emeritus of geography, passed away on Sunday, February 18th. He was born in Ivesdale and lived as a consummate Midwesterner, remaining firmly rooted in central Illinois apart from his time serving in the Army. Bruce earned all three degrees from UIUC (BE ’56, civil engineering; ME ’65, engineering mechanics; PhD ’70, engineering mechanics) and devoted his life to...
2024-02-13 - A project in collaboration with the Departments of Anthropology and Geography & GIS, and the American Indian Studies Program aims to determine how Native American Ancestors move through the Illinois medicolegal pipeline in order to help promote effective and efficient repatriation.- 2023-11-17 - A yearlong investigation reveals the air quality in Cicero is “much worse” than in surrounding Cook County neighborhoods. The project involves sensors installed and monitored by the Cicero Independiente and MuckRock providing data to back up what many community members were already feeling. “It’s very common in Cicero to hear complaints of people that say that the air feels weird,” said Irene...
- 2023-11-16 - It's a busy day anywhere in the world. You roll out of bed and grab your smartphone. You check a news website or a weather app or look up directions to an appointment. Most people don't think about it much, but those modern-day conveniences depend on spatial data — on maps that connect and overlay information about different aspects of the world.
- 2023-11-15 - Drs. Nikolai Alvarado, Julie Cidell, and David Wilson presented their research this fall on the U of I campus and across the globe.
2023-09-08 - Geography & GIS is pleased to announce this year's Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient: Dr. Peter Wilcock. He will visit the department in Spring 2024 to receive the award and present at Colloquium.
2023-08-30 - PhD student Gyudae "GD" Kim was granted the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Scholarship for students with spinal cord injuries at the University of Illinois. This highly selective, prestigious scholarship is designed to cover supplemental support costs throughout a 4-year projected enrollment, with the aim of facilitating...
2023-08-23 - How did you decide to become a geographer? I am a physical geographer interested in the hydrosphere and its interactions with human societies. Like many others, my academic trajectory was non-linear. The path to becoming a geographer involved years of multidisciplinary training, introspection, and exploration with a core passion for understanding diverse natural...- 2023-08-22 - Dr. Julie Cidell and PhD candidate José Acosta-Cordóva have recently been awarded a $990,000 grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency's Drivers and Environmental Impacts of Energy Transitions in Underserved Communities program. Their project, in...
2023-08-18 - The department is seeking applicants for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor in Human Geography with research and teaching experience in Climate Justice and/or Environmental Justice to join a transdisciplinary cluster of new professors focused on Climate Impacts, Risk, and Inequality. This cluster will include Fall 2024 faculty hires in the following departments along with Geography...
2023-07-28 - Dr. Charles Fogelman, Teaching Assistant Professor in the LAS Global Studies Program, has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad grant to spend six months conducting qualitative research in Lesotho, from June until December 2023. Dr. Fogelman's...
2023-07-26 - Shaowen Wang will step into the role of Associate Dean for Life and Physical Sciences. In his new role, Shaowen will serve as a liaison between the college and our diverse academic units in the life and physical sciences.