2018-11-05 - By Professor Emeritus Tom Bassett On July 26, 2018, Chancellor Robert Jones of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign made Native land history a campus-wide topic. His office issued a Land Acknowledgement...
2018-10-04 - From Mountains to the Sea: Watershed Science and Management in the Coastal Pacific Northwest, our department’s first field course in many years, provided students with a unique opportunity to explore stunning geomorphological landscapes, learn state-of-the-art field techniques, and...
2018-05-21 - Mei-Po Kwan, a professor of geography and geographic information science, has received the American Association of Geographers (AAG)’s Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography. This award honors individuals who establish new methods...
2018-04-23 - Professor David Wilson has been selected as a Unit for Criticism 2018-20 Senior Faculty Fellow. For the first time, fellowship recipients will also receive funds to organize a manuscript workshop...
2018-04-16 - Professor Emeritus Tom Bassett has received the AAG Cultural and Political Ecology specialty group's 2018 Robert McC. Netting Award, which recognizes distinguished research and professional activities that bridge geography and anthropology....
2018-04-09 - Professor Shaowen Wang has recently been selected to serve his second three-year term on the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The Board oversees five standing committees: Committee...
2018-04-09 - This article was originally published in the Washington Post on April 9, 2018 and co-authored by Jarod Fox, an undergrad in GGIS. The fighting in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region is entering its fifth year. More than 10,000 people have been killed in this persistent...
2018-04-02 - PhD student Aida Guhlincozzi (advisor: Sara McLafferty) has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship! Her project focuses on identifying spatial mismatch in healthcare accessibility for Latinx people to ethnically matching...
2018-01-11 - The American Association of Geographers (AAG) is recognizing Bruce Rhoads, professor of geography and geographic information science, for his outstanding contributions to geographic research and education with an honorary, lifetime designation as an AAG...
2017-12-22 - Our department was very visible at the 2016 AAG Annual Meeting in San Francisco. In addition to the many excellent panels, papers, and poster presentations by GGIS , the following GGIS faculty and graduate students received awards and recognition: Dr. Julie Cidell was elected Treasurer of the...
2017-11-29 - Geography & GIS hosted GIS Day 2017 in the Natural History Building's SESE Core on Thursday, November 16th. It was a great success, with over 20 student posters on display. Students also submitted dynamic web maps, available to view on the ...
2017-10-11 - Geography & GIS PhD student Arrianna Planey has been selected as a Health Policy Research Scholar.- 2017-09-07 - Our department recently launched GEOG 392 - Geography & GIS Internship, an undergraduate course that awards academic credit to students who participate in off-campus internships. Steven Chang, a senior double-...
2017-07-05 - The Department of Geography & GIScience is thrilled to announce that we have officially moved into the beautifully renovated Natural History Building (NHB)! We invite you to check out the building’s stunning new spaces: modern research laboratories for GIS, remote sensing, and fluvial...
2017-05-26 - We are sad to report that Dr. John Thompson passed away on Sunday, February 19th at the age of 92. Thompson devoted his 33-year career at the University of Illinois to advancing the disciplines of geography and Latin American studies, and has left a lasting impact in both fields. He published...