2017-03-02 - Professor Thomas Bassett is retiring after more than three decades of research, teaching, and service at the University of Illinois. On Friday, March 10th, the Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science, Social Dimensions of...
2016-12-06 - Murugesu “Siva” Sivapalan, professor in the departments of Geography & GIScience and Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded the 2017 European Geosciences Union’s (EGU) Alfred Wegener Medal, which recognizes scientists who have achieved exceptional international standing in...- 2016-11-16 - GIS Day 2016 was a great opportunity for our Professional Science Master’s (PSM) students to showcase their work, and reflect on all of the new skills they have acquired since entering the...
- 2016-10-26 - GIS Day 2016 will be held on Tuesday, November 15th at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign. It will feature practical GIS presentations, lightning talks focused on GIS implementation strategies, a map/poster competition, and a late afternoon...
2016-10-21 - Assistant Professor Piotr Cienciala’s Ecogeomorphology Ecohydraulics & Landscape Systems (EELS) lab is studying the network of beautiful mountain streams in northeastern Washington State, to aid in habitat restoration efforts of bull trout, a native fish now federally listed as endangered...
2016-04-15 - Mei-Po Kwan, professor of geography and geographic information science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named a fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Kwan was one of 178 scholars, artists, and scientists selected to...- 2016-03-18 - In Fall 2016, Assistant Professor Brian Jordan Jefferson will offer a new Geography & GIScience course: GEOG 484 – Cities, Crime, and Space. Dr. Jefferson researches urban policing to explore how the...
2016-03-01 - Dr. Alexander Sukhodolov and his research team are working on a project titled “Transport and Mixing at River Confluences”, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). This work aims to improve our knowledge of mixing and...
2016-02-09 - The Eastern Illinois Foodbank (EIF) has been distributing food to those in need for over 30 years, a mission that requires great organization, many devoted volunteers, and an excellent sense of Illinois geography. In July 2015, the Foodbank expanded its service area to include DeWitt, Livingston,...- 2016-02-03 - Geography & GIScience Professor Jesse Ribot is traveling the world this spring, delivering several keynote addresses on risk, vulnerability, and climate change adaptation. On January 26th and 27th, he took part in a National Dialogue on Myanmar, in the capital city of Yangon. Myanmar is...
2015-10-20 - Program graduates build a flexible, cross-disciplinary expertise around a strong GIS core, drawing upon the University of Illinois' renowned strengths in GIS, informatics, computer science, and related fields. PSM students will gain a firm foundation in GIS theory and applications, while acquiring...
2015-10-06 - In the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, we're focused on finding solutions to the world's challenges and propelling the bright minds who learn, teach, and conduct research on our campus each day. An important ingredient in this interdisciplinary and world-changing work: Providing well-...- 2015-07-28 - he 2015 American Geophysical Union Class of Fellows has been selected and will be recognized at the annual Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Calif. By Margaret Leinen and Christina Ravelo 28 July 2015 On behalf of the ...
2015-03-12 - Geography & Geographic Information Science is proud to announce that Professor and Department Head Sara McLafferty has received the 2015 Melinda S. Meade Distinguished Scholarship Award in Health and Medical Geography, from the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Health and Medical...