2022-08-08
- 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 high school that required me to stay abreast of world politics, where topics often had a geopolitical focus. After high school, I lived in the Netherlands for a year and a half and got to travel...
2022-08-06 - 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 several of their field courses. I first learned about GIS on the job as a student research assistant with the Illinois Geological Survey on campus, and really enjoyed the challenges of analyzing...
2022-07-27 - PhD student Yilun Zhao (advisor: Dr. Chunyuan Diao) has been awarded a Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) fellowship for her project "Evaluating the Influence of Biocontrol Program on the Colorado River Biodiversity with Multi-Source Time Series Imagery." From Yilun's...
2022-06-28 - 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 Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) as she gathers and analyzes data for her dissertation.
2022-06-27 - By GGIS majors Julia Cogan, Katie Niermann, and Zimo Xiao (BS, ‘22) As members of the Epsilon chapter of the Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU) Geographical Honors Society, we had the privilege of organizing the Spring 2022 Alumni Career Conversations series. It was a great opportunity to meet alumni (virtually) and learn about their experiences as we...
2022-06-08 - 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 and patient services.
2022-05-18 - Art was an innovative spatial statistician; his work with Keith Ord resulted in the development of the well-known Getis-Ord statistic.
2022-04-15 - Professor Shaowen Wang was named to the 2022 Class of American Association of Geographers (AAG) Fellows, a program launched in 2018 that recognizes geographers who have made significant contributions to advancing the discipline. Statement from AAG: Dr. Wang coined the term cyberGIS and developed the first...
2022-03-09 - 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 the 2022 Annual Meeting.
2022-03-09 - Congratulations to several master's and doctoral students for winning prestigious awards and scholarships at the 2022 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting!
2022-03-08 - PhD student Chelsy Salas is gaining recognition for her work in our River, Watershed, and Landscape Dynamics graduate concentration with advisor Dr. Bruce Rhoads.
2022-03-07 - 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.
2022-02-28 - PhD candidate Wataru Morioka (Advisor: Mei-Po Kwan) taught a class on GIS and mapping as part of University High School's annual Agora Days, where teachers and community members are invited to share their knowledge and present topics of general interest. Eight students joined Wataru's 4-day introductory...
2022-02-17 - He consistently plucked the names of countries, Greek letters and obscure adverbs from his memory banks and came out on top in his first appearance, earning $10,500.- 2022-02-14 - Judith Keller is a visiting doctoral researcher in GGIS and member of the "Authority and Trust in American Culture, Society, History, and Politics" graduate program at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies and the Geographies of North America working group at Heidelberg University, Germany. She visited New...