The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has named several accomplished faculty members to endowed chair and professorship positions. The positions are some of the highest honors that can be granted by the college. The recipients will be awarded discretionary funding to carry out research...
Our department is excited to be hosting this year's meeting of the West Lakes Division, American Association of Geographers (AAG). This annual event will include a keynote address on Friday; and paper/poster sessions, Geography Bowl, and awards dinner Saturday.Keynote: Friday, October 16th 5:...
Researchers, city leaders, and community organizations have worked together to build one of the nation's largest urban air quality monitoring networks across Chicago. Now, a new public-facing...
Dr. Imelda Moise is Associate Professor of Medical Education and Director of the Global Health and Graduate Program at Nova Southern University in Florida. She visited the department in October 2025 to accept her award and present Geographies of Health and Hope: Reflections on a Career Rooted in Place, Purpose, and Possibility at Friday Colloquium.Imelda completed her master's thesis...
Scientists have long understood that rivers and lakes influence one another, but actually observing where one system gradually transitions into the other has remained a challenge — until now.A new study led by...
New York City, NY — The American Geographical Society (AGS) announced the recipients of the 2026 AGS Council Fellowships to support master’s and doctoral research. Among the recipients is Matthew Hiett, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. Masters and doctoral...
A resident installs an air-quality sensor outside their home, hoping to contribute to a growing network of citizen-collected environmental data. But before making the information public, they drag the sensor’s location pin on the digital map slightly down the street.That small act of digital self-...
