Mission Statement
The Geography Graduate Student Association (GGSA) exists to supports graduate students' acade
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My Cross-Country Cycling Adventure with Illini 4000
by Zona Hrnjak (BS ’24)
Illini 4000 (I4K) is a non-profit, student-run organization that fundraises for cancer research and support services and leads an annual cross-...
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CyberGIS Online programs earn U.S. Geospatial-Intelligence Foundation accreditation
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has granted accreditation to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the fully-online graduate certificate and master’s degree programs in CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science. A total of 23...
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Vedant Gohel, CS+GGIS Class of 2027
I was first introduced to GIS in high school when I took AP Human Geography. It opened my eyes to how data, maps, and statistics could reveal patterns in human behavior and urban development....
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Prof. Marynia Kolak and co-authors investigate opioid use disorder treatment gaps in US jails
Dr. Marynia Kolak was a co-author on a study published recently in...
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Prof. Jim Best publishes visual atlas of world's rivers and estuaries
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The word “atlas,” may conjure images of giant books chock full of maps and a dizzying array of facts and figures. However, the new book “...
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New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Sofía Zaragocín
Sofia earned an MA in Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies and PhD in Geography at the University of Cambridge. She previously served as a research associate in the University of Cuenca (Ecuador) Department of Space and Population, a post-doctoral fellow at Cambridge, and most recently an...
GGIS professors Kolak and Lara named Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (LEAP) Scholars
Geography & GIS assistant professors Marynia Kolak and Mark Lara are among seventeen faculty members recognized this year for contributions in research and education at Illinois.
The LEAP award is presented to early-career faculty in recognition of their scholarly productivity and...