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- As Larry Di Girolamo stood at Vandenberg Air Force Base in December 1999, he was a relatively new professor in what would become the Department of Climate, Meteorology, & Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois. He had come to witness ...
2025-07-23 - Geography and geographic information science professor Marynia Kolak and psychology professor Eleanor Seaton have helped raise public awareness of the Restrictive Covenant Project while also planning to study and research discriminatory covenants and related topics.Kolak will study how these covenants and...
2025-07-22 - Earth science and environmental change professor Bruce Fouke and his interdisciplinary team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have pioneered the field of GeoBioMed, a unique integration of geology, biology, and medicine aimed at tackling complex health challenges through a geoscientific lens. This innovative approach, previously applied...
2025-06-27 - When Hayley Woodrich learned she'd been awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in June, she almost didn’t believe it.“I got an email from NSF and thought, ‘Oh, great! Feedback is finally out!” she said. “Then I opened the email, started reading, and said, ‘Wait a minute.’ I took a screenshot and sent it to my advisors, saying, ‘What?’”The honor is one of the most...
2025-06-16 - Katharine Hayhoe (MS ’97, PhD ’10) has built a career around making climate science accessible—and personal. A world-renowned atmospheric scientist, Hayhoe bridges divides that often seem irreconcilable: she is both a devout Christian and a leading voice on climate change. Her work reaches audiences across political, cultural, and religious lines, driven by the belief that “climate change is not...
2025-05-30 - Rob Kanter believed the best education didn’t happen within four walls. Even when he stood in front of a classroom, he focused on the world beyond it.For more than a decade, Kanter guided students not only through course readings but across landscapes—from the tropical rainforests of Central America to the prairies and forests of Central Illinois—using his deep curiosity and love for the...
2025-05-28 - In a reflective piece for the Illinois News Bureau’s “In My Own Words” series, Professor Ellen Buckley of Earth Science and Environmental Change recounts the surreal and powerful experience of teaching sea ice science while standing directly on the frozen Arctic Ocean in Utqiaġvik, Alaska....
2025-05-28 - How can AI and data science help solve some of the world’s most complex environmental and societal challenges? In this Q&A, professor of geography and geographic information science and associate dean for life and physical sciences in the College of LAS, Shaowen Wang discusses his groundbreaking work in cyberGIS, the formation of a national research...
2025-05-12 - In 2023, global temperatures spiked in a way that puzzled scientists, sparked headlines, and led many people to wonder whether the climate was entering an unpredictable new phase. The spike stood out so dramatically that some called it mysterious or unprecedented.But the spike wasn't so mysterious for Shiv Priyam...
2025-05-12 - The Earth, Society & Environment (ESE) Camp for Kids is a free two-day camp, taking place on July 21-22 2025, held at The University of Illinois in the Natural History Building and hosted by the School of Earth, Society & Environment (SESE). The two-day camp will include several engaging geoscience camp activities and a live Q&A session with scientists! Watch this space for updates....-
2025-05-09 - Shaowen Wang issues this straightforward invitation: Your perspective is needed now more than ever.He’s encouraging you to attend the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress (SRI2025) June 16-19 in Chicago. The cyberGIS and geospatial science expert also welcomes students, researchers, community leaders, and more to...
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2025-04-30 - Marynia Kolak is a professor of geography and geographic information science and principal investigator for the Health Regions & Policies Lab. As a health geographer and spatial data scientist, Kolak is committed to understanding how where we live and work shapes our health outcomes—a pursuit that has...
2025-04-14 - Scientific collaboration often begins with a simple conversation, an exchange of ideas that transcends borders. For Bruce Rhoads, a professor of geography and geographic information science and river dynamics expert, and Alexander Sukhodolov, a research group leader at Germany’s Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, that first...
2025-04-01 - PhD student Gyudae "GD" Kim has received the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Excellence Award in Undergraduate Teaching for a Graduate Teaching Assistant and the Campus Award for Excellence in...
2024-04-03 - GEOSCIENCE Camp for Girls is planning to return for two days in July 2024 under the new name Earth, Society & Environment Camp for Girls! This 2-day camp will host 30 students from Urbana Middle School to encourage curiosity and foster interests related to Earth, Society & the Environment. More information about the camp can be found...