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A final look from above

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...
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The covenants of racism

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...
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GeoBioMed tackles cancer

 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...
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ESEC grad student Hayley Woodrich receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for Yellowstone seismic study

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...
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Teaching about sea ice while standing on it

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...
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CliMAS Professor Shiv Priyam Raghuraman receives award for work on short-term climate variability

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...
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GGIS PhD Student Gyudae Kim receives LAS and Campus Teaching Awards

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...
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CyberGIS leader on SRI2025’s bold agenda: The world needs you. Now.

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...
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Marynia Kolak explains how spatial data addresses complex questions of human longevity

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...
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GGIS Professor Bruce Rhoads on collaboration, friendship, and the environmental impact of war

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...
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