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    Eruption Forecasting

    Jack Albright and Dr. Patricia Gregg develop new technique to forecast volcanic eruptions!

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    Professor Stephen Altaner leads 45 students to Northern Indiana to explore the Kentland Impact Site.

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    Prof. Druhan receives NSF CAREER Grant!

    The Geology Department is pleased to announce that Assistant Prof. Jennifer Druhan has received a NSF CAREER Grant entitled: Unlocking the isotopic signatures of weathering recorded in rivers through isotope-enabled reactive transport. Her work, largely centered around the Eel River in Northern California, has been pivotal in understanding how rock, water, and chemical systems interact.  Here's...
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    A World in a Grain of Sand: New Discoveries in Kidney Stones

    What do the Yellowstone hot springs and kidney stones have in common? Both create rocks through biological processes! New insights into the formation of kidney stones by Geology Professor Bruce Fouke, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, are leading to new techniques to prevent and treat kidney stones in people. Check out this fascinating research by watching ...
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    Teaching Resources during COVID-19

    See these teaching resources collected by Dr. Stephen Altaner on teaching during Fall 2020.
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  • Prof. Lijun Liu selected to be a Center for Advanced Study Associate
    Professor Lijun Liu has been selected to be an Associate of the UIUC Center for Advanced Study (CAS) for academic year 2021-2022, pending Board of Trustees approval.  CAS Associates are tenured University of Illinois faculty members whose proposals...
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  • Geology Prof. Jenny Druhan Named Helen Corley Petit Scholar!
    Assistant Professor Jennifer Druhan has been selected by the College of LAS to be a 2021-2022 Helen Corley Petit Scholar! Mrs. Helen Corley Petit, a deceased alumna of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, provided an endowment for the development of the scholarship and teaching of early...
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  • Q&A With Gary Parker Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Gary Parker is featured in a question and answer article in the September issue of PNAS. This interview provides a fascinating insight into Gary’s research, and the relationship between nature and mathematics, and a perspective from one of the...
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School of Earth, Society & Environment
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

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Email: geology@illinois.edu

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