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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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  • New Study Shows How River Systems Change Over Millions Of Years
    New research by Dr. Jeffrey Kwang (UMass Amherst, formerly a graduate student at the U of I), Dr. Abigail Langston (Kansas State), and Dr. Gary Parker (U of I) has led to new insights into why rivers form tree-like, dendritic patterns in their drainage networks. Today, river systems often form...
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  • Geology Student Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
    The Geology Department is happy to announce that Senior Rishi Chandra has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! Rishi will graduate this May with a B.S. in Planetary Science, the very first awarded from UIUC. The Planetary Science B.S. is a special degree program...
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  • Dr. Wendy Yang Selected for LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
    We are happy to announce that Geology and Plant Biology Prof. Wendy Yang has been selected for the LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Wendy has devoted a huge amount of effort to improve methods and engage students in IB 100 ONL, has implemented innovative and effective...
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School of Earth, Society & Environment
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