04/15/2021 - 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...
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03/24/2021 - 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...
03/09/2021 - 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...
03/03/2021 - Petroleum Experts has renewed a grant of a set of software packages to the Illinois State Geological Survey and Department of Geology to use in research and education. This software enhances the ISGS...
01/20/2021 - 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...
01/13/2021 - 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...
12/11/2020 - 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...
11/12/2020 - 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...
09/10/2020 - Gary Parker is featured in a question and answer article in the September issue of PNAS. This interview provides a fascinating insight into...
08/14/2020 - See these teaching resources collected by Dr. Stephen Altaner on teaching during Fall 2020.
07/24/2020 - Using multiple lines of evidence, a new report of the World Climate Research Program has significantly reduced the uncertainty in the magnitude of Earth's Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity.
07/24/2020 - Jim Best and Steve Darby (University of Southampton, UK) have published a paper in One Earth that outlines the pace of change in large rivers produced by multiple anthropogenic stressors
07/24/2020 - With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in the cancellation of field camp in Park City, Utah, the Wasatch-Uinta staff produced a 6-week entirely virtual field camp in 2020.
06/15/2020 - The COVID19 pandemic is an unprecedented situation that has had wide reaching impacts on our campus community. Summer plans have been dashed for many of our Geology undergraduate students as...
05/31/2020 - Professor Conroy was one of only four individuals being promoted to Associate Professor that were selected by the Campus Committee on Promotion and Tenure for this special recognition. The...
