10/10/2019 -   Congratulations to our recent Geology Department graduates!

09/25/2019 - Using a new computer modeling technique normally applied to weather and climate, PhD student Jack Albright and his advisor Prof.

09/24/2019 -  

08/27/2019 - Professor Stephen Altaner led over 45 students and staff on the 2019 Annual SESE Field Trip.

08/25/2019 - Ralph L. Langenheim Jr., Professor Emeritus of stratigraphy and paleontology, passed away on August 3rd, 2019, at the age of 97.

08/23/2019 - Anyone who thinks space is the final frontier should familiarize themselves with the research of Lijun Liu, professor of geology and a GeoThrust Professorial Scholar at the University of Illinois.

08/22/2019 -

08/16/2019 - The department’s Eryops skeleton has returned to the Natural History Building and now has a home outside the “Geology row” faculty offices on the 3rd floor!  This plaster replica graced the second

08/13/2019 -  

07/20/2019 -  

06/30/2019 -  

06/20/2019 - Ph.D. student Naomi Wasserman has been awarded a Fulbright grant to support her research work in New Zealand!

05/19/2019 -   If you will be at the AAPG Annual Meeting in San Antonio, please join us for a U of I Geology reception:

04/21/2019 -  

04/10/2019 - This was the first year that the School of Earth, Society and Environment co-ordinated EoH contributions across Geology, GGIS and Atmospheric Sciences, and was led by a school committee of Becky Va