11/12/2021 - Congratulations to this years Alumni Achievement Award winner, Dr. Jack Sharp! Dr. Sharp is the Dave P. Carlton Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a past president of...
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11/09/2021 - As the cool autumn weather moved into Illinois, the Department of Geology returned to its “Flannel Friday” tradition: Many students, faculty, and staff wear their flannel shirts each Friday. Here,...
10/13/2021 - Professor Emeritus Alberto S. Nieto, 83, passed away Aug. 30, 2021 at his home in Champaign. Alberto taught Engineering Geology in the department for 25 years and retired in 1999. Prof. Nieto...
08/18/2021 - Take a minute to check out the September 2021 edition of Scientific American for a look at Prof. Bruce Fouke's work on kidney stones!...
08/11/2021 - Dr. Gillen Wood was recently awarded a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship for his project 'Oceans 1876', a look at the famous HMS...
07/11/2021 - Prof. Trish Gregg’s research on submarine volcanoes is featured in the PBS Changing Seas episode "Alvin: Pioneer of the Deep”! The episode highlights the amazing discoveries made by the HOV Alvin...
06/02/2021 - Geology may play a part in solving one of the medical world's most painful problems! In a collaboration between the University of Illinois and the Mayo Clinic, researchers have shown that...
05/20/2021 - PhD candidate Jon Golla has just published the first chapter of his thesis research in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters with his supervisor, Dr. Jenny Druhan. Human reliance and...
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...
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...
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...
