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Lake Sélingué from the air, revealing the rivers around it.

GGIS researchers use NASA satellite mission to reveal hidden transitions between rivers and lakes

Scientists have long understood that rivers and lakes influence one another, but actually observing where one system gradually transitions into the other has remained a challenge — until now.The study was led by researchers in the department of Geography...

American Geographical Society awards 2026 AGS Council Fellowship to PhD student Matthew Hiett

New York City, NY — The American Geographical Society (AGS) announced the recipients of the 2026 AGS Council Fellowships to support master’s and doctoral research. Among the recipients is Matthew Hiett, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. Masters and doctoral...

Researchers advance first-of-its-kind AI tool for translating life-saving weather warnings across the US

Nearly 69 million people in the United States speak a language other than English at home, yet weather warnings have long been issued almost exclusively in English. A new study documents how the National Weather Service is using artificial intelligence to change that, developing a comprehensive...

GGIS grad student, GD Kim, receives Jeremiah Sullivan Graduate Fellowship

PhD student, Gyudae "GD" Kim, was recently named a Jeremiah Sullivan Graduate Fellow by The Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security...

A figure showing locations of PurpleAir sensors in America.

Study examines how location privacy concerns shape crowdsourced socio-environmental data

A resident installs an air-quality sensor outside their home, hoping to contribute to a growing network of citizen-collected environmental data. But before making the information public, they drag the sensor’s location pin on the digital map slightly down the street.That small act of digital self-...

The Wright street entrance of Coble Hall.

Graduate students receive IGI fellowships, awards

The Illinois Global Institute has selected two graduate students from the Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science to receive research awards and language fellowships.Graduate Summer...

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