We are excited to have conducted a number of interviews with EaES alumni who are now working throughout the Chicago region in geoscience fields. Alumni share their experiences of taking coursework, descriptions of…
Professor Stephen Guggenheim arrived in the summer of 1976 in the Department of Geological Sciences, as the Department was called then, after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.…
The NSF-IUSE Geopaths grant will establish partnerships to improve recruitment of urban Chicago students into the geosciences. Project objectives include 1) developing and implementing urban-relevant geoscience dual enrollment courses and summer workshops; 2)…
EaES M.S. student Ben Alsip who works with Max Berkelhammer, receives second place in UIC’s Image of Research contest for his stunning photo Canada Glacier in Antarctica.
Three undergraduate women, Jenny Bueno-Barraza, Ioana Stefanescu, and Cecilia Ras will travel to Georgia for two weeks at the end of this month to assist in a seismology research experiment focused on discovering…
Graduate student Ann Cosgrove is a member of a team of seven UIC students winning first place in the master plan category of the National Campus RainWorks Challenge Green Infrastructure competition sponsored by the US…
Congratulations to undergraduate Kevin Burke who has been selected to participate in the NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) this summer! SARP provides students with hands-on experience in all aspects of a major…
Kathryn Nagy has been named a Fellow of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry. The honorary title of Geochemistry Fellow is bestowed upon outstanding scientists who have, over some years, made…
Luoth Chou, PhD student, has received the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Click here for more information on the award and the NAGT.
Cecilia Ras, a senior EaES major, has received a LASURI Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to support her undergraduate research with Professor Stefany Sit on seismic signals recorded in…