Illinois State University’s Geology Field Camp was named the 2017 Geological Society of America/ExxonMobil Camp Excellence Award recipient.
Unit: Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment
New faculty profile: Wondwosen Seyoum
Wondwosen Seyoum has joined the Department of Geography-Geology as an assistant professor.
CAS Spring Lecture Tuesday night
University Professor David H. Malone will deliver the Spring College Lecture on Tuesday, March 21, at 7 p.m. in the Old Main Room in the Bone Student Center. His talk, “Origin of the Massive Heart Mountain Slide, Wyoming,” is free and open to the public.
Colonial India and Aryanism topic of geography talk
Assistant Professor Ishan Ashutosh from the Department of Geography at Indiana University in Bloomington will give a talk titled “Geography’s Lost History in Colonial India: Environmental Determinism and Aryanism.
ISU undergraduates present research at national geology conference
Illinois State undergraduate students Lexi Wallenberg and Jessica Welch presented the results of their geological research in September at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver.
Geography students to take field trip to Chicago
The Illinois State University Geography of Chicago course taught by Associate Professor John Kostelnick will be in Chicago over spring break (March 13-17) for a class field trip.
ISU geography students to explore Japan
This summer, five geography students will participate in a three-week exploration of Japan with Professor RJ Rowley.
2017 Cross-Disciplinary Team Research Award goes to group working on water issues
The University Research Council awarded the 2017 Cross-Disciplinary Team Research Award to four faculty members who work toward understanding climate change and its varied impacts on water quality.
Irrigation in India topic of Geography Awareness Week speaker, November 15
Trevor Birkenholtz from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be the speaker for the 2016 Geography Awareness Week,
‘Racialized gaze’ of farm, home subject of Distinguished Geographer Lecture
Professor of Geography Mona Domosh of Dartmouth College will present Illinois State University’s Distinguished Geographer Lecture.