A team of Illinois State researchers is conducting an innovative project in elementary schools to determine whether digital mapping can help students improve their spatial thinking skills.
Digital mapping unlocks students’ STEM knowledge
Unit: Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment
Warming of global lakes topic of February 26 talk
Associate Professor of Geology Catherine O’Reilly will present “Rapid Warming of Lakes Around the World” at 3 p.m. Friday, February 26, in Felmley Hall, room 133.
From classroom to collection: Sublett class surveys join museum archives
Thirty-six years of student legwork and writings, recently arrived at the McLean County Museum of History Archives as the Michael D. Sublett Collection.
New water monitors mean more access for public
Illinois State University is partnering with the City of Bloomington to allow residents to instantly access the quality of water flowing into drinking reservoirs in Evergreen Lake and Lake Bloomington.
Talk to explore the billion-year-old Lake Superior tectonic rift
Carol Stein, the Association of Women Geoscientists Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Illinois-Chicago, will present “Tectonic Development of the Lake Superior Rift” at 3 p.m. Friday, February 12, in the Felmley Hall of Science Annex, room 133.
Hund, Kostelnick, Koch named outstanding teachers
Three faculty members will be honored for outstanding teaching at the upcoming Illinois State University Founders Day celebration on Thursday, February 18.
Why is Bill Shields such a rock star at Illinois State?
Lecturing to about 700 students on subtropical deserts, when many of them have just rolled out of bed, is a tough assignment. But Bill Shields ’99, M.S. ’01, has done it 32 semesters in a row, waking mostly freshmen with his stories of growing up in the 1800s and hammering shoes on mules. Some of
Faculty honored with Research Initiative Awards
Illinois State University named the recipients of the Research Initiative Award, who will be honored on Founders Day on Thursday, February 18.
Reactions: Chicago neighborhood in transition
Associate Professor of Geography John Kostelnick says that many Chicago neighborhoods are being redefined.
Paper garners international attention
Two professors in the Department of Geography-Geology have been receiving extensive press coverage for a recent paper.
