Alyssa Shih, junior in CliMAS, was awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. She was one of 4 selected campus wide and one of less than 500 nationwide. Big congratulations to her!

2130z launch from Urbana NWS Lincoln IL

Here’s the final plot from today’s 2130Z launch. NWS Lincoln IL

We’re excited to share that Dr. Joseph Trujillo-Falcón will join our regular faculty as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2025! He’ll continue his work on effective risk communication in weather and climate.

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Jesmonth (Kaitlyn Jesmonth) on the successful completion of her MS Defense, which examined the effects of terrain on precipitation type in a Northeast US winter storm. Kaitlyn is advised by Prof. Steve Nesbitt.

Today, we welcomed Prof. Adam Sobel from Columbia University as our Distinguished Ogura Lecturer. He spoke on climate risk science.

Faculty and students are deployed in Chicagoland collecting upper air data for the CROCUS project. Expecting heat this afternoon and potentially severe storms in the metro area this evening.

The UIUC School of Earth, Society and the Environment (SESE) is hosting our annual summer enrichment camp for middle schoolers again this summer! The dates are July 21st and 22nd and the camp is free! Registration is now open and you can sign up here: earth.illinois.edu/resources/eart…

CliMAS congratulates the Class of 2025!

25 years ago, Larry Di Girolamo watched a satellite launch carrying the MISR Instrument that he had helped build. Now, MISR is ending with a discovery that could change how we understand global weather: the jet stream is shifting and speeding up. Link: climas.illinois.edu/news/2025-07-2…

CliMAS Professor Joseph Trujillo-Falcón was featured in BBC News (World) on the importance of trust and communication during extreme weather events. Read the article: bbc.com/future/article…

100% chance you’ll love our Gen Eds in CliMAS ☀️ Join us for ATMS 100, 120, and 140, Illini!

Greetings from the CliMAS welcome BBQ 2025!

Today we welcomed Dr. Scott Collis from Argonne National Laboratory for our weekly colloquium.

The annual CliMAS graduate student – faculty volleyball match was a ton of fun! The faculty are happy to report their clean sweep victory, the broken golden rawinsonde trophy will be on the 3rd floor of NHB. Looking forward to next year’s match!

Today, CliMAS welcomed Prof. Dan Vimont from UW Atmos/Ocean Sci for our weekly colloquium, who discussed aerosol-related and oceanic climate dynamics

We were fortunate to have the National Air and Space Museum interviewing our faculty and students about weather forecasting, satellites, field work, and climate for a new exhibit coming soon!

Check out this U of I College of LAS promo video promoting our College, featuring Assistant Professor Joseph Trujillo-Falcón and many of our students! youtu.be/ZRgExF7r1gE?si…

Calling all prospective grad students! 🚨 Come learn about CliMAS during our annual Prospective Graduate Student Webinar - featuring our internationally recognized on campus and online MS and PhD programs. RSVP here to receive a Zoom link: forms.gle/CYsLWz5uoRNmAB….

.Rob Lydick chats with Dr. Joseph Trujillo Falcón an Assistant Professor at Illinois CliMAS, about his research involving weather alerts and language: youtu.be/zEuGn8vRTCc