CliMAS GSO at UIUC

On Sunday, our 1st-year graduate students participated in their 1st-year event! They elected to do an escape room and made it out with 3 minutes to spare! Well done y’all!

The CliMAS GSO is excited to be hosting a Holiday Food Drive in support of the @eifoodbank . Food donations will be accepted from Wednesday, December 3rd through Friday, December 12th. Can't go shopping? Monetary donations will be accepted via the QR code in the flyer. ❄️

Last but not least, welcome Ethan Durham! Ethan did his B.S. in Atmospheric Science at the University of Colorado! He will be working with Dr. Shiv Priyam Raghuraman on issues related to climate modeling, radiation, and Earth's energy budget! Welcome to CliMAS, Ethan!

Our next intro is Valerie Gorden! Valerie did her B.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland! She will be working with Dr. Shiv Priyam Raghuraman on modeling clouds and Earth's energy budget! She will also serve as the CliMAS GSO new student liaison!

Today, we are introducing Jack Shumaker! Jack did his B.S. in Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma! He will investigate how WoFS-inspired graphics are received and interpreted by the public with Dr. Joseph Trujillo-Falcón! From Virginia to Norman to Champaign, welcome Jack!

Next up is Kylee Matousek! Kylee did her B.S. in Meteorology and Climatology at Nebraska-Lincoln! She is working with Dr. Dave Kristovich on thunderstorm outflow boundaries. Incredibly, Kylee has seen 4 tornadoes! Welcome to @CliMAS_Illinois, Kylee!

We are excited to welcome our 1st-year @CliMAS_Illinois graduate students! First up is Summer Acker! Summer did her B.S. at UW-Madison in CS and Environmental Studies. She will be working on simulating fine particulate matter mass and toxicity with Dr. Hanna Horowitz

Today, the CliMAS GSO teamed up with @istorm_uiuc and @PurdueEAPS at Turkey Run State Park. We had a great turnout and had an amazing time on the hike!

We held the 2nd ever Graduate Student vs Faculty volleyball game on Friday, September 5th. The faculty took home the win this year, but graduate students are already looking forward to taking it back next year!

The deadline for signing up for our Prospective Student Webinar is this Friday, 1 November.

🚨Calling all prospective graduate students! We will be hosting a webinar on Nov. 7 at 7 pm CT, where you can hear from current students and meet potential faculty advisors. Sign up here to register: forms.gle/9ZqgAJwpBuBnXm…

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We are now @CliMAS_Illinois - update your stuff accordingly! ⛈️

Even on a near 90° day, we can still make it feel like fall! 🍂 We had so much fun today exploring the apple orchard! 🍎

Members of @ATMS_Illinois take on #up4014 in Royal, IL!

Time to meet another CliMAS graduate student! Meet Megha Rao who is working with Dr. Gan Zhang (@GabrielZ_Storm) researching cyclones and tropical convection!

It's a new week, and a great day to meet more of our incoming graduate students! Meet Paul Romano who will be working with Dr. David Kristovich researching urban influence on convection!

From our CliMAS 2024 Welcome BBQ 👋

Next we have Anthony Corrales (@anthony2001119) who will be working with Dr. Joseph Trujillo Falcón (@LatinWx) researching bilingual tropical meteorology risk communication!

Meet our next incoming CliMAS graduate student, Lawrence Liu, who is working with Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier (@kdroege) to research severe weather predictions using machine learning and data assimilation!