World-class learning and discovery

World-class research

A fundamental mission of the University of Illinois Department of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences is to provide comprehensive educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students through direct participation in the advancement of our scientific understanding of the atmosphere.

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Do you want to understand the power of mother nature?

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Our students get hands-on experience observing and modeling our earth system. Students in our department fly in research aircraft alongside severe thunderstorms, use our Doppler on Wheels radars and other instrumentation to investigate the structure of weather systems and simulate the atmosphere using cutting-edge models that will lead to future breakthroughs in our science. 

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The forefront of research and education

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Students in our graduate program undertake research that pushes the boundaries of our sciences, whether it be the latest in computer modeling or discovering new phenomena in the field. With a graduate degree in atmospheric sciences, students pursue various careers, including careers in national labs, academia, private industry, and more!

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Maile Sasaki

New Graduate Student: Maile Sasaki

Brand new to the Orange and Blue is Maile Sasaki, starting her first year as a grad student in Atmospheric Sciences.  As she begins this latest journey, we wanted to get to know her as she gets to know the University of Illinois. Maile hails-no pun intended-from the Bay Area in Northern California via Albuquerque, New Mexico and studied physics as a UG at UC Santa Barbara.  The weather there, she says, is very nice but foggy for a lot of the year. We asked Maile why she chose Illinois for her graduate education and she mentioned Dr....