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NCSA Welcomes 2022-23 Fellows

Posted on September 23, 2022October 6, 2025 by Andrew Helregel

A dozen NCSA Fellows are part of nine different projects funded by the NCSA Fellowship program.

Get Ready for Delta

Posted on March 17, 2022October 6, 2025 by NCSA News Staff

NCSA’s newest advanced computing resource is on the floor and will be launching soon. Researchers should start planning to utilize this new resource.

Patches of Arctic permafrost with brown green grass growing on top layer surrounded by pools of cold blue and clear water from ice thawing.

NCSA Software Helps Monitor Arctic Permafrost and Climate Change

Posted on March 15, 2022October 6, 2025 by Meg Severson

A team of researchers uses deep learning, satellite imagery, software and supercomputers to make permafrost data more accessible, leading to insights on climate change.

A farmer planting soybean plants in a field using a green and yellow John Deere tractor on a sunny day with big fluffy white clouds in a light blue sky.

Cover Crop Tool Update Helps Illinois Farmers and Soil Health

Posted on January 26, 2022October 6, 2025 by Meg Severson

The free tool now includes enhanced weather forecasting and nitrogen estimation, leading to better-informed decisions in farming.

NCSA Awards 20 Fiddler Innovation Fellowships to Illinois Students and Faculty

Posted on December 3, 2021October 6, 2025 by Meg Severson

NCSA’s eDream Institute awarded Illinois students and faculty for innovative multidisciplinary research projects in 2021. Fellows were honored in a virtual awards ceremony.

Screenshot from the documentary Atlas of a Changing Earth showing Earth from outer space with North and South America experiencing widespread flooding

NCSA Blue Waters and Advanced Visualization Lab Co-Produces Award-Winning Documentary “Atlas of a Changing Earth”

Posted on December 1, 2021October 6, 2025 by Meg Severson

Using collaboration, satellite imagery, supercomputers, and advanced visualization, ACE sheds light on the effects of rising global temperatures to help guide and inform possible solutions.

Shaded relief rendering of EarthDEM data showing the Virgin River, Nevada. DEM derived from Maxar imagery. Credit: EarthDEM Project.

NCSA’s Blue Waters Supercomputer Helps Map the Earth

Posted on November 17, 2021October 6, 2025 by NCSA News Staff

A small project to track melting in one section of polar ice is now mapping the entire Earth.

The Donna Cox Legacy: Inspiring and Visualizing the Future

Posted on July 30, 2021October 6, 2025 by Meg Severson

NCSA celebrates and honors its Chief Scholar and Illinois Professor Donna J. Cox as she retires after nearly four outstanding decades of contributions to art, science, research, technology, and society.