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LEGO Map of Wisconsin sweeps recent map contest awards

Congratulations to UW-Madison Cartography/GIS graduate student Chenxiao (Atlas) Guo on collecting seven awards for maps submitted to the Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) map contest,…

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The 10th Annual Cart Lab Design Challenge: Co-Creating a Historical Atlas of Racial Violence

The 10th Anniversary of the UW Cartography Lab’s annual Design Challenge kicked off with a Yi-Fu Tuan lecture on February 16, 2024, with Faculty Director…

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Geography students, faculty, and staff participate in 2023 International Cartographic Conference

By: Graduate students: Alicia Iverson, Nuzhat Tabassum Nawshin, and Chelsea Nestel; Professor Robert Roth and Cartography Lab Creative Director Alicia Cowart In August 2023, Ph.D….

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Season’s Greetings from the Chair…

Greetings, friends.  These are challenging times, so here I write to share some winter warmth and good news, for we have much to celebrate in…

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Introducing the New Graduate Student Cohort 2023-2024!

The UW-Madison Geography Department is delighted to introduce our newest cohort of research-based Master’s and Ph.D. students: Alec Armon, Anjo Brekalo, Yanbing Chen, Christina Dennis,…

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Geography Student Spotlight: Leah Bulbula

By: Joel Gruley, Undergraduate Program Advisor, UW-Madison Geography When you walk the third floor of Science Hall, you immediately notice the numerous striking maps displayed…

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Welcome to the new academic year from Dept. Chair Jack Williams

Fall in Madison… leaves flushing to red and gold, students rushing to find their classrooms, and, over here in Science Hall, teams of carpenters, electricians,…

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Research Team from Wisconsin and Minnesota to Create Habitat Map of St. Louis River Estuary

By Howard VereginAugust 24, 2023 A team of researchers from Wisconsin and Minnesota has been awarded a $139,000 grant from NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserve…

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Congratulations to Seth Spawn-Lee

Congratulations to Seth Spawn-Lee for defending his dissertation on Space and time solutions for natural climate solutions in agricultural landscapes. Seth works on finding agricultural solutions for…

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Highlights from Geography’s 2023 Graduation Celebration

The Department of Geography celebrated the class of 2023 during a hybrid event in Science Hall and online on Friday, May 12th. Students from all…

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