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News and Events
GISPP Coffee Talk | Wednesday, March 22 | Meiliu Wu
We are excited to share that another round of our virtual lecture series, Coffee Talk, is next week! Join us on Wednesday, March 22nd from 11-12pm CDT to hear from Meiliu Wu, a graduate student in the Spatial Computing and …
GISPP Coffee Talk | Tuesday, February 21 | Dr. Joseph Kerski, Education Manager and Geographer at Esri
We are excited to share that the first round of Coffee Talk for this spring semester is back next week with a special lecture! On Tuesday, February 21st, Dr. Joseph Kerski, Education Manager and Geographer at Esri, will be joining …
Faculty & Staff Spotlight | Justin Cole
Meet Justin and learn more about his GIS journey!
Student Spotlight | Lauren Martucci
Our recent graduate Lauren Martucci shares their GISPP experience and project!
Coffee Talk | Zihan Song | December 14th 12-1pm CDT
Round three of our virtual lecture series, Coffee Talk, is this week! Join us on Wednesday, November 14th 12-1pm CDT to hear from Zihan Song, a former student of UW-Madison Geography. Zihan Song is a senior project engineer at …
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