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Song Gao | Global Highly Cited Researchers of 2022
We are delighted to announce that Song Gao is on this year’s list of Global Highly Cited Researchers of 2022 released by Web of Science, which analyzed all papers published and cited between 2011 and …
Coffee Talk | Jake Kruse | November 16th 12-1 pm CDT
We are excited to share that round two of our virtual lecture series, Coffee Talk, is next week! Join us on Wednesday, November 16th 12-1pm CDT to hear from Jake Kruse, a PhD student here at UW-Madison. Jake is a member of the …
Coffee Talk | Scott Farley | October 5th 12-1 pm CDT
We are kicking off the semester with Scott Farley Wednesday, October 5th 12-1pm CDT. Scott is an alum of the department who is the recent founder of a spatial modeling wildfire startup. Each Coffee Talk will take …
Faculty & Staff Spotlight | Meet the Director!
Get to know Rob Roth, the director of GISPP at UW-Madison.
Student Spotlight | Bryce Linden
Our recent graduate Bryce Linden shares his GISPP experiences in a Q and A!
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