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From a Playlist to an Award-Winning Lyrical Map

Have you ever tried to remember a song linked to a particular street name or landmark? Maybe you could hum it or sing some of…

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Mapping with Middle Schoolers

On the afternoon of September 18, the bustle of a group of middle school students from Madison’s Wingra School animated Science Hall. The students, working…

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Share Your Science Hall Memories

Science Hall has a long, storied history, and Geography students have been traversing its corridors and making memories in its lecture halls for decades. As Dr. Moore shared…

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New Year, New Challenges: A Letter from the Department Chair

Greetings, everyone. It’s hard to know where to begin! The past few months have presented some of the most significant, coordinated challenges to higher education…

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Posted in Community Research Students Uncategorized

Summer with the Scouts: Eric Giese Makes Community Connections

For most of us, summer camp is a fond memory. Adventures, campouts, popsicles, lazy days floating on a lake… it’s all in the distant past….

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Cartography Lab Design Challenge Goes Worldwide

For over a decade, the UW Cartography Lab has planned and hosted a yearly Design Challenge. Always a highlight of the department’s year, the Design…

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New This Fall: Certificate in Geospatial Data Science

This fall, the Department of Geography invites undergraduates to make sense of the world in a new, data-driven way. For the first time ever, we’re…

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Fantastic Worlds Map Exhibit Draws Crowds to Science Hall

This July, visitors from across the state—and even across the country—made the trek to the Robinson Map Library to see a unique set of maps….

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Maps on Display: Fantastic Worlds Exhibit Coming this Summer!

Travel to Middle-earth, Narnia, and beyond!  In 1981, Karen Wynn Fonstad authored The Atlas of Middle-earth, the official geographic guide to the world of author…

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Celebrating the Class of 2025

Families, faculty, and staff gathered in Science Hall and online on Friday, May 9, to recognize this year’s Department of Geography graduates. Professor and Department…

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