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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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
Connecting with Alumni: Dr. Andy Davey
What happens when a geographer turns their research lens inward—toward their home and their community? For one UW–Madison alum, a journey that began in Cameroon…
Maps and Art: The Disabled Wandering Atlas exhibition hosted by the Robinson Map Library
For two weeks this spring the Robinson Map Library was home to an art exhibition entitled “The Disabled Wandering Atlas” curated by UW-Madison MFA-candidate Anne…