On Thursday, April 30 at 4 p.m. in Science Hall 180, Geography undergraduate majors will present their capstone projects.
This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available.
You can also livestream the presentations via this link (for best results, use a Firefox or Safari web browser): http://128.104.155.144/ClassroomStreams/science180_stream.html
Presentation Schedule
4:00 – Introductory Remarks – William Gustav Gartner
4:05 – A Geospatial and Behavioral Evaluation of Deer Collision Mitigation Across Dane County, Wisconsin – Ian Beilfuss, Nadia Nackers, Aidan Vandre
4:25 – Nothing to Fawn Over: How Chronic Wasting Disease Affects Rural Communities in Southwestern Wisconsin – Nolan Hegge, Camden Waterstradt, Caitlin Weil
4:45 – Patterns of Ecoliteracy in South Central Wisconsin: A Spatial and Sociodemographic Analysis – Liv Duncan, Erin Kelley, Sylvia Ma
5:05 – Spatiotemporal Trends in the Extent of Wetlands in Madison, WI – Jace Bardell, Bryce Minock, Nick Lieffring
5:25 – A Study of the August 2026 Flooding of Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Jack Berkey, Julien Chandler, Henry Collins
5:45 – After the Deluge: Differential Effects of Home Insurance Premiums and Flooding Damage on Migration Outcomes Post-Hurricane Helene – Jay Riccabona, Ana Soltelo, Silas Witmore
6:05 – Break
6:30 – Introductory Remarks – William Gustav Gartner
6:35 – Packing and Cracking the Votes of Wisconsinites: How Gerrymandering Impacts Wisconsin’s Political Landscape – Norah Justinger, Mya Migacz, Jiang (James) Yingzhao
6:55 – Neighborhood Change and Transit Development in the East Washington Neighborhood of Madison, WI – Jordyn Czyzewski, Henry Desch, Will McAllister
7:15 – Bikeability Analysis of Madison, WI – Solomon Baran, Nate Dancer, Althea Lasseter
7:35 – An Evaluation of a Potential Stadium District Surrounding American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI – Mason Behnke, Drew Dart, Cassidy Fish
7:55 – Inequalities in Milwaukee Area Public School Districts – Krista Cannon, Peter Vajagich
8:15 – A Spatial Analysis of the Homeless Community in Madison, Wisconsin – Heidi Agnew, Cameron Felix, Arcadia Lobo, Mike Padilla
8:35 – Exploring Rural and Urban Queer Geographies of UW–Madison Students – Leah Bjorgo, Stell Harder, Zooki Shong
