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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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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…

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Season’s Greetings from Geography’s New Department Chair

Greetings, everyone! The fall semester has flown by; hard to believe I’m wrapping up my first semester as Department Chair. It’s been an unseasonably warm…

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Cartography Lab Students Win Awards, Share Insights, and Collaborate at Annual NACIS Meeting

In October, UW Cartography Lab faculty, students, alumni, and affiliates met up with other members of the cartographic community in scenic Tacoma, Washington for the…

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Introducing the New Graduate Student Cohort 2024-2025!

If you spent any time walking along the Lakeshore Path this fall, odds are you walked past a member of the UW–Madison Geography Department’s newest…

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Congratulations Graduates!

The Department of Geography celebrated the class of 2024 during a hybrid event in Science Hall and online on Friday, May 10th. Students from all…

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Highlights from the 2024 UW-Madison Geospatial Summit

Over 100 people gathered together for the 2024 UW-Madison Geospatial Summit on April 10th. The event was the first occurrence since the pandemic forced organizers…

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LEGO Map of Wisconsin sweeps recent map contest awards

Congratulations to UW-Madison Cartography/GIS graduate student Chenxiao (Atlas) Guo on collecting seven awards for maps submitted to the Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) map contest,…

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Season’s Greetings from the Chair…

Greetings, friends.  These are challenging times, so here I write to share some winter warmth and good news, for we have much to celebrate in…

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Welcome to the new academic year from Dept. Chair Jack Williams

Fall in Madison… leaves flushing to red and gold, students rushing to find their classrooms, and, over here in Science Hall, teams of carpenters, electricians,…

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