Author: Geography Staff
Environmental historian William Cronon awarded Wilderness Society’s highest honor
by Meghan Lepisto, UW-Madison Communications Environmental historian and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor William Cronon has been presented with The Wilderness Society’s Robert Marshall Award — the organization’s highest…
Nadia Carlson receives a 2014 SIRE-REU Award
Undergraduate student Nadia Carlson, dual majoring in geography and environmental studies, was the recent recipient of a 2014 SIRE-REU Award. The Sustainability Innovation in Research…
No one-size-fits-all approach in a changing climate, changing land
Researchers say they looked at the combined effects of land use decisions and climate change because, while there are many studies of each, the two…
The History of Cartography Project receives major funding from the National Science Foundation
The History of Cartography Project, in the UW–Madison Geography Department, has received a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Beginning September 2014, the…
Lake Mendota mapmaker shows depth of her appreciation
Story by Käri Knutson, UW Communications Caroline Rose remembers the first time she saw Lake Mendota. The Minnesota native had been accepted at UW-Madison and…
Marín-Spiotta and Mason soil carbon research on NSF Science Now
NSF Science Now spotlights the soil carbon research of Profs. Erika Marín-Spiotta & Joe Mason and former Ph.D. student, Nina Trautmann Chaopricha. For more about their recent research findings, see this…
Cartography graduate student leaves her mark at Memorial Union
Cartography graduate student, Caroline Rose, is leaving her mark at the University in the form of a permanent map installation at the Memorial Union. On May 19,…
Department seeks lecturer for Fall 2014
The Department of Geography seeks to fill a 40% lecturer position for the Fall 2014 semester teaching Introduction to GIS (Geog 377). The class is…
SCO to coordinate statewide land cover map update
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are partnering on a project to map the current land cover of Wisconsin. The…
Buried fossil soils found to be awash in carbon
by Terry Devitt, UW Communications Soils that formed on the Earth’s surface thousands of years ago and that are now deeply buried features of vanished…
