Author: Geography Staff
Next wave of research: Ecology, super-sized
by David Tenenbaum, UW Communications The University of Wisconsin-Madison, home of pioneering ecologists who studied lakes, forests, wetlands and prairies, is playing a key role…
Robinson Map Library contributes to Chazen exhibit
Next week will be your last chance to catch the Chazen exhibit, Marginalia in cARTography. This exhibition explores the visual discourse between marginal artistic images and…
Spring 2014 Faculty Awards
Congratulations to the following faculty for their recent awards and promotions! Erika Marín-Spiotta received a 5-year, $425,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National…
Geography grad student launches ride-sharing business
Story by David Tenenbaum, University Communications Coride is debuting a ridesharing service accessible from smartphones and computers. The company is getting ready to launch its…
Tennessen on creating "universities of life"
What kinds of technologies do we need to build the lives, the communities, and the world that we want? Alumnus Travis Tennesen (PhD ’12) shares this inspiring…
The new Madison Geographic is out!
We are pleased to announce the release of this year’s edition of Madison Geographic, the newsletter of the undergraduate Geography Club. Inside you can read undergraduate…
SCO receives award from UW-Stevens Point
The State Cartographer’s Office (SCO) recently received an Outstanding Partner Award from the UW-Stevens Point GIS Center. The award was given in recognition of the SCO’s…
Matsumoto-Hervol wins Edna Glicksman award
Undergraduate senior, Makie Matsumoto-Hervol, received the 2014 Edna Glicksman award. The Glicksman Prize is awarded annually to a senior Letters and Science undergraduate woman in recognition of her “intellectual…
Geography's State Cartographer's Office to collaborate with DOA on statewide parcel map initiative
Background The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) has finalized an agreement with the State Cartographer’s Office (SCO) for a “Version 1 Statewide Parcel Map Database…
Colin Higgins wins Udall Scholarship
Story by Jill Sakai, Office of Sustainability University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Colin Higgins has been selected as a 2014 Udall Scholar. Higgins, who is triple-majoring in geography,…
