Author: Geography Staff
Professor Ian Baird on the Laos Dam Failure
On July 25, 2018, a hydroelectric dam in southeastern Laos collapsed and released close to 18 billion cubic feet of water—enough to “cover an area…
Alumni Profile: Alex Tait
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”Geographers and their global perspective help drive a better and deeper understanding of our world and provide a…
Ph.D. Student Laura Szymanski Accepts GSA Science Policy Fellowship
Laura Szymanski, Physical Geography Ph.D. student in Erika Marin-Spiotta’s Biogeography and Biogeochemistry lab, has accepted a year-long position in Washington DC as the Geological Society…
Student Profile: Pao Vue
Our latest student profile is with Ph.D. graduate Pao Vue, who recently defended his dissertation on how government laws and policies, the capitalistic market economy, and…
Alumni Profile: Robin Schmidt
Our latest alumni profile is with Robin Schmidt, who received a BS in Geography with an independent major in Environmental Policy in 1980 and an…
Spring 2018 Graduate Student Awards
We are proud to announce the Spring 2018 Graduate Student Awards! This list includes national awards, University of Wisconsin awards, American Association of Geographers awards,…
Geograd Symposium 2018
Please join us for the Geograd Symposium this Friday, April 6 from 8am–noon in Science Hall, Room 450. We have an incredible lineup of graduate…
#muddyboots: Academic motherhood in the field
There is a long history of geographers doing fieldwork to advance their research. This history includes lore about far away field sites, long days in…
Staff Profile: Tom Tews
This week’s staff profile is of Tom Tews, the Geography Librarian who has been with us in Science Hall since 1984. Tom shares about his…
2018 Design Challenge: Feminist Cartographies and Recidivism
In its fourth iteration, the Design Challenge is an annual event organized by the UW–Madison Cartography Lab and the Department of Geography. The Design Challenge…
