Category: Community
Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office: Heritage Oaks Project
By Michael Hasinoff and Howard Veregin of the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office In 1976, local conservationist, preservationist, writer and assistant to the Wisconsin DNR secretary,…
Identifying Wisconsin’s Cartographic Phantoms
By: Michael Hasinoff and Howard Veregin of the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office A “cartographic phantom” is a community that appears on a map but does…
The Lao American Archives Project comes to Science Hall
In early April 2023, Geography Ph.D. Candidate, Akarath (Ake) Soukhaphon and volunteer, Gerry Duckitt, drove a U-Haul truck from Washington State to Madison, Wisconsin in…
Religion and Tree Planting: A Discussion between Asghar Ali and Phra Ajarn Praseut at the Lao-Thai Theravada Buddhist Temple in Madison
In February, 2023, Asghar Ali arrived in Madison from his home in the Punjab in Pakistan as a visiting Ph.D. student, hosted by Professor Ian…
UW Science Expeditions Open House held in Science Hall
The UW Science Expeditions campus open house event was held over the weekend of April 14-16, 2023. It featured activities and open houses across campus…
UW Geography Alumni Spotlight
From using their geography knowledge in careers here in Madison to across the globe in Afghanistan, continue reading to see where UW Geography degrees have…
Grad students work with climatologist on tool to alert communities on dangerous heat levels
From UW-Madison News: October 24, 2022 By Abigail Becker From left to right, graduate students Sara Pabich, Elizabeth Berg, and Becky Rose are collecting data…
A productive spring & summer for Geography’s graduate students
Graduate students in the UW Geography Department have been busier than ever with field research, writing publications, obtaining exciting new positions, giving presentations, and winning…
UW Science Expeditions Open House held in Science Hall
The annual UW Science Expeditions Campus Open House is a public engagement event that shares science happening at UW-Madison with a wide audience. All events…
Students participate in AAG annual conference
The American Association of Geographers (AAG) brings together members of the global geographic community. Many members of the UW-Madison Geography Department participate in the AAG…
