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Mapping Our Changing World: Building a Cartographic Community with First Year Students

“It was written in my contract,” Professor Bill Limpisathian told me when I asked him how his freshmen seminar, Mapping Our Changing World, came about….

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New Faculty: Examining the Global Middle East with Dr. Lisa Bhungalia

This semester, our department welcomes new faculty member Professor Lisa Bhungalia. We recently spoke with Professor Bhungalia about her research, her inspiration, and more! Tell…

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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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Faculty Profile: Dr. A-Xing Zhu

 For the profile this month, we were super excited to sit down with Professor A-Xing Zhu; a long-time faculty member here at UW-Madison and the…

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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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Announcing AAG Fellows Award Recipient: Dr. Song Gao

Congratulations to UW-Madison Department of Geography Professor Song Gao for being a recipient of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Fellows award. Dr. Gao is…

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The 10th Annual Cart Lab Design Challenge: Co-Creating a Historical Atlas of Racial Violence

The 10th Anniversary of the UW Cartography Lab’s annual Design Challenge kicked off with a Yi-Fu Tuan lecture on February 16, 2024, with Faculty Director…

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Geography students, faculty, and staff participate in 2023 International Cartographic Conference

By: Graduate students: Alicia Iverson, Nuzhat Tabassum Nawshin, and Chelsea Nestel; Professor Robert Roth and Cartography Lab Creative Director Alicia Cowart In August 2023, Ph.D….

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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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Friendlier Maps for Complex Geospatial Data

In a world dotted with mountains of geospatial data, Dr. Jonathan Nelson advocates for maps users can understand. by Isabella Ruder | May 11, 2023Originally…

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