Category: News
Announcing the UW–La Crosse Driftless River Initiative
By: Professor Joe Mason, Jaime Martindale, and Lauren Wunderlich We are excited to share that an invaluable set of geographic documents has found a permanent…
New Staff Profile: Stephanie Arroyo
Title: Graduate Program Manager for GISPP Start Date: March 11th, 2024 Can you tell us more about your path to UW-Madison and your new role…
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….
Season’s Greetings from the Chair…
Greetings, friends. These are challenging times, so here I write to share some winter warmth and good news, for we have much to celebrate in…
New Staff Profile: Tino Kaltsas
Title: System Engineer III, GNP IT Start Date: June 12, 2023 1. Can you tell us more about your path to UW-Madison and your new…
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,…
Research Team from Wisconsin and Minnesota to Create Habitat Map of St. Louis River Estuary
By Howard VereginAugust 24, 2023 A team of researchers from Wisconsin and Minnesota has been awarded a $139,000 grant from NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserve…
Congratulations to Seth Spawn-Lee
Congratulations to Seth Spawn-Lee for defending his dissertation on Space and time solutions for natural climate solutions in agricultural landscapes. Seth works on finding agricultural solutions for…
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…
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…
