Category: News
Geography Undergrads Share Summer Internship Experiences
Every summer, geography undergrads fan out across the city (and the world!) to share their time and talents as interns. We asked some of them…
LEGO Maps Bring Geography to Children and Communities
by guest author Atlas Guo For UW–Madison Geography PhD candidate Atlas Guo, maps are not only tools for research and professional communication. They can also…
Transitions & Celebrations: A Letter from the Department Chair
Dear Friends, Greetings from the Computer Sciences building! We moved into our temporary—or ‘swing’—space here over the summer. It’s no Science Hall. But we are…
New This Fall: Certificate in Geospatial Data Science
This fall, the Department of Geography invites undergraduates to make sense of the world in a new, data-driven way. For the first time ever, we’re…
Maps on Display: Fantastic Worlds Exhibit Coming this Summer!
Travel to Middle-earth, Narnia, and beyond! In 1981, Karen Wynn Fonstad authored The Atlas of Middle-earth, the official geographic guide to the world of author…
Maps and Art: The Disabled Wandering Atlas exhibition hosted by the Robinson Map Library
For two weeks this spring the Robinson Map Library was home to an art exhibition entitled “The Disabled Wandering Atlas” curated by UW-Madison MFA-candidate Anne…
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…
