Category: News
Greetings from the chair…
Hello and happy holiday season to all Geographers and Badgers, near and far! In this end-of-year newsletter, we showcase the many ways in which the…
UW–Madison Faculty Make Strong Showing on Global Highly Cited Researchers List
Original article by By Natasha Kassulke, natasha.kassulke@wisc.edu, #HighlyCited2022 Sixteen UW–Madison researchers were recently recognized on the Institute for Scientific Information™ list of Highly Cited Researchers 2022. The…
Feature Story: Graduate Student Recruitment
The UW-Madison Geography Department is delighted to introduce our newest cohort of research-based Master’s and Ph.D. students. Le Thu Dinh, Ismael Garcia Espinoza, Celeste Gunderson,…
Alumni Profile: Felipe Avila
Name: Felipe Avila Professional Title: GIS Coordinator and Compliance Officer Employer: Wisconsin Historical Society Undergraduate Degree Information: Ohio State University, BA Political Science and Anthropology UW Geography Program…
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…
Welcome letter from Professor Jack Williams…
Hello to all and welcome from Madison! It’s been a beautiful late summer and early fall, with all the energy that comes with 40,000 students…
Farewell to Tanya Buckingham Andersen
It is with a heavy heart but extreme gratitude that we announce that Tanya Buckingham Andersen resigned after 14 years from her position of Creative…
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…
Congratulations and farewell to Dana Freiburger
Faculty, staff and students in the Department of Geography send a warm congratulations to newly minted doctor Dana Freiburger (History of Science, Medicine, and Technology)!…
UW–Madison mourns influential, beloved geography professor Yi-Fu Tuan
Originally published August 15, 2022 to UW-Madison News By Mary Ellen Gabriel Yi-Fu Tuan, a towering intellectual figure and University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of…
