Category: Students
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…
Highlights from Geography’s 2023 Graduation Celebration
The Department of Geography celebrated the class of 2023 during a hybrid event in Science Hall and online on Friday, May 12th. Students from all…
Visualizing Historic Vegetation with Range Mapper
Adrian George, Ph.D. candidate in the UW-Madison Department of Geography, recently published a paper titled “Range Mapper: An Adaptable Process for Making and Using Interactive,…
UW-Madison Geography highlights recent graduate student awards
Several Geography graduate students have recently received awards from professional organizations for research papers and maps, as well as funding awards from agencies like the…
Geography students participate in American Association of Geographers annual conference
The American Association of Geographers (AAG) held its annual conference from March 23-27, 2023 in Denver, Colorado (with a virtual option, as well). The meeting…
National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Program Project: Katie Braun
Congratulations to UW-Madison Geography graduate student Katie Braun on being awarded the National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Her project examines permafrost degradation…
Cart Lab Design Challenge 2023: Visualizing the Evolution of the Great Plains
By: Professors Robert Roth and Joe Mason, and graduate student Jake Steinberg The UW Cartography Lab and University of Wisconsin-Madison Geography Lab held its 9th…
Feature Story: Collaborative Papers from Prof. Erika Marín-Spiotta and Emily J. Diaz Vallejo
Two workplace climate surveys from the earth and space sciences and ecological sciences reveal widespread negative behaviors. In the first study (“Exclusionary behaviors reinforce historical…
