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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…

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Introducing the New Graduate Student Cohort 2023-2024!

The UW-Madison Geography Department is delighted to introduce our newest cohort of research-based Master’s and Ph.D. students: Alec Armon, Anjo Brekalo, Yanbing Chen, Christina Dennis,…

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Geography Student Spotlight: Leah Bulbula

By: Joel Gruley, Undergraduate Program Advisor, UW-Madison Geography When you walk the third floor of Science Hall, you immediately notice the numerous striking maps displayed…

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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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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