Category: Students
2016 Geography Department Awards
The Department of Geography is pleased to announce the winners of our 2016 Department awards. Whitbeck Graduate Dissertator Award Every year, the department gives two Whitbeck awards…
May Graduate Student Defense Talks
Join us in support of the following students as they present their final degree talks over the next 2 weeks. Monday, May 2: Zidong Zhang (MS-Cart/Geog) 2:30pm, Hartshorne Room,…
Geography junior awarded fellowship to develop water quality project in rural Ecuador
Geography junior Amelia Rossa (along with fellow undergrads Joshua Kalman and Caden Lambie), in partnership with the Ceiba Foundation, has been awarded a 2016-17 Wisconsin Idea Fellowship to implement a…
2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium – April 14th
You are invited to attend the 2016 Undergraduate Symposium on Thursday, April 14 at Union South. Show your support for undergraduates as they showcase their creativity,…
Knowing where you're going makes it easier to get there
The Geography Department’s spring student professional development workshop series kicked off on March 11th with Interview Like a Pro. Joining workshop leaders Tanya Buckingham (Assistant Director,…
Life mapping: Dean Olsen turns life around to help others preserve their life stories
Dean Olsen had a successful stint in advertising and marketing in New York City, Chicago and London. But his high-flying career came crashing down after…
Geography students spend summer jump-starting their careers
When preparing to land that first career job out of school, nothing beats an internship experience to give students a leg up in today’s job…
Wisconsin Idea: Bringing environmental education to rural Ecuador
By Gilly McBride, Morgridge Center for Public Service Before they even left for their study abroad program in Ecuador last spring, UW-Madison students Brenna O’Halloran (B.A. Geography, Environmental…
LifeMapping wins Burrill Business Plan Awards
GIS Certificate student, Dean Olsen, won two awards at the Steve Burrill Business Plan Competition hosted by the UW Madison Business School this spring. With…
Green receives Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Award
Ph.D. student Nathan Green was awarded the Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Award for Outstanding Research in Social Studies for his paper, “The History and Economy of Anti-Malarial…
