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Season’s Greetings from Geography’s New Department Chair
Greetings, everyone! The fall semester has flown by; hard to believe I’m wrapping up my first semester as Department Chair. It’s been an unseasonably warm…
New Staff Profile: Janelle Greene
Title: Communications Specialist- GIS Professional Programs Start Date: December 1st, 2023 Can you tell us more about your path to UW-Madison and your new role…
Beyond the classroom: Geography’s specialized units
This month’s feature story highlights the specialized units housed within Science Hall that help make Geography one of the most interesting and resourceful departments on…
40-year map project, History of Cartography, draws to a close
Originally published UW-Madison News, October 28 by Natasha Kassulke There’s nothing Matthew Edney enjoys talking about more than maps. And, as director of the History of…
Zhang recieves Capstone Ph.D. Teaching award
Congratulations to student Guiming Zhang for receiving a 2017 ‘Capstone Ph.D. Teaching’ award! The University employs over 2000 teaching assistants campus-wide, and Guiming is one…
Inspiring Future Cartographers
The Geography Department recently welcomed the entire second grade class from Van Hise Elementary School in Madison. 65 energetic second graders visited Science Hall on a…
Geospatial Summit, April 26
The State Cartographer’s Office is once again taking the lead on organizing the annual UW–Madison Geospatial Summit, to be held in the UW Gordon Commons…
Groundwater contamination and Tom Petty: a look into the mind of student Stepha Velednitsky
What are you studying? I am a human geographer studying the role of computer chip manufacturing within Israel’s hydro-political landscape. I’m fascinated by the ways…
State Cartographer's Office constructs public statewide Digital Parcel Database of Wisconsin
Staff at the State Cartographer’s Office (SCO) recently completed a second version of Wisconsin’s statewide digital parcel database. This GIS database contains information on ownership,…
GeoData@Wisconsin Highlighted in UW-Madison Libraries Magazine
The Fall 2016 edition of UW-Madison Libraries magazine highlights GeoData@ Wisconsin, a new online application that provides users with direct download access to Wisconsin geospatial…
