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Highlights from the 2024 UW-Madison Geospatial Summit
Over 100 people gathered together for the 2024 UW-Madison Geospatial Summit on April 10th. The event was the first occurrence since the pandemic forced organizers…
Course Spotlight: Geography 302
GEOG 302: Economic Geography, taught by Professor Kris Olds, is not your typical college course. It began as a traditional class aimed at exploring the…
New Staff Profile: Stephanie Arroyo
Title: Graduate Program Manager for GISPP Start Date: March 11th, 2024 Can you tell us more about your path to UW-Madison and your new role…
LEGO Map of Wisconsin sweeps recent map contest awards
Congratulations to UW-Madison Cartography/GIS graduate student Chenxiao (Atlas) Guo on collecting seven awards for maps submitted to the Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) map contest,…
Announcing AAG Fellows Award Recipient: Dr. Song Gao
Congratulations to UW-Madison Department of Geography Professor Song Gao for being a recipient of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Fellows award. Dr. Gao is…
The 10th Annual Cart Lab Design Challenge: Co-Creating a Historical Atlas of Racial Violence
The 10th Anniversary of the UW Cartography Lab’s annual Design Challenge kicked off with a Yi-Fu Tuan lecture on February 16, 2024, with Faculty Director…
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…
Geography students, faculty, and staff participate in 2023 International Cartographic Conference
By: Graduate students: Alicia Iverson, Nuzhat Tabassum Nawshin, and Chelsea Nestel; Professor Robert Roth and Cartography Lab Creative Director Alicia Cowart In August 2023, Ph.D….
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…
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,…