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Faculty awarded NSF grant to study transboundary hazardous waste trade

Faculty members Sarah A. Moore, Robert Roth and Morgan Robertson were awarded $400,000 by the National Science Foundation’s Geography and Spatial Sciences program to study…

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Nathan Green wins Buchanan Prize

PhD student Nathan Green has been selected as the recipient of the MCAA Percy Buchanan Graduate Prize for the best paper in the Southeast Asia category…

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Posted in Outreach

Summer “Cartography Major” teaches across generations

In early July the Geography Department participated in UW–Madison’s Grandparents University (GPU) by hosting a “cartography major” for 11 grandparents and their grandchildren. GPU is an award-winning, two-day program that brings children…

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Posted in Events

Mapmaking: Sources from the Geography Library, Map Library, and Special Collections

Department of Special Collections 976 Memorial Library – 728 State St. A mapmaking exhibit is currently on display in the UW–Madison Memorial Library, Special Collections Department. This exhibit…

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Posted in Community Faculty

Jim Burt to retire this August

Prof. Jim Burt announced that he will retire this August after 32 years in the UW–Madison Geography Department. Jim and his wife Jan will host a retirement…

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Posted in Awards Students

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…

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Posted in Emeriti Publications

Denevan co-authors biography of Carl Sauer

Professor emeritus Bill Denevan recently co-authored a biography of Carl O. Sauer. This is the first book-length biography of the famous geographer and influential scholar. To Pass on a Good Earth: The…

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We're hiring: Undergraduate advisor

Join the Geography Department as our undergraduate advisor! This is a rewarding academic staff position that supports approximately 120 majors in Geography and Cartography/Geographic Information Science….

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We're hiring: Payroll & Benefits Specialist

We’re looking for a new Payroll & Benefits Specialist. Work in beautiful and historic Science Hall! Under the new HR system, anyone can apply to this…

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Kimambo receives grant for endangered primate research in Tanzania

The Chicago Zoological Society awarded Niwaeli Kimambo a Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Endangered Species Fund grant to conduct field research this summer on improving forest connectivity for…

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