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Spring 2015 Student Awards
Every year our students receive many college and university recognitions for their outstanding teaching, research, and academic achievements. Here are some of this spring’s awards to date! WARF…
We're Hiring: Program Director, Professional Masters' in GIS
The Professional Masters’ in GIS in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a full time Program Director. The position…
Memorial gathering for Miriam Kerndt
On Saturday, March 21, 2015, the Geography Library hosted a memorial gathering for Miriam Kerndt. Miriam was the head of the Geography Library from 1968…
Plowing prairies for grains: Biofuel crops replace grasslands nationwide
Clearing grasslands to make way for biofuels may seem counterproductive, but University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers show in a recent study that crops, including the corn and…
Maps Get a New History!
Celebrating the publication of Volume Six of the History of Cartography Cartography in the Twentieth Century Why do maps need a new history? Maps and…
Call for Summer/Fall 2015 Geography TA applications
The Department of Geography is now hiring for Summer/Fall 2015 TA positions. To insure full consideration, please complete the online application form by Monday, April 13. Applications will be accepted beyond…
Alumni Updates
Submit your alumni updates here or email us at news@geography.wisc.edu. Beth Schlemper (Ph.D. ’03), assistant professor at University of Toledo, received a three-year National Science Foundation, Innovative Technology Experiences…
Sack receives Innovation in Teaching award
Congratulations to Ph.D. student, Carl Sack, for receiving a 2015 UW-Madison ‘Innovation in Teaching’ award. This annual award is given by the Graduate School, with funding support…
Study shows Brazil’s Soy Moratorium still needed to preserve Amazon
by Kelly April Tyrrell, UW Communications Today, fewer chicken nuggets can trace their roots to cleared Amazon rain forest. In 2006, following a report from…
Day awarded NSF grant for disseration research
Geography PhD candidate Cathy Day has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant for her dissertation research. Day’s interests center around how climate change influences agricultural systems…
