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The History of Cartography Project receives major funding from the National Science Foundation
The History of Cartography Project, in the UW–Madison Geography Department, has received a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Beginning September 2014, the…
Lake Mendota mapmaker shows depth of her appreciation
Story by Käri Knutson, UW Communications Caroline Rose remembers the first time she saw Lake Mendota. The Minnesota native had been accepted at UW-Madison and…
Marín-Spiotta and Mason soil carbon research on NSF Science Now
NSF Science Now spotlights the soil carbon research of Profs. Erika Marín-Spiotta & Joe Mason and former Ph.D. student, Nina Trautmann Chaopricha. For more about their recent research findings, see this…
Cartography graduate student leaves her mark at Memorial Union
Cartography graduate student, Caroline Rose, is leaving her mark at the University in the form of a permanent map installation at the Memorial Union. On May 19,…
Department seeks lecturer for Fall 2014
The Department of Geography seeks to fill a 40% lecturer position for the Fall 2014 semester teaching Introduction to GIS (Geog 377). The class is…
SCO to coordinate statewide land cover map update
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are partnering on a project to map the current land cover of Wisconsin. The…
Buried fossil soils found to be awash in carbon
by Terry Devitt, UW Communications Soils that formed on the Earth’s surface thousands of years ago and that are now deeply buried features of vanished…
Next wave of research: Ecology, super-sized
by David Tenenbaum, UW Communications The University of Wisconsin-Madison, home of pioneering ecologists who studied lakes, forests, wetlands and prairies, is playing a key role…
Robinson Map Library contributes to Chazen exhibit
Next week will be your last chance to catch the Chazen exhibit, Marginalia in cARTography. This exhibition explores the visual discourse between marginal artistic images and…
Spring 2014 Faculty Awards
Congratulations to the following faculty for their recent awards and promotions! Erika Marín-Spiotta received a 5-year, $425,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National…
