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Congratulations Winter 2014 Graduates!
On Friday, December 12th we kicked off our Undergraduate Research Colloquium with a ceremony honoring our 2014 Winter Graduates! We bid farewell and good luck to…
Colin Higgins awarded Mensink Senior Thesis Grant
Geography senior Colin Higgins has been awarded the Mark Mensink Senior Thesis Grant by the UW-Madison Faculty Honors Committee. The Mensink Grant, in the amount of $7,500,…
Seeking lecturer for Spring 2015
The Department of Geography seeks to fill a 40% lecturer position for the Spring 2015 semester teaching Geog 170: Our Digital Globe. This is a…
New nonprofit supports women in science
by Kelly April Tyrrell, UW-Communications Tracey Holloway was a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University in 2002, Ph.D. from Princeton University freshly in hand, when she and five…
Two Ph.D. students receive Fulbright Fellowships for Southeast Asia research
Two UW-Madison Geography graduate students have received 2014-15 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program awards by the U.S. Department of Education. Both recipients are conducting research…
Environmental historian William Cronon awarded Wilderness Society’s highest honor
by Meghan Lepisto, UW-Madison Communications Environmental historian and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor William Cronon has been presented with The Wilderness Society’s Robert Marshall Award — the organization’s highest…
Nadia Carlson receives a 2014 SIRE-REU Award
Undergraduate student Nadia Carlson, dual majoring in geography and environmental studies, was the recent recipient of a 2014 SIRE-REU Award. The Sustainability Innovation in Research…
No one-size-fits-all approach in a changing climate, changing land
Researchers say they looked at the combined effects of land use decisions and climate change because, while there are many studies of each, the two…
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…
