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Call for Fall 2014 Geography TA applications
The Department of Geography is now hiring Fall 2014 TA positions. To insure full consideration, please complete the online application form by Monday, March 24th. Applications will be accepted beyond…
Cathy Day wins Innovation in Teaching award
Congratulations to PhD candidate Cathy Day for winning an Innovation in Teaching TA Award from the College of Letters and Science for her work making adaptations to Geog 339: Environmental…
Adam Mandelman awarded Dana-Allen Dissertation Fellowship
Congratulations to PhD candidate Adam Mandelman on receiving a Dana-Allen Dissertation Fellowship at the Institute for Research in the Humanities. The Fellowship provides Adam with…
Science Hall Anniversary Celebration
When alumni talk about their experiences as students in the Geography Department, they often speak of the fondness they have for Science Hall itself. Unique…
VIDEO: Cronon brings bird's-eye view down to Earth
Bill Cronon’s “American Environmental History” has been described as “life-altering” by many students who have taken the popular course. Watch this powerful video of last semester’s final lecture for Bill’s…
Baird and Schneider awarded NASA grant for Southeast Asia land-change science project
Prof. Ian Baird (Geography), Prof. Annemarie Schneider (Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies) and other collaborators have received a $750,000 grant award from the National Aeronautics…
Baird awarded fellowship
Prof. Ian Baird has been awarded a one-semester “Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity (REI) Fellowship” at the Institute for Research in the Humanities, UW-Madison for the…
Swift wins research award
Congratulations to Ph.D. student, Peter Swift, for winning the Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Award for Outstanding Research in Social Studies for his paper, “Changing ethnic identities among the Kuy in…
Fall 2013 Alumni Updates
Badgers cross paths! When the Washington state legislature sought expertise in anticipating and adapting to climate change they turned to two of our alumni: Lisa…
Williams, Muñoz mentor junior from Madison East
There was an unusually young scientist in the Williams Paleovegetation Lab in Science Hall this past summer. After Mason Martinez, a junior from Madison East…
