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Meet new faculty member, Morgan Robertson
January 14, 2013, Tom Ziemer, L&S News and Notes Morgan Robertson did not consider working in geography until he traveled to Australia as a Fulbright…
UW-Madison – Beijing Normal University Partnership Update
The department held a workshop on scientific writing on November 5 -16th as part of a growing partnership between the UW-Madison Geography Department and and…
Yi-Fu Tuan receives Vautrin-Lud International Geography Prize
Emeritus professor Yi-Fu Tuan was presented with the Vautrin-Lud International Geography Prize over the weekend at the International Festival of Geography in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France. The Vautrin-Lud International Geography Prize,…
2012 Atlas of Design released
Daniel Huffman (Cart/GIS M.S. ’10) and Tim Wallace (PhD candidate), are co-editors of the soon to be released Atlas of Design. The Atlas of Design is a biennial publication by…
Department Mourns Loss of Prof. Jim Knox
Jim Knox, geomorphologist and professor emeritus at the Department of Geography, died suddenly at his Madison home on Saturday, Oct. 6. He retired from teaching…
New book by Yi-Fu Tuan
Yi-Fu Tuan has recently published a new book entitled, “Humanist Geography: An Individual’s Search for Meaning”. “For more than fifty years, Yi-Fu Tuan has carried…
Carl Sack Wins WLIA Scholarship
Carl Sack, a graduate student in the Cartography/GIS masters program, recently was recognized by the Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) with the 2012 Damon Anderson…
Graduate students receive national recognition by integrating geography and journalism
A trio of UW-Madison graduate students – Emily Eggleston, Amy Karon, and Kate Prengaman—recently were awarded the 2012 Tableau Student Data Challenge for their project Family Economics in…
Alumni Spotlight: Matt Forrest, B.A.'10
Matt Forrest (Geography ’10) is the co-founder of a Minnesota-based company Carticulate LLC, a mapping business he started with fellow UW-Madison undergraduate alumni Kate Chanba…
Kris Olds to Chair International Studies Assessment Committee
Kris Olds, was selected to chair a campus-wide interdisciplinary committee to evaluate the way international studies are governed and organized at the UW-Madison. “The work…
