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New Staff Profile: Alicia Cowart
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geography welcomes Alicia Cowart as the new Creative Director in the Cartography Lab. We interviewed Alicia to learn more…
New Staff Profile: Daven Howard
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geography welcomes Daven Howard as a new Technical Support Specialist. We caught up with Daven to learn a bit…
Geography Student Spotlight: Leah Bulbula
By: Joel Gruley, Undergraduate Program Advisor, UW-Madison Geography When you walk the third floor of Science Hall, you immediately notice the numerous striking maps displayed…
Welcome to the new academic year from Dept. Chair Jack Williams
Fall in Madison… leaves flushing to red and gold, students rushing to find their classrooms, and, over here in Science Hall, teams of carpenters, electricians,…
Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office: Heritage Oaks Project
By Michael Hasinoff and Howard Veregin of the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office In 1976, local conservationist, preservationist, writer and assistant to the Wisconsin DNR secretary,…
Research Team from Wisconsin and Minnesota to Create Habitat Map of St. Louis River Estuary
By Howard VereginAugust 24, 2023 A team of researchers from Wisconsin and Minnesota has been awarded a $139,000 grant from NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserve…
Congratulations to Seth Spawn-Lee
Congratulations to Seth Spawn-Lee for defending his dissertation on Space and time solutions for natural climate solutions in agricultural landscapes. Seth works on finding agricultural solutions for…
Identifying Wisconsin’s Cartographic Phantoms
By: Michael Hasinoff and Howard Veregin of the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office A “cartographic phantom” is a community that appears on a map but does…
Friendlier Maps for Complex Geospatial Data
In a world dotted with mountains of geospatial data, Dr. Jonathan Nelson advocates for maps users can understand. by Isabella Ruder | May 11, 2023Originally…
The Lao American Archives Project comes to Science Hall
In early April 2023, Geography Ph.D. Candidate, Akarath (Ake) Soukhaphon and volunteer, Gerry Duckitt, drove a U-Haul truck from Washington State to Madison, Wisconsin in…
