Greetings, everyone. It’s hard to know where to begin! The past few months have presented some of the most significant, coordinated challenges to higher education…

For most of us, summer camp is a fond memory. Adventures, campouts, popsicles, lazy days floating on a lake… it’s all in the distant past….

For over a decade, the UW Cartography Lab has planned and hosted a yearly Design Challenge. Always a highlight of the department’s year, the Design…

This fall, the Department of Geography invites undergraduates to make sense of the world in a new, data-driven way. For the first time ever, we’re…

This July, visitors from across the state—and even across the country—made the trek to the Robinson Map Library to see a unique set of maps….

Travel to Middle-earth, Narnia, and beyond!  In 1981, Karen Wynn Fonstad authored The Atlas of Middle-earth, the official geographic guide to the world of author…

What happens when a geographer turns their research lens inward—toward their home and their community? For one UW–Madison alum, a journey that began in Cameroon…

For two weeks this spring the Robinson Map Library was home to an art exhibition entitled “The Disabled Wandering Atlas” curated by UW-Madison MFA-candidate Anne…

We take a moment to chat with one of our undergraduates, Lauren Wunderlich, who will be graduating in the fall. Lauren has not only achieved…

“Think like a geographer.”  That’s the advice you’ll get from Dr. Bob Walter, PhD’68. Think broadly, as all geographers must—past this week’s assignment for class,…