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New Year, New Challenges: A Letter from the Department Chair

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…

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Summer with the Scouts: Eric Giese Makes Community Connections

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….

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Cartography Lab Design Challenge Goes Worldwide

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…

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New This Fall: Certificate in Geospatial Data Science

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…

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Fantastic Worlds Map Exhibit Draws Crowds to Science Hall

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….

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Maps on Display: Fantastic Worlds Exhibit Coming this Summer!

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…

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Connecting with Alumni: Dr. Andy Davey

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…

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Maps and Art: The Disabled Wandering Atlas exhibition hosted by the Robinson Map Library

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…

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Undergraduate Q&A: Lauren Wunderlich

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…

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Connecting with Alumni: Dr. Robert Walter

“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,…

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