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Day awarded NSF grant for disseration research

Geography PhD candidate Cathy Day has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant for her dissertation research. Day’s interests center around how climate change influences agricultural systems…

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Campus Food Map & Sustainable Dining Guide launched

The Office of Sustainability (OS) website now hosts the new “Campus Food Map and Sustainable Dining Guide“ created by UW–Madison students Danielle Caputo, Jen Tirella, and Russell…

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Congratulations Winter 2014 Graduates!

On Friday, December 12th we kicked off our Undergraduate Research Colloquium with a ceremony honoring our 2014 Winter Graduates! We bid farewell and good luck to…

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Colin Higgins awarded Mensink Senior Thesis Grant

Geography senior Colin Higgins has been awarded the Mark Mensink Senior Thesis Grant by the UW-Madison Faculty Honors Committee. The Mensink Grant, in the amount of $7,500,…

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Two Ph.D. students receive Fulbright Fellowships for Southeast Asia research

Two UW-Madison Geography graduate students have received 2014-15 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program awards by the U.S. Department of Education. Both recipients are conducting research…

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Nadia Carlson receives a 2014 SIRE-REU Award

Undergraduate student Nadia Carlson, dual majoring in geography and environmental studies, was the recent recipient of a 2014 SIRE-REU Award. The Sustainability Innovation in Research…

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Lake Mendota mapmaker shows depth of her appreciation

Story by Käri Knutson, UW Communications Caroline Rose remembers the first time she saw Lake Mendota. The Minnesota native had been accepted at UW-Madison and…

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Cartography graduate student leaves her mark at Memorial Union

Cartography graduate student, Caroline Rose, is leaving her mark at the University in the form of a permanent map installation at the Memorial Union. On May 19,…

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Geography grad student launches ride-sharing business

Story by David Tenenbaum, University Communications Coride is debuting a ridesharing service accessible from smartphones and computers. The company is getting ready to launch its…

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Matsumoto-Hervol wins Edna Glicksman award

Undergraduate senior, Makie Matsumoto-Hervol, received the 2014 Edna Glicksman award. The Glicksman Prize is awarded annually to a senior Letters and Science undergraduate woman in recognition of her “intellectual…

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