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Call for Summer/Fall 2015 Geography TA applications
The Department of Geography is now hiring for Summer/Fall 2015 TA positions. To insure full consideration, please complete the online application form by Monday, April 13. Applications will be accepted beyond…
Alumni Updates
Submit your alumni updates here or email us at news@geography.wisc.edu. Beth Schlemper (Ph.D. ’03), assistant professor at University of Toledo, received a three-year National Science Foundation, Innovative Technology Experiences…
Sack receives Innovation in Teaching award
Congratulations to Ph.D. student, Carl Sack, for receiving a 2015 UW-Madison ‘Innovation in Teaching’ award. This annual award is given by the Graduate School, with funding support…
Study shows Brazil’s Soy Moratorium still needed to preserve Amazon
by Kelly April Tyrrell, UW Communications Today, fewer chicken nuggets can trace their roots to cleared Amazon rain forest. In 2006, following a report from…
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…
Gibbs awarded third SIRE grant
Congratulations to Prof. Holly Gibbs for winning a 2015 Sustainability Innovation in Research and Education (SIRE) award for her proposal, Solutions for Food Waste Reduction: Integrating Teaching…
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…
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…
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,…
Seeking lecturer for Spring 2015
The Department of Geography seeks to fill a 40% lecturer position for the Spring 2015 semester teaching Geog 170: Our Digital Globe. This is a…