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Holly Gibbs awarded grant to enhance food sustainability classes
Holly Gibbs was awarded a SIRE grant from the UW Office of Sustainability to integrate teaching with research on food sustainability. Gibbs will use the grant to…
Charting a map library’s transition to the digital age
July 16, 2013 by Jenny Price, UW News | Photos: Bryce Richter In stories, maps lead to treasure. But in real life, maps are the treasure. They…
Relief Map Restoration Project Update
The 19 relief maps displayed in Science Hall are part of the history of science at UW-Madison—and the U.S. They were created for classroom and…
Cartography students win high honors
This spring was a season of honors for cartography students in the department. Katie Ginter (GIS Certificate) and Morgan Jarocki (BA Cart/GIS ’13) tied for 1st place in…
History of Cartography Volume Three Now Online
Volume Three, Cartography in the European Renaissance, was made available to the public on the University of Chicago Press web site on May 20, 2013….
Space as substitute for time in predicting climate-change effects
Jessica Blois (former geography postdoc) and Prof. Jack Williams have published an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on their research. They use…
Caitlin Kontgis receives NASA Fellowship
Caitlin Kontgis (Ph.D. candidate) was recently awarded the prestigious NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship for her proposal “Urbanization, climate change, and rice crop sustainability”….
Lisa Naughton receives course development grant for innovative classroom activity
Professor Lisa Naughton was awarded a College of Agricultural & Life Sciences International Programs (CALS IP) Science Internationalization Course Development Award for her project, “Who Owns Paradise? Competing Claims…
Belonging to this place: A conversation with Yi-Fu Tuan
May 2, 2013 by Mary Ellen Gabriel, L&S News and Notes The State Street Starbucks belongs to Yi-Fu Tuan. He has a particular chair, a favorite table,…
Poelking receives undergraduate award for academic excellence
Geography undergrad Claire Poelking was selected by the Office of the Provost to receive a 2012-13 University Book Store Academic Excellence Award. This award is…