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History of Cartography Project awarded NEH grant
The History of Cartography Project has been offered a new grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The two-year award from agency’s Division of Preservation…
WI State Cartographer's Office creates online pronunciation gazetteer
Can you pronounce Nanaweyah Ominihekan (an unincorporated town in Shawano Co, WI)? Are you pronouncing Shawano correctly for that matter? Our WI State Cartographer’s Office…
Department cartography students win high honors at AAG
Cartography students from the UW-Madison geography department won high honors at the 2013 conference of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) in Los Angelas.
Kris Olds to offer MOOC
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will offer four pilot courses as part of a new delivery system in higher education known as Massive Open Online Courses…
UW-Madison "Then and Now" Poster on sale
This 30″ x 20″ poster, produced by the SCO, uses historic aerial photography to show how the UW–Madison campus has changed over time. The poster…
Meet new faculty member, Morgan Robertson
January 14, 2013, Tom Ziemer, L&S News and Notes Morgan Robertson did not consider working in geography until he traveled to Australia as a Fulbright…
UW-Madison – Beijing Normal University Partnership Update
The department held a workshop on scientific writing on November 5 -16th as part of a growing partnership between the UW-Madison Geography Department and and…
Yi-Fu Tuan receives Vautrin-Lud International Geography Prize
Emeritus professor Yi-Fu Tuan was presented with the Vautrin-Lud International Geography Prize over the weekend at the International Festival of Geography in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France. The Vautrin-Lud International Geography Prize,…
2012 Atlas of Design released
Daniel Huffman (Cart/GIS M.S. ’10) and Tim Wallace (PhD candidate), are co-editors of the soon to be released Atlas of Design. The Atlas of Design is a biennial publication by…
Department Mourns Loss of Prof. Jim Knox
Jim Knox, geomorphologist and professor emeritus at the Department of Geography, died suddenly at his Madison home on Saturday, Oct. 6. He retired from teaching…