The Department begins to offer a new track option for GIS professionals in the MS program from Fall 2018. This GIS professional track is intended for students who plan to seek professional employment in the field of GIS and are not interested in continuing their graduate education beyond the master’s degree. Students need to apply for the regular Geography MS program and may declare the choice after enrollment. … Continue Reading »
Who says phenology is not rocket science?
Downer Woods has been selected as one of a hundred global locations to test a newly launched earth observing micro-satellite called Venμs (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro Satellite).… Continue Reading »
Geographers receive Center for 21st Century Studies grant for interdisciplinary collaboration
Kristin Sziarto, Anna Mansson McGinty, and Caroline Seymour-Jorn are among the first group of recipients of awards in the Center for 21st Century Studies’ new C21 Collaboratory initiative.… Continue Reading »
Distinguished Professor Mark Schwartz Helps Create Tool to Predict Onset of Spring
“A new forecasting tool created with models built by UWM climatologist Mark D. Schwartz just may put the spring-predicting groundhog, who may or may not cast his shadow on Feb. 2, out of work.”… Continue Reading »