Professor Schwartz quoted in Washington Post article on the arrival of spring
Distinguished Professor Mark Schwartz is quoted in this recent article in theWashington Post on the arrival of spring in the United States this spring.
Faculty News
Alison Donnelly was selected to attend the NEON Science Summit at the University of Colorado, Boulder
Alison Donnelly was selected by the organizing committee to attend the NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network) Science Summit at the Earth Lab, University of Colorado, Boulder October 15th-17th where she lead the Phenology Group with co-leads Rong Yu (post-doc UWM) and Katie Jones (plant ecologist NEON).
Professor Ryan Holifield’s research on Great Lakes is featured in May 2019 issue of In Focus
To keep the largest water system in America clean and healthy, contaminated areas around the Great Lakes, known as “Areas of Concern,” need a lot of care from local stakeholders. But, just how do you find stakeholders to participate in the clean up? And once you have them, how do you keep them? Geography associate professor Ryan Holifield tackles those questions in his latest research paper.
Geography faculty participate in the Choir Project
Geography faculty Anna Manson McGinty and Kristin Sziarto with research collaborator Caroline Seymour-Jorn (FICL) and Global Studies participated in the Choir Project, organized by Global Studies and supported by Geography, C21, and other units. The Choir Project is a unique transnation arts project begun during the Arab Spring in Cairo, Egypt.
Anne Bonds: MUGS Keynote Speaker
The UW Geography Department and MUGS Planning Committee are excited to welcome this year’s keynote speaker, Anne Bonds, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, UW-Milwaukee. Saturday, April 27, 2019 in Madison, WI.
Mark Schwartz Named a 2019 AAG Fellow
Distinguished Professor Mark Schwartz is named an AAG Fellow for his strategically important research and for his successful effort to defend and promote geographic research and education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Mark Schwartz to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Mark Schwartz has been selected for the AAG 2019 Climate Specialty Group Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations!
Professor Rina Ghose Received Distinguished Community Scholar Award
Professor Rina Ghose has received the Distinguished Community Scholar Award from Citizen Science GIS. Read the opening remarks from the award presentation here.
Professors Mansson McGinty and Sziarto Awarded C21 grant
Professors Anna M Mansson McGinty and Kristin M Sziarto, in collaboration with Professor Caroline Seymour-Jorn (FICL, Director of Global Studies) have been awarded a C21 grant for their Muslim Milwaukee Project, a multi-stage demographic and ethnographic project exploring the complexity of Muslim …
Professor Donnelly Partners with International Space Agencies to Study Shrubs
Geography Professor Alison Donnelly’s team use satellite data, in situ observations, and lab analysis to study the contribution of shrubs to forest phenology to better understand carbon budgets…