In the lead up to UW-Milwaukee’s annual GIS Day event, Donna G Genzmer, Director of the Cartography & GIS Center, was interviewed about GIS (geographic information systems) on Wisconsin Public Radio’s The Larry Meiller Show on November 13, 2018.… Continue Reading »
Mark D. Schwartz on Global Warming
Mark D. Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of Geography, is quoted in a new Associated Press article about research on global warming.… Continue Reading »
Kristin Sziarto elected to the Nominating Committee of the AAG
We are pleased to announce that Kristin Sziarto has been elected to the Nominating Committee of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). The Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying candidates to stand for elections for major AAG positions.… Continue Reading »
UWM geographers co-organize panel on “Muslim Arts and Belonging”
“Muslim Arts and Belonging” was organized by three UWM professors – Anna Mansson McGinty (Women’s and Gender Studies and Geography); Caroline Seymour-Jorn (Comparative Literature); and Kristin Sziarto (Geography) – in collaboration with Professor Enaya Othman of Marquette University (Arabic). The event aimed to open up an important discussion about the diversity of Muslim experiences and voices in Milwaukee.… Continue Reading »
Anne Bonds elected as Vice Chair of AAG specialty group
We are pleased to announce that Anne Bonds has been elected as the new Vice Chair of the American Association of Geographers Urban Geography Specialty Group.… Continue Reading »
Hyejin Yoon to deliver guest lecture in Germany
We are pleased to announce that Hyejin Yoon will deliver a guest lecture at the University of Würzburg on May 29, 2018.… Continue Reading »
Woonsup Choi elected Regional Councilor for the West Lakes Division of the AAG
We are pleased to announce the election of Associate Professor Woonsup Choi as the Regional Councilor for the West Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers. … Continue Reading »
UWM Geographer to present annual Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture in the fall of 2018
Ryan Holifield, associate professor in the UWM Department of Geography, has been awarded the 2018 Annual Morris Fromkin Memorial Research Grant and Lectureship for his proposal “When Visions of Justice Collide: Critique, Justification, and the ‘Box Tunnel Controversy’ at Milwaukee’s … 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 »