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).… Continue Reading »

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.… Continue Reading »

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.… Continue Reading »

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.… Continue Reading »

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.… Continue Reading »

Professor Mark Schwartz has been selected for the AAG 2019 Climate Specialty Group Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations! … Continue Reading »

Professor Rina Ghose has received the Distinguished Community Scholar Award from Citizen Science GIS. Read the opening remarks from the award presentation here.… Continue Reading »