Thursday, November 1, 2018
Join us at 7pm for “Embattled Earth: Commodities, Conflict and Climate Change in the Indian Ocean,” a lecture by Amitav Ghosh. UWM Peck School of Arts Music Recital Hall. Reception starts at 6:00 pm. Vilas Distinguished Lecture/George F. Kennan Distinguished Lecture.
We are excited to share that Professor Ryan Holifield will present the 49th Annual Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture, October 4, 2018@4:00PM,
at 4th floor Conference Center in Golda Meir Library. The lecture is entitled “When Visions of Justice Collide: The Kinnickinnic River Box Tunnel Controvery, 1929-1932.”
We are pleased to share the 50th anniversary video of the Riveredge Nature Center in which UWM Geography Ph.D candidate, Jana Viel, was featured. Jana has been doing fieldwork for the Nature Center’s Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program.
This summer, 19 Geography students worked with Professor Linda McCarthy and 5 mentors from the Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Consortium (SEWISC) in nature preserves throughout southeastern Wisconsin.
We are proud to announce that Dist. Prof. Mark D. Schwartz will be receiving the 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology Award from the American Meteorological Society.
The award recognizes Schwartz’s “innovative advancements in phenological modeling and observations, and exceptional achievements in promoting knowledge and applications of phenology for the benefit of research and society”.
Mark D. Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of Geography, is quoted in a new Associated Press article about research on global warming.
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.
“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.
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.
We are pleased to announce that Hyejin Yoon will deliver a guest lecture at the University of Würzburg on May 29, 2018.