Ryan Holifield, associate professor of geography at UWM, is the lead editor of the recently published “Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice,” a collection of 50 original articles contributed by over 90 leading scholars.
Dr. Woonsup Choi has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research (IJGER)…
We are sad to announce that Donn Haglund, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Lowell Thomas Award recipient, passed away on Wednesday, August 9. Dr. Haglund taught at UWM for more than 40 years…
The U.S. Geological Survey uses Spring Indices models developed by Mark D. Schwartz and were recently featured in a number of media venues.
Mark Schwartz was quoted last week on BBC Mundo, the BBC’s service for the Spanish-speaking world, which attracts nearly 8.5 million unique visitors each month.
Distinguished Professor Mark Schwartz will be the keynote speaker at a symposium on “The Future of Nature: Managing the Impacts of Invasive Species and Climate Change on the Natural Resources of Northwest Lower Michigan.”
Professor Emerita of Geography Barbara Zakrzewska Borowiecki died on March 18, 2016. Born in Warsaw, Poland on November 20, 1924, Barbara joined the Geography Department at UW-Milwaukee (UWM) in 1960, and remained a member of the UWM faculty for 32 years.
Rina Ghose was the plenary speaker at the “FeministIn(ter)ventions: Women, Community, Technology”, 22nd SCSU Women’s Studies Conference, Southern Connecticut State University.
Mark Schwartz presented the Virginia & John Holtry Distinguished Lecture in Geographic Information Science at South Dakota State University on March 22, 2016. The title of his talk was “Plants Know What Day it is: the Science of Phenology in a Changing Climate”.
Professor Rina Ghose presented her research on food justice at the University of Central Florida on March 3rd.