Geography PhD students win GIS Project Competition during UWM GIS Day
PhD students, Yang Song and Wei Xu, received first and second places if the Graduate Student GIS Project Competition during UW-M GIS Day.
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Visiting scholar – Dr. Cuiyu Song
Please join us to welcome Dr. Cuiyu Song from the College of Earth Science & Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Shandong, China.
Rina Ghose invited to West Virginia University
Rina Ghose was invited to give several talks at the Department of Geology-Geography at West Virginia University on Oct. 21 2015.
46th Annual Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture
Caroline Seymour-Jorn, Anna Mansson McGinty, and Kristin Sziarto presented the 46th Annual Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture. The lecture highlighted their research on social justice activism among Muslim in Milwaukee.
Alison Donnelly invited to present at Educators Workshop on Climate Science
Alison Donnelly was invited to make a presentation at Educators Workshop on Climate Science on Oct. 24, 2015. The workshop, which took place at the Challenger Learning Centre at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Geography well represented at the Annual Campus Awards Ceremony
Professors Mark Schwartz, Anne Bonds, and Donna Genzmer (Academic Staff) receive campus awards for service to UWM.
Students from Justsu Liebig University in Giessen, Germany visit department
The Department of Geography welcomed visitors from Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, Germany. The group of undergraduate students were led by their instructor, Timo Kleiner, a former exchange student in the department
Department launches Teaching-Assistant Handbook and workshop
Geography kicked off the Fall semester 2015 with a workshop using our new Teaching-Assistant Handbook which provides a framework to develop an effective discussion section.
New Department Chair takes office
Prof. Changshan Wu took office as new Chair of the Department of Geography in August 2015.
Department of Geography Picnic
On Sunday, September 20th, UWM Department of Geography annual picnic was held at Lake Park, Picnic Site #2. Thanks to the contributions of the faculties and graduate students, we shared a lot of great foods. It was a gorgeous day …