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Student Spotlight:
 Wei Xu

Wei Xu attended the 16th International Medical Geography Symposium presenting “Mortality attributed to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and its association with socio-contextual factors in the contiguous United States, 2000-2010.”

Faculty Spotlight: Rina Ghose

Dr. Rina Ghose was invited to lead mentoring sessions at the 2015 Geography Faculty Development Alliance workshop at the University of Connecticut (21 June-27 June).

Faculty Spotlight: Mark Schwartz

Distinguished Professor Mark Schwartz WUMM radio interview on Phenology and online tracker measure the start of Spring…

Student Spotlight: Yui Hashimoto

Congratulations to Yui Hashimoto, who has been awarded the 2015-2016 Society of Woman Geographers Pruitt Dissertation Fellowship.

Faculty Spotlight: Anna Mansson McGinty, Kristin Sziarto

Anna Mansson McGinty, Kristin Sziarto, and UWM colleague Caroline Seymour-Jorn (French, Italian, and Comparative Literature) have received the 2015 Morris Fromkin Memorial Award for their Muslim Milwaukee Project, a collaboration with Muslim community leaders in Milwaukee.

Faculty Spotlight: Zengwang Xu

Zengwang Xu served as a mentor for the project “Integrating Emergency Department Data with Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical Service and Community Data to Reduce Violence,” a collaboration with the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Faculty Spotlight: Linda McCarthy

Linda McCarthy visited the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy at University College Dublin (UCD) in February to work on a collaborative international research project.

Faculty Spotlight: Woonsup Choi

Woonsup Choi was appointed as International Scholar at Kyung Hee University in Korea from March 2015 to February 2016.