- Alpha Mu Chapter of GTU Geographical Honor Society named 2024 Honors ChapterOur chapter of the Gamma Theta Upsilon International Honor Society was recognized as one of four Honors Chapters for 2024! This award recognizes not only that the chapter grew in membership, but also that it has promoted geography actively through events and social media. This marks the first time that UW-Milwaukee's chapter has achieved this honor.
- Professor Choi’s research on urban heat islands featured on PBS “Great Lakes Now”Professor Choi’s research on urban heat islands is featured in a recent PBS Great Lakes Now feature: Heat Islands in the Great Lakes: Community, infrastructure and fresh water solutions | Great Lakes Now.
- Geography student’s photovoices project shares images of Lindsay Heights at City HallGeography PhD student Dulmini Jayawardana is the curator of the “See What We See: Stories of Environmental Stewardship in Lindsay Heights” exhibit which was on display at the Milwaukee City Hall in April. The exhibit was the result of Jayawardana’s “photovoices” project, in which residents from the Lindsay Heights neighborhood told their stories through photographs. …
- Professor Anne Bonds and Professor Derek Handley receive NEH grantProfessor Bonds and her colleague Professor Derek Handley (English) have won a grant of nearly $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue their research into restrictive racial covenants in Milwaukee County. Read the UWM Post account for more information.
- Professor Bonds featured in PBS documentary “Wisconsin in Black & White”In this new PBS documentary, Anne Bonds and Derek Handley (English) discuss their research on racial covenants in Milwaukee. Read and watch more about Bond and Hadley’s documentary here.
- Professor Choi featured in Wisconsin Public Radio feature on urban heat islandsProfessor Woonsup Choi discussed urban heat islands in Milwaukee in a recent WPR broadcast. Listen to the podcast here.
- Professor Schwartz quoted in Washington Post article on the arrival of springDistinguished Professor Mark Schwartz is quoted in this recent article in theWashington Post on the arrival of spring in the United States this spring.
- Professor Bonds testifies for congressional field hearing in MilwaukeeProfessor Anne Bonds recently testified as an expert witness at the Milwaukee field hearing for the Special House Committee on Economic Disparities and Fair Growth.
- Professor Ghose receives grant from the Foundation from Opioid Response EffortsProfessor Rina Ghose, along with Peter Brunzelle (UWM Continuing Education), and John Mantsch (Medical College of Wisconsin) received a $600K grant from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) for their project, “Precision Epidemiology and the Opioid Crisis: Using Next-Generation Geospatial Analyses to Guide Community-Level Responses in Diverse and Segregated Metropolitan Regions.” Also, Professor Ghose's …
- Professor Anne Bonds receives E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Award from AAGWe are very excited to announce that Anne Bonds, Associate Professor of Geography, has received the 2022 AAG E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Award from the American Association of Geographers! This award "recognizes members of the Association who have made truly outstanding contributions to the geographic field due to their special competence in teaching …
- Collaborative research by Professor Bonds on mapping segregation and resistance featured in WUWM’s Curious CampusA recent episode of Curious Campus features Anne Bonds, associate professor of geography, and Derek Handley, assistant professor of English, discussing their project, “Mapping Racism and Resistance in Milwaukee County.” This project examines the history and impact of covenants, as well as the precedent that protests to covenants set for today’s racial equity movements: https://www.wuwm.com/podcast/curious-campus/2022-02-17/mapping-segregated-housing-and-resistance-in-milwaukee.
- Research by Professor Ghose and graduate students maps the harm of COVID-19 misinformation on social mediaThe research of Professor Rina Ghose and graduate students Amir Forati and Rachel Hansen was recently featured in the UWM Report and a WUWM podcast. Their research found a direct correlation between locations where Twitter misinformation originated and subsequent spikes in COVID-19 infections and deaths in those areas weeks later.