Amitav Ghosh Lecture

“Embattled Earth: Commodities, Conflict and Climate Change in the Indian Ocean” We are pleased to co-sponsor the Vilas Distinguished Lecture/George F. Kennan Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, November 1, 2018 in UWM Peck School of Arts Music Recital Hall. Amitav Ghosh […]

Deidre Peroff: Swimming Pool Closures and Extreme Weather

American Geographical Society Library 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

‘Ensuring equity for Milwaukee’s underserved communities: the case of swimming pool closures and extreme weather.’ Deidre Peroff, UWM School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Sea Grant Come join us for Dr. Peroff's talk. It will take place at the American […]

Colloquium: Naya Jones

American Geographical Society Library 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Digesting Resilience: Emotions and Black Food Geographies Naya Jones, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Family and Community Medicine

GIS Day Speaker: Bill Buckingham

UWM Library, 4th floor

The Area Disadvantage Index: using geographic information science to construct and share metrics of neighborhood disadvantage in the clinical setting Bill Buckingham, UW-Madison GIS Day 2017 Luncheon Speaker Start time: 11:30 am

Colloquium: Krisann Rehbein

American Geographical Society Library 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Cul-de-sacs vs. Alleys: The Geography of Childhood Krisann Rehbein, UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning

Colloquium: Susan Borchardt

Are high capacity wells mitigating or intensifying climate change effects of stream baseflow in the state of Wisconsin? A cast study 1984-2017 (dissertation proposal title) Susan Borchardt, UWM Department of Geography

Colloquium: Presentations by Merkle and Ryniker

American Geographical Society Library 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Katie Merkle, UWM Department of Geography, dissertation proposal presentation, ‘What survivors and victims know: constructing institutional violence through trauma narratives delivered in the sentencing of Larry Nassar.’ Content Warning: Sexual Assault. Sarah Ryniker, UWM Department of Geography, dissertation proposal presentation, […]

Graduate Student Workshop on Mental Health

Bolton Hall, 4th Floor

Join us for this workshop by Lori Bokowy, UWM Mental Health Outreach Coordinator, of the Norris Health Center. Graduate Student Workshop: ‘Mental health.’ Bolton Hall 410D

Dissertation: Rebecca Wolfe

American Geographical Society Library 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Rebecca Wolfe, UWM Department of Geography, dissertation presentation, ‘Situating Worker Co-ops: the urban and racial geographies of cooperative development.’ Colloquium series presentations are held in the American Geographical Society Library, 3rd floor, Golda Meir Library, Fridays 3:00 to 4:00 pm.