Feature News Stories
No Analogue Climates – An Interview with Professor Jack Williams
January 24, 2008
Williams, along with Dr. Stephen Jackson of University of Wyoming, attracted national attention in the Spring of 2007 when they published their analyses of recent climate model simulations suggesting the possibility of both novel and disappearing climates by the end of the current century. In this interview, Williams discusses the science, media, and politics surrounding these findings.
Read the Interview With Professor Jack Williams.
Geography graduate student Andy Woodruff wins national NACIS Interactive Map prize.
October 24, 2006
"Second-year geography grad student Andy Woodruff has won the Interactive Map section of the student web mapping contest of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)..."
- Read about Andy's Wonderful Map.
Renovated Physical Geography Labs at Science Hall
October 6, 2006
"Four newly-renovated physical geography laboratories opened in September, the result of a 2-year project in the Department of Geography. The updates to the labs' equipment, workspace, and safety was the first major renovation of these facilities in at least 30 years..."
Read about the new physcial geography labs.
Higher ground: geography faculty honored, elected to AAAS
June 17, 2006
"Dr. William J. Cronon has been elected to the AAAS Humanities and Arts class of 2006. Dr. Robert D. Sack has been elected to the AAAS Social Sciences class of 2006..."
Read more about the ASSS awards.
Heather Francisco wins National Geographic Award in Mapping
February 22, 2006
"Cartography graduate student Heather Francisco has been awarded the prestigious "Award in Mapping" from the National Geographic Society and the AAG's Cartography Specialty Group. Awards include $1200 cash, a world atlas, and an award certificate..."
Read about Heather's award.
New Campus Map, New Perspective
February 4, 2006
"The UW-Madison campus has over 100,000 visitors every year, and many of them use the Visitor Map and Guide to find their way around. The current campus map had been designed by student cartographers in 1977, and revised by the UW Cartography Lab in the Department of Geography as the campus changed over the years. But last year when Campus Information and Visitor Center (CIVC) director Steve Amundson contacted Onno Brouwer, director of the Cartography Lab, their discussions led to the realization that a whole new map was needed..."
Read the story of the making of the campus map.
Matthew Edney: the Long and Winding Road
September 8, 2005
"Matthew Edney has come full circle. After leaving UW-Madison in 1990 with a Ph.D. in Geography, Edney has returned to Science Hall as the new Director of the History of Cartography Project, an effort on which he worked as a young graduate student. The Project produces the multi-volume History of Cartography series, an examination of maps in the context of the societies that made and used them..."
Read about Matthew Edney.
Robinson-Woodward Memorial and Career Celebration
November 19, 2004
"The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geography hosted a memorial gathering and career celebration on November 19, 2004 to honor the lifetime contributions of geographers Arthur H. Robinson and David A. Woodward. Robinson, a world-renowned geographer and emeritus professor at UW, passed away in Madison on October 10, 2004. Woodward passed away on August 25, 2004 after a successful geography career at UW which culminated in the publication of a foundational series on 'The History of Cartography'..."
Read about the Robinson-Woodward Memorial Gathering.