Geography Club

Geography Club webpage
Geography Club is for Geography major undergrads who want to learn more about their field and about grad school. Get to know your fellow undergrads with club socials like grill-outs and pizza. We also publish the Madison Geographic, a monthly newsletter about Geography at UW.

Meetings are held every 2nd and 4th Monday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the Student Lounge, 480-B Science Hall. Watch for meeting notices. Meetings are open to everyone.

Geography Student Symposium

Next symposium is April 2007.
An excellent student conference on student research and a wide variety of current geographic topics.
Previous Symposium Schedule

Beer n Loafing

BnL webpage
Fridays, 4pm Paul Bunyan Room,
Memorial Union
Look out for deep, philosophical discourse on all things geographic, as students showcase their research in UW's relaxing Union.

HERD

Human Environment Research and Debate-Discussion-Dialog. Bi-weekly lunch meetings for presentations and reading discussions on all things Human-Environment related. All geography department faculty and grads are welcome.
HERD webpage

THUGS

THUGS (Theoretical, Human, and Urban Geography Scholarship) is a discussion group consisting of grad students and professors that meets weekly during the semester. Each session is organized by a different grad student and the topics range from presentations of current research projects to analyses of cutting edge theoretical and methodological issues in human geography.

Meetings are held Fridays at 1:00 PM in the Hartshorne Room of the Geography Library.  Anyone is welcome to attend.

MACDAD

MACDAD is a discussion group that meets regularly during the semester. Each session is organized by a different grad student and covers most any topic on cartography, digital mapping, geovisualization, or theory. MACDAD webpage

Meetings are held Fridays at 12:00 PM in either the Hartshorne Room of the Geography Library or Room 450.  Anyone is welcome to attend.

PGIG

Physical Geography Interest Group (PGIG) meets on Mondays at noon in room 230 Science Hall.  All are welcome. Please join us next Monday and don't forget to bring a lunch! ~ Colin Belby, coordinator 2006-7

P.S. - There is a rack for graduate and faculty publications on the wall near the geomorphology labs on the second floor.  Feel free to place reprints of your recent publications in the rack.  It's a great opportunity to show off your research and for everybody to see the outstanding work done by members of our department.