Stories indexed under: Geography

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• Knox, research pioneer in streams and soils, dies Oct. 9, 2012 Jim Knox, Evjue-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died at his home in Madison on Saturday, Oct. 6.
• Social media helps doctoral candidate reach out on research July 3, 2012 For researchers, describing complex science to folks outside their discipline can be a tricky or even unpleasant experience.
• UW exposition examines high-tech mapping Nov. 14, 2011 The UW-Madison campus will bring together experts from around Wisconsin on Wednesday, Nov. 16 to show off the latest in technologies and projects that utilize high-tech mapping tools called geographic information systems (GIS).
• Poverty and national parks: Decade-long study finds surprising relationship Aug. 22, 2011 If so many poor people live around national parks in developing countries, does that mean that these parks are contributing to their poverty? Yes, according to the conventional wisdom, but no, according to a 10-year study of people living around Kibale National Park in Uganda that was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
• Geography professor hired to study Hmong and other Southeast Asian uplands groups March 3, 2010 Ian Baird will join the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Geography this fall as a tenure-track professor specializing in Hmong and other highland groups of mainland Southeast Asia.
• After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape Nov. 19, 2009 Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals - including such iconic creatures as mammoths, mastodons, camels, horses, ground sloths and giant beavers - began their precipitous slide to extinction.
• UW-Madison exposition to feature high-tech mapping Nov. 16, 2009 Experts from around Wisconsin will show off the latest in technologies and projects that use high-tech mapping tools called geographic information systems (GIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, Nov. 20.
• UW exposition to feature high-tech mapping Nov. 16, 2009
• Sand dunes reveal unexpected dryness during heavy monsoon Oct. 6, 2009 The windswept deserts of northern China might seem an odd destination for studying the heavy monsoon rains that routinely drench the more tropical regions of Southeast Asia.
• Department of Geography holds open house Sept. 22, 2009 The Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host an open house at Science Hall on Friday, Sept. 25, for alumni and friends of the department.
• UW-Madison students bring geography awareness to local schools Nov. 17, 2008 In celebration of Geography Awareness Week (through Nov. 22), geography and education students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have teamed up to teach geography lessons to K-5 classes in the Madison area.
• Curiosities: How many people can the Earth support? Oct. 2, 2008
• Wisconsin aerial photos: A modern update for a historic collection Sept. 25, 2008 As visitor after visitor to the Arthur H. Robinson Map Library came to use a 70-year old collection of historic photos of the Wisconsin landscape, Jaime Stoltenberg realized that something needed to be done.
• Librarian makes modern update to historic collection Sept. 24, 2008
• Geography students put local foods on the map May 14, 2008 As temperatures warm, farm fields begin to green and outdoor farmers' markets get under way, the time is ripe for thinking about local foods. For Madison residents, finding locally produced foods is now just a mouse click away.
• Lakeshore preserve Web site wins ‘Best of 2007’ award June 1, 2007 The interactive Web site for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve has garnered another national award.
• UW-Madison geographer receives achievement award April 17, 2007 James Knox, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded the Presidential Achievement Award by the Association of American Geographers.
• Online lakeshore map wins national award March 7, 2007 An online, interactive Web site that helps decipher the Lakeshore Nature Preserve has won an award that puts the University of Wisconsin-Madison student-driven project at the forefront of map design in the United States.
• Geography professor honored with lifetime achievement award Feb. 20, 2007 Longtime University of Wisconsin-Madison geographer Waltraud Brinkmann has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Climate Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.