Faculty News – Geography

Professor Schwartz quoted in Washington Post article on the arrival of spring

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:46:41 +0000

Distinguished Professor Mark Schwartz is quoted in this recent article in theWashington Post on the arrival of spring in the United States this spring.

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Alison Donnelly was selected to attend the NEON Science Summit at the University of Colorado, Boulder

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:09:14 +0000

Left to right Kathleen Smith (MSU Denver), Bonan Li (Oregon State University), Youssef Kaddoura (University of Florida), Katie Jones (NEON), Alison Donnelly (51��), Kai Zhu (UCSC), Rong Yu (51��)

Left to right Bonan Li (OSU), Jeff Morisette (USGS), Youssef Kaddoura (University of Florida), Katharyn Duffy (NAU), Kathleen Smith (MSU Denver), Alison Donnelly (51��), Kai Zhu (UCSC), Rong Yu (51��)

Alison Donnelly was selected by the organizing committee to attend the NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network) Science Summit at the Earth Lab, University of Colorado, Boulder October 15th-17th where she lead the Phenology Group with co-leads Rong Yu (post-doc 51��) and Katie Jones (plant ecologist NEON).

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Professor Ryan Holifield’s research on Great Lakes is featured in May 2019 issue of In Focus

Tue, 07 May 2019 21:28:58 +0000

To keep the largest water system in America clean and healthy, contaminated areas around the Great Lakes, known as “Areas of Concern,” need a lot of care from local stakeholders. But, just how do you find stakeholders to participate in the clean up? And once you have them, how do you keep them? Geography associate professor Ryan Holifield tackles those questions in his latest research paper.

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Geography faculty participate in the Choir Project

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:00:25 +0000

Geography faculty Anna Manson McGinty and Kristin Sziarto with research collaborator Caroline Seymour-Jorn (FICL) and Global Studies participated in the Choir Project, organized by Global Studies and supported by Geography, C21, and other units. The Choir Project is a unique transnation arts project begun during the Arab Spring in Cairo, Egypt.

Anne Bonds: MUGS Keynote Speaker

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 21:21:45 +0000

Midwest Undergraduate Geography Symposium, Madison Wisconsin

MUGS is an academic forum where undergraduate geographers present research as well as meet and learn from other geographers in the region. MUGS has been an annual event since 2005 that has consistently welcomed geographers from large universities and smaller liberal arts colleges throughout the Midwest.

The University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) Geography Department and MUGS Planning Committee welcome the 2019 keynote speaker, Anne Bonds, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, UW-Milwaukee.

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Mark Schwartz Named a 2019 AAG Fellow

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:16:37 +0000

Mark Schwartz is named an AAG Fellow for his strategically important research and for his successful effort to defend and promote geographic research and education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Details on the AAG website:

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Mark Schwartz to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 21:08:09 +0000

Professor Mark Schwartz has been selected for the AAG 2019 Climate Specialty Group Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations! More information to come after the AAG Annual Meeting in April.

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Professor Rina Ghose Received Distinguished Community Scholar Award

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:27:07 +0000

Professor Rina Ghose has received the Distinguished Community Scholar Award from Citizen Science GIS.

Read the opening remarks from the award presentation .

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Professors Mansson McGinty and Sziarto Awarded C21 grant

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:15:39 +0000

Professors Anna M Mansson McGinty and Kristin M Sziarto, in collaboration with Professor Caroline Seymour-Jorn (FICL, Director of Global Studies) have been awarded a C21 grant for their Muslim Milwaukee Project, a multi-stage demographic and ethnographic project exploring the complexity of Muslim identities in the city. In this stage of the project, they will deepen community involvement through participation in visiting artist Salam Yousri’s in March 2019.

Professor Donnelly Partners with International Space Agencies to Study Shrubs

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 22:17:00 +0000

Listen to W51�� 89.7 interview with Geography Professor Alison Donnelly, “51�� Partners With International Space Agencies To Study Shrubs.” Donnelly’s research team uses satellite data, in situ observations, and lab analysis to study the contribution of shrubs to forest phenology to better understand carbon budgets.

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