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Yiming Zhang (PhD Candidate)<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Yiming\u00a0Zhang<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our Ph.D. candidate, Yiming Zhang, has published his co-authored journal article with our alumnus, Dr. Wei Xu (Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin: Ph.D. 2019).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zhang, Y., & Xu, W. (2025). Accelerometer-based physical activity, air\u00a0pollution\u00a0and risk of dementia subtypes: a prospective study using UK biobank. <\/em>Frontiers in Public Health<\/em>, 13, 1695462<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yiming also won third prize for the Ph.D. student poster session at the AAG West Lakes Division 2025 Meeting (Oct.23-25). His poster was titled, \u201cSpatial Accessibility Dynamics of Long-term Care Facilities in Wisconsin Through the COVID-19 and post-COVID Era,\u201d <\/em>and was coauthored with Dr. Wei Xu. Congratulations on great achievement, Yiming! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brianna Sas-P\u00e9rez (Master’s student)<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Brianna\u00a0Sas-P\u00e9rez\u00a0\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Current MA student Brianna Sas-P\u00e9rez presented their research at the 13th Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference<\/a> in Albuquerque, New Mexico in November 2025. Thinking with abolition geography scholarship and a close reading of the walled Robledo neighborhood in Octavia Butler\u2019s (1993) Parable of the Sower<\/em>, her poster explores what mapping speculative fiction can teach us about how to create safe neighborhoods, without police or prisons. In their thesis work, brianna continues to research how mapping speculative worlds invite us to question how communities today do, and\/or could, cultivate similar spaces of collective care amid our own unfolding crises. Well done, Brianna!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alpha Mu Chapter Earns 2025 GTU Honors Chapter Award\u2014Second Year in a Row!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"GTU<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We are delighted to announce that the Alpha Mu Chapter of the Gamma Theta Upsilon Geographical Honor Society has been selected as a 2025 GTU Honors Chapter\u2014marking the second consecutive year that UW\u2013Milwaukee has received this distinction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are honored to receive this award and extend a huge thank\u2011you to our dedicated members, our president, vice president, and all of our officers, along with everyone whose hard work and contributions made this achievement possible. Well done, Alpha Mu! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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