UW-La Crosse Geography and Environmental Science

08/31/2026

Check out the Sustainability Institute’s Climate Fellow Program: https://www.sustaininstitute.com/cfp?fbclid=IwdGRzaAUBntRjbGNrBQGeynBkb2YBZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEe-Ruuh-A3u6xhJr6k3264jAzfbM1vMo1cBD-DV_iltd7P0Ug7HrHD3GVOHHQ_aem_1IMwLR6XYvuThHvUq1DAGg

​​​The Sustainability Institute's Climate Fellows Program is a cohort-based leadership and learning experience that empowers young adults to design, implement, and lead meaningful climate action projects in the La Crosse community.

08/20/2026

Congratulations to our outstanding students who presented at the Summer 2026 Research Symposium:

Finn Patenaude (Geographic Information Science major), Evelyn Peters (Public Health Education major), Gaby Dickey (Humans and the Environment major), and Anna Neuenfeldt (Environmental Science major).

08/07/2026

WIZM reports on the initial results of department research into PFAs presented at UWL’s Summer 2026 Research & Creativity Symposium.

The long ordeal that French Island residents have experienced with “forever chemicals” in their well water reportedly is also happening in other Wisconsin towns. During a science research exhibit Wednesday at UW-La Crosse, local student Evelyn Peters displayed findings of her own research compar...

06/19/2026

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05/13/2026

Congratulations to our newest inductees into the Epsilon Eta chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon. GTU is an international honor society in Geography that requires members to meet academic requirements and share a background and interest in geography. They join the 443 current and previous members in our chapter.

Pictured left to right: Magnus Davidson (inductee), Jack Wheeler (inductee), Max Byington (inductee), Cole Frangipane (inductee), Nate Hansen (member), Jeff Kueny (faculty advisor), Alec Schuster (graduating senior), McKenna Mobley (inductee), Nicole Cattelino (inductee) and Finn Patenaude (inductee). Missing from the photo are inductees Emma Chase and Jake Crain.

04/27/2026

We would like to say a big “Thank you” to the Geography and Environmental Science Club (GESC), multiple faculty members from departments across campus, and Murphy Library for coming together to create an amazing experience at “Climate and Coffee” last week. Not only did John Kelly and Rupsa Bhowmick from our department participate, but we want to extend special thanks to Joe Spurlock (Education), Dean Vesperman (History), Jeremy Arney (Political Science), Alysa Remsburg (Sustainability and Environmental Studies), Katy Kortenkamp (Psychology) and Taylor Hamblin (History). An impressive example of cooperation across campus towards a common goal.

04/24/2026

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04/22/2026

Mark your calendars for this Friday, April 24th, to drop in on “Climate and Coffee”. Enjoy guest speakers from Biology, History, Geography and Environmental Science, Education, Political Science and more as they provide 15 minute presentations on climate and its impacts on us and our environment as seen through different lenses. Come for one presentation or all - just glad to see you. Hosted by the Geography and Environmental Science Club on Murphy Library Room 150 with coffee and light snacks provided.

04/13/2026

The Department of Geography and Environmental Science is proud to announce that Dr. Rupsa Bhowmick will be pursuing her research “North Atlantic Mid-Latitude Cyclone Analysis Using Machine Learning” as part of her recently granted NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Early-Stage Investigator Award. Her research will concentrate on how extratopical cyclone translation speed influences their intensity change over the North Atlantic.

04/09/2026

A big thank you to the Dairyland Nuclear Waste Storage Facility in Genoa, WI for hosting Dr. Brian Pompeii’s GEO 320 “Energy, the Environment, and Sustainability” class on their recent field trip.