• Keeping Seeds: Memory, Materiality and Agrobiodiversity Conservation 

  Keeve, Christian Brooks (2020)

  A good amount of commercially produced grocery store tomatoes are grown in the state of Florida, in agricultural landscapes better known for citrus and sugar, but still just a couple hours from my hometown. They are planted, ...

• Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Cartography: Using Deep Learning for Map Style Transfer and Map Generalization 

  Kang, Yuhao (2020)

  Maps have always been considered as a combination of science and art. Following a set of stylistic design criteria that integrates human creativity, perception, and experience, cartographers are able to produce unique map ...

• Developing a dynamic Huff model for business analysis using location big data 

  Liang, Yunlei (2020)

  The Huff model has been widely used in location-based business analysis for delineating a trade area containing potential customers to a store. Calibrating the Huff model and its extensions requires empirical location visit ...

• Processes controlling soil hydrology and pedogenic carbonate formation in loess tablelands, Nebraska, USA 

  McDowell, Taylor (2020)

  As part of a larger project, the objective is to understand how microtopography and the presence of buried soils potentially influence the stability of the landscape in semiarid southwestern Nebraska. It ...

• Ice Age Mapping as a Case Study: Interactive Cartography and Big Open Data in Paleoecology 

  George, Anna Elizabeth (2020)

  Online interactive mapping interfaces are valuable tools in paleoecological and global change research, because these maps demonstrate key ecological concepts such as species moving through time and space and the effects ...

• Linking belowground biotic components and soil organic carbon across tropical forest succession 

  Díaz Vallejo, Emily J. (2020)

  Tropical land cover is continuously changing due to the increasing demand for agricultural products, affecting global carbon dynamics. As a consequence, there are more secondary forests than primary forests in tropical ...

• Gardening in Madison During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

  Archuleta, Christopher; Tapia, Diana (2020-12-14)

  The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting people’s social and physical wellbeing. Gardening is a way people have been adapting to the pandemic, as seen in the increased demand and subsequent shortages of seeds. We administered ...

• Impact of COVID-19 on UW-Madison's Community Members’ Consumer Behavior and Economic Security, and what this Means for Local Businesses 

  Calaway, Riley; Erickson, Dillon (2020-12-14)

  Since the beginning of COVID-19 the UW-Madison community as well as communities around the world have been affected in numerous ways, particularly in ways pertaining to their local economy. Both students and businesses in ...

• A Feasibility Study of Wind Power on Lake Michigan: Economic, Political, Cultural, and Environmental Barriers 

  Sweet, Hanna; Thelen, Mackenzie (2020-12-14)

  The Great Lakes present vast potential for wind energy generation, yet no offshore wind projects on the lakes are in operation. This article examines the feasibility of offshore wind development on Lake Michigan and questions ...

• Assessing the UW-Madison Student Housing Market: Student Preferences and Affordability 

  Sellman, Hailey; Lennie, Dylan; Mills, Tristan (2020-12-14)

  This paper details the growing challenges of affordable housing for the undergraduate population at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This study seeks to observe how luxury high rise development both in theory and ...

• Observing State Street as the Axis between Knowledge and Leadership: How the Insertion of Luxury High Rises has Influenced the Character of Madison’s Urban Core 

  Wilson, Matthew; Nastasi, August (2020-12-14)

  The past two decades have brought more change to university towns than any period seen before. Our research directly examines the impacts that student-oriented luxury high rises have on the character of the Greater State ...

• Protest Murals and Community Formation in Madison, WI: An Atlas of Art and Ideology on State Street 

  Andreas, Mike; McAllister, Matthew (2020-12-15)

  How does a community express their grievances and issues within our current society? Cities throughout the world have always been the epicenters of human interaction. The United Nations predicts by 2050, more than 65% of ...

• The Good Life and the Persistence of Exclusive Communities in the Upper Midwest 

  Kapkeo, Alexus; Ellner, Zachary (2020-12-14)

  Our research covers the conceptual framework of the good life and how this concept helps inform thinking about exclusive communities in the present. Looking at wealthy Upper Midwestern communities, River Hills, WI, Shorewood ...

• Social Conceptions of Nature’s Functions in an Urban Landscape: People and Parks in Madison, WI 

  Terry, Kippy; Arndt, James (2020-12-14)

  In this paper, we explore the connection between parks and people in the City of Madison, Wisconsin. Utilizing a survey and a subsequent landscape analysis, we identify features of urban parks that contribute to a positive ...

• Perceptions of Safety at the University of Wisconsin-Madison 

  Tenuta, Nicholas; Tennessen, Henry (2020-12-14)

  We investigated patterns in the perceptions of safety among various demographic groups for undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We collected heat map data and qualitative responses from 62 students ...

• Lake Mendota: Access and Recreational Opportunities in a Wisconsin Urban Lake 

  Domiter, Steven; Ellis, Nathaniel (2020-12-15)

  Lake Mendota is a significant natural resource in the Madison area, but access varies relative to location. Viewing lake access as a finite community resource, we attempted to gauge public access and recreation of Lake ...

• The Politics of Risk Perception: Indoor Mask Wearing Across University of Wisconsin- Madison Campus Neighborhoods 

  Freiberg, Emma R.; Winter, Isabel A. (2020-12-14)

  This study examines the relationships between mask usage, political affiliation, methods of news consumption, and bias in news consumption, across University of Wisconsin-Madison campus neighborhoods. 334 current UW-Madison ...

• Wisconsin State Parks and the COVID-19 Pandemic 

  Jacques, Matthew; Stout, Jacob (2020-12-14)

  This paper explores how the Wisconsin State Park System has been affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. First and foremost, we seek to understand how the DNR has changed the park system’s operations, and how visitors’ experiences ...

• The Progressive Landscape of Organic Dairy Farming in Wisconsin 

  Lodermeier, Jackson; Petrick, James (2020-12)

  Wisconsin is known for its historic dairy industry, with the farms serving as a longstanding, crucial cog in the state’s economy and a key aspect of the state’s culture as well. Beginning in the middle of the 20th century ...

• The Medieval Copies of Claudius Ptolemy’s Maps: A Semiotic Analysis 

  Cunningham, Vincent; Manquen, Brody (2020-12-14)

  Cartography is an inherently iterative field in which the works of the past often influence the works of the present. This study investigates the ways in which Claudius Ptolemy’s maps influenced European map making upon ...

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