Tag Faculty awards

Romnes Awards honor six up-and-coming professors

March 10, 2010

Six of UW–Madison’s most promising rising faculty have been named recipients of this year’s Romnes Faculty Fellowships.

Ten faculty members honored with Kellett Awards

March 10, 2010

Ten UW–Madison faculty members have been honored for their research with Kellett Mid-Career Awards.

Obama nominates UW–Madison professor to National Board for Education Sciences

March 4, 2010

President Barack Obama has announced that he will nominate Adam Gamoran as a member of the National Board for Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education.

Foundation funds housing assistance research of three faculty members

March 1, 2010

Three Institute for Research on Poverty research affiliates at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have received a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to examine the effects of Section 8 housing subsidy receipts on the economic self-sufficiency of low-income families and the educational opportunities of their children.

Two selected as American Geophysical Union fellows

February 25, 2010

Two University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists have been named fellows of the American Geophysical Union, a distinction made for exceptional scientific contributions and eminence in the Earth or space sciences.

Pecatonica River provides scientific basis for future restoration projects

February 23, 2010

Environmental groups annually spend upwards of $1 billion on projects aimed at restoring streams and former wetland ecosystems to their native states.

UW-Madison engineer joins national academy

February 22, 2010

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has included a University of Wisconsin–Madison engineer among its 68 newest members.

Not-so-risky business: New computational models will offer decision support

February 15, 2010

A UW–Madison professor has received a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to research risk modeling and computational optimization for decision support.

Milestones

January 27, 2010

Perry Pickhardt, Department of Radiology, and Maureen Smith, Health Innovation Program, have received a $2.7 million grant supporting collaboration between their departments to investigate the…

Scientific society inducts 10 UW–Madison faculty as fellows

December 18, 2009

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced that 10 members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been elected fellows of the organization.

Wisconsin cast-metals manufacturing benefits from $10 million federal grant

December 16, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a $10.1 million, five-year grant to an interdisciplinary team of researchers led by University of Wisconsin–Madison mechanical engineering professor Xiaochun Li.

Milestones

December 10, 2009

Kelly Cherry, Department of English, has recently published her 18th and 19th full-length books, “Girl in a Library: On Women Writers and the Writing Life”…

UW-Madison soil science professor receives national teaching award

December 3, 2009

Teresa Balser, associate professor of soil science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has received the 2009 National Teaching Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU).

Two receive Women’s Philanthropy Council Champion Awards

October 29, 2009

An emeritus professor of public affairs and political science and a professor in the departments of Bacteriology and Plant Pathology are the recipients of the Women's Philanthropy Council (WPC) Champion Awards at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

UW’s Fiore earns national honor for advocacy work

October 21, 2009

Michael Fiore, MPH, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, is one of two physicians in the nation to receive the 2009 Physician Advocacy Merit Award from the Institute of Medicine as a Profession.

Tag Faculty awards

Romnes Awards honor six up-and-coming professors

Ten faculty members honored with Kellett Awards

Obama nominates UW–Madison professor to National Board for Education Sciences

Foundation funds housing assistance research of three faculty members

Two selected as American Geophysical Union fellows

Pecatonica River provides scientific basis for future restoration projects

UW-Madison engineer joins national academy

Not-so-risky business: New computational models will offer decision support

Milestones

Scientific society inducts 10 UW–Madison faculty as fellows

Wisconsin cast-metals manufacturing benefits from $10 million federal grant

Milestones

UW-Madison soil science professor receives national teaching award

Two receive Women’s Philanthropy Council Champion Awards

UW’s Fiore earns national honor for advocacy work

Milestones

Evolution-exploration saga on short list for National Book Award

CALS dean to serve in USDA post

Milestones

Chemistry faculty, staff named inaugural fellows of chemical society