Milestones

A team of programmers from UW–Madison will compete in the 30th annual World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC), sponsored by IBM. More than 5,600 teams, representing 1,733 universities from around the world, participated in the regional competitions last fall. The top 83 teams have qualified for the ACM-ICPC World Finals championships, April 9-13, in San Antonio.

Mary Anderson, a professor of geology and geophysics, has been elected as one of 76 new members and nine foreign associates of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). With Anderson’s election, the total number of NAE members in Wisconsin rises to 21.

Bob Bostad has been hired as an assistant football coach. Bostad will coach the Badgers’ tight ends.

Kari Branjord has been selected as the Higher Education User Group’s first vice president of technology.

Lew Conner has been named executive services director of the Higher Education User Group.

Eric Larson was named digital services librarian of Wendt Library.

Bill Nayes has been named assistant athletic director and director of football operations.

Tom Scott has been named president of the Higher Education User Group.

Kyung-Sun Kim, School of Library and Information Studies, will receive the 2006 Association of College and Research Libraries Samuel Lazerow Fellowship for Research in Technical Services or Acquisitions.

Jennifer Velasco was named a resource sharing librarian for the Wisconsin TechSearch team of Wendt Library.

Amanda Werhane was named bioengineering librarian and marketing coordinator of Wendt Library.

Howard Zimmerman has won the 2006 Porter Medal, which recognizes outstanding contributions to modern photophysical and photochemical research.

The following people have been awarded Academic Staff Professional Development Grant Awards: Lea Aschkenase, Department of Psychology; Jane Bannerman, College Library; Jessica Bergstrom, Center for Population Health; Jason Bittner, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Kim Dalton, Waisman Center; Lynn Edlefson, Office of Child Care and Family Resources; Laura Grossenbacher, Engineering Professional Development; Malika Guend, School of Human Ecology/ Pre-School Lab; Barry Hartup, Department of Surgical Science; Philip Holman, Agricultural Research Stations; Gregory Iaccarino, L&S-Student Academic Affairs; Monika Ivancic, Department of Chemistry; Maureen Janson, Department of Liberal Studies and Arts; Sheila Jensen, L&S-Student Academic Affairs; Joanne Juhnke, Data and Program Library Services; Lara Kain, L&S-Studies Programs/Russia; Michael Knudtson, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Kathleen Konicek, Learning Technology and Distance Education; Kathleen Kruse, Dean of Students Office; Baoli Liu, School of Music; Suzen Moeller, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Margaret Nellis, University Health Services; Matthew Nelson, L&S-Student Affairs; Amanda Ngola, University Health Services; Thuy Anh Nguyen, Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia; Kathy Paul, Chazen Museum of Art; Jean Phillips, Space Science and Engineering Center; Shelley Prudom, Primate Center; Catherine Reiser, Department of Medical Genetics; Judith Reith-Rozelle, Agricultural Research Stations; Felix Savino, University Health Sciences; Lisa Saywell, Memorial Library; Amy Sekorski, Department of Medical Sciences; Richard Simpson, University Health Services; Shari Smith, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis; Rae Sprague, Waisman Center; Nicky Sund, Department of Kinesiology/Dance; Belinda Velazquez, School of Social Work; Joachim Walewski, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Susan Weier, Learning Support Services; Thomas Wright, Agricultural Research Stations; Sara Ziemendorf, Learning Support Services.

The following faculty will be on sabbatical during the 2006-07 academic year: Neeraj Arora, School of Business; Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau, Department of Computer Science; Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, Department of Computer Science; William Aylward, Department of Classics; Hussain Bahia, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Andrew Bent, Department of Plant Pathology; Alda Blanco, Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Patricia Boyette, Department of Theatre and Drama; Deborah Brandt, Department of English; Susan Brantly, Department of Scandinavian Studies; Paul Bredeson, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis; Keith Busby, Department of French and Italian; Robert Carpick, Department of Engineering Physics; Dariusz Ceglarek, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Mark Craven, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics; John Curtin, Department of Psychology; Thomas Dale, Department of Art History; Christopher DeMarco, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Dennis DeMets, Department of Geology and Geophysics; Sharon Derry, Department of Educational Psychology; Charles Dill, School of Music; Dennis Dorn, Department of Theatre and Drama; John Eichenseher, School of Business; Jim Escalante, Art Department; William Farlow, School of Music; Steven Feren, Art Department; Marcin Filutowicz, Department of Bacteriology; John Fleming, Department of English; Catherine Fox, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry; Lewis Friedland, School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Barry Gerhart, School of Business; Jess Gilbert, Department of Rural Sociology; H. Hill Goldsmith, Department of Psychology; Kenneth Goldstein, Department of Political Science; Xianghong Gong, Department of Mathematics; Heidi Goodrich-Blair, Department of Bacteriology; Sabine Gross, Department of German; Albert Gunther, Department of Life Sciences Communication; Susan Hagness, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Jan Heide, School of Business; Diana Hess, Department of Curriculum and Instruction; Peter Hewson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction; William Hickey, Department of Soil Science; Michele Hilmes, Department of Communication Arts; Robert Howell, Department of German; Anna Huttenlocher, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Pharmacology; Barbara Ingham, Department of Food Science; Thomas Jahns, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Shi Jin, Department of Mathematics; Robert Joynt, Department of Physics; John Kennan, Department of Economics; Jonathan Kenoyer, Department of Anthropology; Brian Kirkpatrick, Department of Animal Science; Daniel Kleinman, Department of Rural Sociology; Daniel Klingenberg, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; James Knox, Department of Geography; Eric Knuth, Department of Curriculum and Instruction; Joseph Koykkar, Department of Kinesiology; James Lawler, Department of Physics; Mary Layoun, Department of Comparative Literature; Jacques Lezra, Department of English; Mikko Lipasti, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Ernesto Livorni, Department of French and Italian; Ruth Lynch, Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education; Brian Mayhew, School of Business; Douglas Maynard, Department of Sociology; Laura McClure, Department of Classics; Douglas McLeod, School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Muhammad Memon, Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia; Junko Mori, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature; Frances Myers, Art Department; Susan Nitzke, Department of Nutritional Sciences; Elizabeth Odders-White, School of Business; Jamie Peck, Department of Geography; Julie Poehlmann, School of Human Ecology; Kenneth Potter, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Carol Pylant, Art Department; Mark Ready, School of Business; Hans Reich, Department of Chemistry; Nita Sahai, Department of Geology and Geophysics; Ellen Sapega, Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Ananth Seshadri, Department of Economics; Gregory Shaffer, Law School; Edwin Sibert, Department of Chemistry; Hollis Skaife, School of Business; David Sorkin, Department of History; Shannon Stahl, Department of Chemistry; Steve Stern, Department of History; Charlie Trevor, School of Business; Patrick Turski, Department of Radiology; Lynet Uttal, School of Human Ecology; Daniel van der Weide, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Bruce Wampold, Department of Counseling Psychology; Gary Weismer, Department of Communicative Disorders; Todd Welbourne, School of Music; Robert Wilson, Department of Mathematics; Thongchai Winichakul, Department of History; John Witte, Department of Political Science and La Follette School of Public Affairs; John Wright, Department of Chemistry; Tonghai Yang, Department of Mathematics; Richard Young, Department of English; Chunming Zhang, Department of Statistics.