Milestones

Honored

Scott Craven, professor and chair, wildlife ecology, has received the Wisconsin Award from the Wisconsin chapter of The Wildlife Society. The award is the chapter’s highest honor, recognizing long-term service and achievement in the wildlife profession.

Richard Davidson, professor, psychology, has received a distinguished investigator award from the National Association for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression.

Morton Gernsbacher, professor, psychology, has been named a member of the Society of Experimental Psychology, an elite group representing the top 5-10 percent of experimental psychologists.

Ruth Robarts, assistant dean for student affairs, Law School, has received a special service award from the Madison Branch of the NAACP for steadfast volunteer efforts to advance the mission and goals of the NAACP, and for exemplary service as a member of the Madison School Board.

Five Law School clinical professors have been named to the list of Madison’s “Top Lawyers 2003” by Madison Magazine. They are Juliet Brodie, Ralph Cagle, Marsha Mansfield, Stephen Meili and Louise Trubek.

The Restorative Justice Project at the UW Law School’s Frank J. Remington Center was awarded a 2003 Certificate of Recognition for outstanding restorative justice work in Wisconsin by the Madison Area Urban Ministry. Project director is Peter DeWind, clinical associate professor.

Grants and Fellowships

Richard J. Ross, assistant professor, Law School, has won two grants for research in legal history. In fall 2003, he will be a resident fellow of the Institute for Research in Humanities, working on the book, “The Commoning of the Common Law: The Relationship of the English People to Their Law, 1500-1700.” Ross also received a grant from the UW Graduate School’s research funds competition to work on the essay, “The Midwives and the Morticians of Puritan Jurisprudence: The Law of Early Massachusetts in History and Historiography.”