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UW–Madison biochemist Amy Weeks named Packard Fellow
The fellowship is awarded annually to early-career scientists whose research has led to new discoveries that improve people’s lives and enhance our understanding of the universe.
Physicist, philosopher receive Vilas honors
Created “for the advancement of learning,” Vilas Research Professorships are granted to faculty with proven research ability and unusual qualifications and promise.
Faculty receive WARF Named Professorships, Kellett Fellowships, and Romnes Awards
The awardees span the four divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences.
National Academy of Sciences adds two UW–Madison faculty members
Astronomy and physics Professor Ellen Zweibel and neuroscience Professor Robert Fettiplace were chosen “in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
UW–Madison’s Kelly named to College of Fellows of the American Theatre
“I am very honored and overcome with emotion about my being given this honor,” says Kelly.
Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to UW–Madison psychology professor
Seth Pollak’s research focuses on the influences of environmental risk factors on children’s brain and behavioral development, with particular focus on emotions and learning.
UW-Madison to Hold 13th Annual Recognition for Outstanding Women of Color on March 3
The thirteenth cohort of Outstanding Women of Color awardees will be honored at a virtual reception on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 6 p.m. CST…
2021 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients announced
Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize the university’s finest educators.
2020 AAAS Fellows at UW–Madison apply scholarship to science, policy
The honor, dating back to 1874, is for members of the national organization who are nominated by their peers and recognized for their efforts to advance science and society.
American Physical Society bestows top honors on two UW scientists
Physics professor Vernon Barger won the J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, and chemistry professor Martin Zanni was the recipient of the Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics.
UW biochemist Scott Coyle awarded 2020 Packard Fellowship
Coyle's research could have far-reaching applications, from expanding the scope of cell-based therapies to fight disease to developing micro-technologies for bioremediation of damaged environmental sites.
New Innovator Award winner looking for unprecedented view of the brain
Aviad Hai is developing injectable, wireless electronics that could offer a global look at the electrical activity of the brain without the need for surgical procedures.
24 faculty honored with Vilas professorships and awards
Extraordinary members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. senator and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908).
Academy adds new members from UW who ‘expand the boundaries of knowledge’
Six UW–Madison faculty — a bioethicist, psychologist, philosopher, historian, geographer and chemist — have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
2020 Hilldale Awards honor 4 faculty in arts, sciences
One faculty member each from the arts and humanities, social sciences, physical sciences and biological sciences is selected from nominations by department chairs.
2020 UW–Madison Distinguished Teaching Awards
Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor that annually recognizes some of UW–Madison's finest educators. We salute the winners, and commend all who are teaching in these challenging times.
Anthropology professor Karen Strier recognized as prominent primate conservationist in Brazil
For 38 years, Strier has maintained a long-term study site on a protected reserve in southeastern Brazil near the city of Caratinga, in the state of Minas Gerais, where she studies a species of monkey known as the muriqui, often called the hippie monkey.
UW-Madison’s Brian Burt to be inducted into Martin Luther King Jr. Collegium of Scholars
Burt's current research falls into two strands: understanding team-based science and exploring the experiences of underrepresented graduate students of color in engineering. Through his research, Burt seeks to provide new ways to understand science participation and the experiences that might promote or turn students away from science pathways.
Dr. Amy Fiedler selected for Presidential Leadership Scholars Program
The program brings together a diverse network of 60 leaders from around the nation. Fiedler, a cardiac surgeon, is working on a leadership project for a cardia surgical unit in Rwanda.
UW–Madison’s Jonathan Patz elected to National Academy of Medicine
Patz, professor and director of the Global Health Institute at UW–Madison, was chosen in recognition of his pioneering research showing the risk global climate change poses for human health.