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Morgridge Center awards $300,000 in grants to engaged scholarship projects

May 13, 2013

The Morgridge Center for Public Service has awarded eight matching grants totaling $301,737 to support service learning and community-based research by UW–Madison faculty and researchers in the areas of education, environment, health, civic journalism, and law. Read More

Early career award funds study of messenger RNA stability

May 8, 2013

In an effort to improve microorganisms that can sustainably produce fuels and chemicals, a University of Wisconsin–Madison engineer is using a U.S. Department of Energy award to study what - if anything - gets lost in the translation of genetic information. Read More

Shakhashiri receives prestigious award for public education

May 3, 2013

Bassam Shakhashiri, a chemistry professor and William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has received the 2013 Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science. Read More

UW flu expert elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 1, 2013

Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor of pathobiological sciences in the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and leading expert on influenza, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Read More

UW-Madison zoologist elected to prestigious academy

April 30, 2013

Anthony Ives, Plaenert-Bascom Professor of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been elected to membership in the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read More

UW stem cell pioneer Thomson earns innovation award

April 4, 2013

A prestigious scientific honor adds to the legacy of stem cell pioneer James Thomson. Read More

Chemical engineer receives prestigious Korean honor

April 3, 2013

Sangtae Kim, who has held both faculty and leadership positions at the UW–Madison, has received the 2013 Ho-Am Prize in Engineering, the highest honor from South Korea for research accomplishments in science, engineering, technology and math fields. Read More

Hilldale awards honor four for teaching, research, service

April 2, 2013

Four faculty members have been honored with the 2013 Hilldale Awards. Read More

UW-Madison researchers awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships

February 28, 2013

Three members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty are among 126 scientists from around the country who have been awarded prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships. Read More

Eight professors receive Kellett Mid-Career Awards

February 21, 2013

Eight outstanding faculty members at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been named winners of this year’s Kellett Mid-Career Awards. Read More

Eight professors receive Romnes Faculty Fellowships

February 21, 2013

Eight promising young UW–Madison faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships. Read More

Early-career faculty improving undergraduate education

February 19, 2013

Nineteen early-career faculty have been named fellows of the new Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence (MTLE) program. Read More

UW-Madison’s Trisha Andrew honored for energy research

December 19, 2012

Trisha Andrew, an assistant professor of chemistry at UW–Madison, has been named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 in Energy. The list recognizes talented young innovators whose work holds potential for the energy landscape of the future. Read More

Christens wins national early career award

December 13, 2012

Brian D. Christens, assistant professor of human ecology in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and associate faculty director for research at the Center for Nonprofits, has received the 2012 Michele Alexander Early Career Award for scholarship and service. Read More

Five faculty members honored as AAAS fellows

November 29, 2012

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has added five members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty to its rolls as elected fellows. Read More

UW contingent among Kavli Frontiers of Science fellows

November 8, 2012

Four members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been selected as Kavli Frontiers of Science fellows, and were invited to participate in the Kavli Foundation's Frontiers of Science symposium. Read More

History professor Sweet wins Frederick Douglass Book Prize

November 6, 2012

James Sweet, Vilas-Jartz Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been selected as the winner of the 2012 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for his book "Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World." Read More