Tag Faculty awards
Forest ecologist receives distinguished award
May 16, 2012David Mladenoff, the Beers-Bascom Professor in Conservation in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, has received the 2012 Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award.
Networking pioneer Landweber named to Internet Hall of Fame
May 10, 2012The decision to put Lawrence Landweber in the "Innovators" circle of the newly-created Internet Hall of Fame is not likely one that cost the nominating committee any sleep.
Two honored with McDowell Alumni Achievement Awards
May 7, 2012The University of Wisconsin–Madison's Multicultural Student Center will name John Francis and Kabzuag Vaj as the 2012 honorees of the McDowell Alumni Achievement Award at this year's Multicultural Leadership Awards and Graduation Celebration.
UW professor honored by American Society for Microbiology
May 1, 2012Ching Kung, professor of genetics and microbiology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
Three UW–Madison scholars elected to prestigious academy
April 20, 2012The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies, has selected three University of Wisconsin–Madison scholars for induction into the 2012 class.
Guggenheim Foundation names two UW–Madison faculty as fellows
April 17, 2012A mathematician and a legal scholar at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have received 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship Awards, recognizing artists, scholars and scientists based on distinguished past achievement and exceptional future promise.
UW-Madison chemists win awards at American Chemical Society
April 12, 2012Four of the most significant awards in chemistry were awarded to University of Wisconsin–Madison professors in a ceremony at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego.
‘300 Best Professors’ list includes four from UW
April 12, 2012Four teachers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been named on the Princeton Review’s list of Best 300 Professors.
Four honored with Hilldale Awards
April 9, 2012Four University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members have been named recipients of this year's Hilldale Awards, which recognize excellence in teaching, research and service.
Flanagan receives 2012 Tisch Research Prize
March 27, 2012Constance Flanagan, UW–Madison professor in the School of Human Ecology, accepted the 2012 Tisch Research Prize at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University this week.
Ten named winners of Distinguished Teaching Awards
March 12, 2012Ten University of Wisconsin faculty members have been chosen to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards.
Two UW–Madison researchers awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships
February 22, 2012Two 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.
Forest and Hawks named 2012 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Fellows
February 10, 2012Katrina Forest, professor of bacteriology, and John Hawks, associate chair of Anthropology, have been selected by the Institute for Biology Education as Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Fellows for 2012.
Two engineers named to national academy
February 9, 2012The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) today (Feb. 9) announced it has named two UW–Madison engineers to its 2012 class of new members.
Outstanding Women of Color Award nomination due April 18
February 9, 2012The Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity is accepting nominations for the 2011-2012 UW–Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color Awards. The deadline for nominations is April 18.
First Book Award lends crucial support to junior faculty
February 7, 2012From the time they are hired, humanities faculty members begin working to turn the dissertation that earned them a Ph.D. into a book that will earn them tenure. But it’s not as easy as handing pages over to a publisher.
UW-Madison engineer honored for contributions in South Korea
January 26, 2012A University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering professor has received the Order of Service Merit (red stripes medal) from the president of South Korea for his contributions to the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, a multi-billion-dollar river restoration project in that country.
UW-Madison biochemist to serve on president’s National Medal of Science committee
January 12, 2012University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemist Judith Kimble has been selected to serve on President Obama's Committee on the National Medal of Science.
Four receive honors from American Physical Society
December 27, 2011Four University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are among 240 newly named fellows of the American Physical Society, an honor bestowed upon no more than half of one percent of the professional society’s membership.
Three UW–Madison faculty members honored as AAAS fellows
December 13, 2011Three University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).