Tag Faculty awards
Wisconsin cast-metals manufacturing benefits from $10 million federal grant
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a $10.1 million, five-year grant to an interdisciplinary team of researchers led by University of Wisconsin–Madison mechanical engineering professor Xiaochun Li. Read More
Milestones
Kelly Cherry, Department of English, has recently published her 18th and 19th full-length books, “Girl in a Library: On Women Writers and the Writing Life”… Read More
UW-Madison soil science professor receives national teaching award
Teresa Balser, associate professor of soil science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has received the 2009 National Teaching Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). Read More
Two receive Women’s Philanthropy Council Champion Awards
An emeritus professor of public affairs and political science and a professor in the departments of Bacteriology and Plant Pathology are the recipients of the Women's Philanthropy Council (WPC) Champion Awards at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
UW’s Fiore earns national honor for advocacy work
Michael Fiore, MPH, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, is one of two physicians in the nation to receive the 2009 Physician Advocacy Merit Award from the Institute of Medicine as a Profession. Read More
Milestones
Truman Graf, emeritus professor of agricultural economics, has been inducted into the National Dairy Shrine Hall of Fame. Shawn Kelly, faculty associate in the Department… Read More
Evolution-exploration saga on short list for National Book Award
"Remarkable Creatures," by University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of genetics Sean Carroll, has been named a finalist in the nonfiction category of the National Book Award. Read More
CALS dean to serve in USDA post
Molly Jahn, dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS), has been appointed to a senior position in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), university officials announced today (Oct. 12). Read More
Milestones
Rachel Brenner, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies, was named the Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor, effective July 1. R. Alta Charo, Law School, will… Read More
Chemistry faculty, staff named inaugural fellows of chemical society
Four University of Wisconsin–Madison chemistry faculty and staff are among a group of 162 distinguished chemists, teachers and entrepreneurs selected by the American Chemical Society (ACS) as the inaugural class of ACS fellows. Read More
Mass communications students and faculty reap bumper crop of awards
Graduate students and faculty in the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Joint Program in Mass Communications landed several awards - the most in recent memory - at a national conference for journalism educators this week. Read More
UW-Madison medical ethicist heading to FDA
University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of law R. Alta Charo has accepted a position as senior adviser in the Office of the Commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration, effective Aug. 30. Read More
Database architect wins IEEE award
David DeWitt, professor emeritus of computer science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been honored for his work with database systems. Read More
UW-Madison researcher wins White House science award
A University of Wisconsin–Madison bacteriologist and evolutionary biologist is one of the country's brightest young scientific minds, according to the White House. Read More
Expert on relationship between animals and bacteria wins Guggenheim honor
University of Wisconsin–Madison developmental biologist Margaret McFall-Ngai has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, a one-year grant that will support her investigation into how animals interact with their natural complement of microbes. Read More
La Follette School of Public Affairs director wins $3 million federal grant
University of Wisconsin–Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs director Carolyn Heinrich has won a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to expand her evaluation of federally mandated tutoring programs in public schools. Read More
Professor elected to National Academy of Education
Kenneth Zeichner, the Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and associate dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Education (NAEd). Read More
Cancer researcher wins Shaw Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison cancer researcher Jing Zhang received a Shaw Scientist Award last week from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation to support her novel research on the roles cancer stem cells may play in the causes and treatment of cancer. Read More
Music professor to be honored at gala
A University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music professor will be honored with one of four awards presented at the 2009 Wisconsin History Makers Gala on Wednesday, May 27, at Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel. Read More
Milestones
Sean Carroll, Department of Genetics, was named the Allan Wilson Professor of Molecular Biology. Erik Carter, Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, has received… Read More