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UW’s Marcel Schreier wins Packard Fellowship for sustainable chemical engineering research
Research into sustainable pathways for chemical and fuel manufacturing won Marcel Schreier a 2022 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
UW’s Monica Kim named MacArthur Fellow
Historian and UW–Madison faculty member Monica Kim has been awarded a 2022 MacArthur Fellowship, also known as a "genius grant," for her work uncovering the experiences of ordinary people caught in war and complicating conventional narratives of conflict.
Chemist Randall Goldsmith named a Schmidt Science Polymath
The UW–Madison professor's multidisciplinary approach to studying chemical and biophysical systems earned a $2.5 million award from the philanthropic organization founded by the former CEO of Google.
UW scientist wins Blue Planet Prize
Steve Carpenter, one of the world’s foremost lake ecologists, has been awarded an international prize for scientific research that has helped provide solutions to global environmental problems.
32 faculty honored with Vilas professorships and awards
Seventeen professors were named to Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships, nine professors received Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Awards; and six professors received Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Awards.
Faculty receive WARF Named Professorships, Kellett Fellowships, and Romnes Awards
Thirty-two members of the UW–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, spanning the arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences.
Two UW–Madison professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Science communication expert Dietram Scheufele and chemist Shannon Stahl join 259 other newly elected members across academia, the arts, industry and public policy.
UW–Madison scholar wins 2022 Carnegie Fellowship
Monica White will use the $200,000 award to complete the research and writing of her second book, We Stayed: Agriculture, Activism, and the Southern Black Rural Families Who Fought to Keep the Land.
2022 Hilldale Awards recognize faculty achievements
One faculty member each from the arts and humanities, social sciences, physical sciences and biological sciences is selected from nominations by department chairs. This year’s winners are Anna Huttenlocher, Timothy Smeeding, Michael Bernard-Donals and Stephen Wright.
Four UW–Madison researchers awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships
Each fellow receives $75,000 in research funding from the foundation, which awards Sloan Research Fellowships in eight scientific and technical fields to promising researchers in the early stages of their careers.
2022-23 Vilas Associates Competition awardees announced
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education is recognizing 26 faculty members in wide-ranging fields for “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.”
National science organization AAAS grants fellowship status to 13 from UW
The honor, presented annually since 1874, recognizes efforts to advance science and society, with the fellows expected to maintain the highest standards of scientific integrity and professional ethics.
2022 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients announced
Twelve faculty members have been chosen to receive the awards, an annual tradition since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators.
Two UW researchers named National Academy of Inventors fellows
The NAI program recognized Thomas R. “Rock” Mackie and Bulent Sarlioglu for "creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.”
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.