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Two UW–Madison engineers elected to national academy

February 18, 2008

Two University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering faculty members are among the 65 engineers and nine foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2008.

Edil receives Turkish science award

February 15, 2008

In a January ceremony held at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, and attended by Turkish dignitaries, including the president, president of the parliament, prime minister, cabinet ministers, university presidents, and others, University of Wisconsin–Madison Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Tuncer Edil received the Special Science Award from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.

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January 30, 2008

Klaus Berghahn, Department of German, was honored with a Bundesverdienstkreuz Award by the government of Germany in recognition of his service to German studies in…

Engineer James Dumesic named to ‘Scientific American 50’

December 17, 2007

James Dumesic, Chemical and Biological Engineering Steenbock Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has received a 2007 Scientific American "SciAm 50" award for his innovative alternative fuels research.

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December 5, 2007

Baha Balantekin, Eugene P. Wigner Professor of Physics, has been elected to the Executive Board of the American Physical Society (APS). Mary Behan was named…

UW-Madison political scientist chosen to observe Australian elections

November 14, 2007

Kenneth Mayer, a University of Wisconsin–Madison political scientist, will travel to Australia as part of an international delegation observing that nation's federal elections on Saturday, Nov. 24.

Women’s Philanthropy Council ‘Champion Award’ winners named

November 8, 2007

Jennifer Sheridan, executive and research director of the Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute, and Richard L. Barrows, emeritus professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics and former associate dean for Student Academic Affairs, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, are the winners of Champion Awards, presented by the Women's Philanthropy Council of the University of Wisconsin Foundation.

Two young researchers win White House science award

November 1, 2007

Two of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's most promising young faculty members have received the highest national honor bestowed upon scientists in the early stages of their careers. The Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recognize top junior researchers who have demonstrated exceptional potential and leadership at the frontiers of science.

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October 31, 2007

Lawrence Berger, assistant professor of Social Work and Institute for Research on Poverty affiliate, was awarded a K-01 Mentored Research Scientist Development award from the…

AAAS honors five UW–Madison members

October 26, 2007

Five University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty and staff members are among the 471 scientists, engineers, educators and communicators who have been selected as fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The awards are announced in the Oct. 26 issue of Science.

Two to receive CALS distinguished service awards

October 17, 2007

Biochemist Hector DeLuca and former dean Leo Walsh will receive Distinguished Service Awards from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at an awards banquet on Thursday, Oct. 25.

UW-Madison faculty contributed to global warming reports that led to Gore’s Nobel

October 12, 2007

University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty made significant contributions in developing the reports on the implications of global warming that led today (Oct. 12) to the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Smithies’ work at UW–Madison underpinned Nobel Prize in Medicine

October 8, 2007

The gene targeting work for which North Carolina biologist Oliver Smithies was recognized for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Medicine has a distinct Wisconsin flavor.

UW historian named one of Smithsonian’s top young innovators

October 4, 2007

Jeremi Suri, a University of Wisconsin–Madison historian whose work is reshaping views of how political power is forged in a globally connected age, has been named one of Smithsonian Magazine's "37 Under 36: America's Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences."

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October 3, 2007

Associate Biological Safety Officer Margy Lambert has been named assistant editor of the journal Applied Biosafety and will contribute a regular column to the journal.

Wisconsin veterinarian honored by American Association of Bovine Practitioners

October 2, 2007

Garrett R. Oetzel, a food animal production medicine veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, received the 2007 AABP Alpharma Award of Excellence during the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on September 22, 2007.

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Two UW–Madison engineers elected to national academy

Edil receives Turkish science award

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Engineer James Dumesic named to ‘Scientific American 50’

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UW-Madison political scientist chosen to observe Australian elections

Women’s Philanthropy Council ‘Champion Award’ winners named

Two young researchers win White House science award

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AAAS honors five UW–Madison members

Two to receive CALS distinguished service awards

UW-Madison faculty contributed to global warming reports that led to Gore’s Nobel

Smithies’ work at UW–Madison underpinned Nobel Prize in Medicine

UW historian named one of Smithsonian’s top young innovators

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Wisconsin veterinarian honored by American Association of Bovine Practitioners

Wisconsin prairie to be named for botany Professor Hugh Iltis

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International research awards announced to faculty, staff

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