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Undergraduate Symposium shows value of mentorship
The annual Undergraduate Symposium on April 13 is an opportunity for students to show what they’ve learned, often with the help of a strong mentor.
UW-Madison Provost Fellows Program accepting applications
The program is designed to give faculty the opportunity to work in campus leadership at the highest levels and gain insight and experience that will help them develop their leadership skills.
New ed-tech platform recognizes professors’ contributions to higher education
A social work professor has created "Prof2Prof," where academics can store and share work such as curricula, quizzes, assignment sheets and studies.
UW-Madison announces six new ‘cluster hire’ initiatives
It’s no secret that the University of Wisconsin–Madison has faculty in a wide range of fields all across campus. But some of the best ideas …
Family tree traces the history of UW’s chemistry department
The current chemistry faculty is linked to the founders of modern chemistry in a 200+ year-old "chemical genealogy" laid out in three posters in the Chemistry Building.
New Faculty Focus: Heidi Dvinge
Heidi Dvinge in her lab in the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry. Robin Davies Title: Assistant professor, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry Hometown: I’m originally …
Maria Cancian named Galbraith Fellow for work on child welfare
Cancian and her research have shaped national research agendas and discourse on child support policy, poverty policy and child welfare policy, and generated more than $50 million in grants to the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
$20 million matching gift supports student scholarships, faculty excellence
Donors John and Tashia Morgridge announced a new $20 million gift to the university’s All Ways Forward campaign.
UW, 9 other institutions, to share data on biomedical career outcomes
The information would help graduate students explore a range of options for trained life scientists, such as careers in industry, entrepreneurship, government and science communication.
New Faculty Focus: Lynette Studer
The social work professor has worked primarily in the community with individuals with severe mental illnesses in a model called Assertive Community Treatment
New Faculty Focus: Yingyu Liang
The computer science professor has been attracted to the idea of artificial intelligence since he was a child, and he says the research field of machine learning has made great progress towards it.
New Faculty Focus: Hilary Dugan
New Integrative Biology Professor Hilary Dugan once worked as a research assistant in the Canadian Arctic and fell in love with fieldwork and studying global change. At some point, her interests narrowed to water, and eventually lakes.
Renowned biochemical engineer Edwin N. Lightfoot passes away
Edwin Lightfoot, Hilldale Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, passed away Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at age 92.
New Faculty Focus: Lara Gerassi
Social Work Professor Lara Gerassi was noticing sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation on a daily basis as a social worker, and she eventually returned to school to dedicate a career to research in these areas.
New Faculty Focus: Chris Cascio
Chris Cascio, an assistant professor of communications, studies the neurocognitive mechanisms associated with social influence and persuasive health messages delivered through mass media. His goal is to understand how we can promote healthy behaviors.
New Faculty Focus: Sunny Yudkoff
Title: Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and German, Nordic, Slavic Why did you decide to come to the University of Wisconsin Madison? The University of Wisconsin–Madison …
New Faculty Focus: Kristy Kelly
"What ultimately led me to the field of school psychology was my realization that school settings played a critical role in children’s development well beyond that of academics, including social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes."
New Faculty Focus: Gabriel Zayas-Cabán
Title: Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering Hometown: Mayagϋez, Puerto Rico Educational/professional background: B.A. in Mathematics, University of South Florida, 2008; Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, …
New Faculty Focus: Reginold Royston
Q&A Title: Reginold Royston joined the Information School faculty as the Anna Julia Cooper Postdoctoral Fellow with a joint appointment in the Department of …
Three UW–Madison scholars weigh in on meaning, aftermath of Charlottesville riot
As Christy Clark-Pujara watched news coverage of a white supremacy rally in Virginia last month, all she could think of, she said, was how apathy …