Title: Assistant professor, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry Hometown: I’m originally from Århus, the second-largest city in Denmark. Although I often say I’m from the capitol Copenhagen (I studied there), since people have usually heard of that. Educational/professional background: My background is in biochemical engineering, from the Technical University of Denmark. The system is a bit different …
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.
Donors John and Tashia Morgridge announced a new $20 million gift to the university’s All Ways Forward campaign.
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.
The social work professor has worked primarily in the community with individuals with severe mental illnesses in a model called Assertive Community Treatment
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 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.
Edwin Lightfoot, Hilldale Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, passed away Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at age 92.
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.
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.
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 is an amazing place to teach and study Yiddish literature and culture. The Yiddish collection at the library is strong — and it’s growing! Many students are also surprised to …
“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.”
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, Cornell University, 2015. Previous position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan. How did you get into your field of research? Through my Ph.D. adviser, Professor Mark E. …
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 African Cultural Studies. He began teaching as an assistant professor this fall. Describe the career path that lead to you Madison: I’ve worked as a journalist since I was a teenager. I’ve been a reporter, …
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 made it possible. It’s an apathy fostered by people who shrug off the impacts of institutional racism or think the Civil Rights Movement fixed everything, Clark-Pujara, an associate professor of …
UW-Madison history professor John Hall, who’s been named historian for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Department of Defense, reflects on his new role and American history.
Q&A Title: UW-Madison assistant professor of horticulture and a UW-Extension potato and vegetable sustainable production specialist What is your educational/professional background? I grew up in Zhengzhou, China and earned my B.S. degree in biological science from China’s Nanjing Agricultural University. I received my Ph.D. in potato physiology here at UW-Madison and then took a …
Alicia Lee is an associate professor of clarinet.
“His work embodied the Wisconsin Idea, seeking advances and solutions in the areas of health and agriculture,” says a colleague. “He was also a man of integrity, who felt a deep sense of service and commitment.”
The vast majority of courses that students can take to fulfill UW-Madison’s ethnic studies requirement are meeting university guidelines for ethnic studies content, an internal evaluation has found.