Q&A Title: Assistant Professor of Immunology, Department of Pathobiological Sciences Hometown: Clarksville, Tennessee Degrees: Bachelor’s degree in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, UW-Madison, 1998; Ph.D. in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UW-Madison, 2006. Previous position: Associate Scientist, UW-Madison. How did you get into your field of research? I always had an interest in infectious disease research and after graduating …
A new professor in the School of Social Work specializes in helping adults with autism.
The event will honor 39 recently-promoted faculty of color and welcome 13 new faculty of color to campus.
“At Play in the Cosmos,” an educational video game developed at UW–Madison, won the third annual Mashable + Games for Change People’s Choice Award.
Prof. John Hall’s role will involve following the development of counter-terrorism plans and strategy at the highest levels of the U.S. government and writing the official history of these efforts.
After a two-year stint at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Parr Center for Ethics, the metaethics expert is glad to be back at the UW-Madison philosophy department.
Mo Fayyaz is retiring in August after 33 years as the distinguished director of the botany department greenhouse and botanical gardens.
It would be easy to simply say Patti Keely was a world-class, nationally recognized breast cancer researcher at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. And, that would be correct – but only part of the picture. Keely succumbed to her battle with advanced pancreatic cancer June 24. Those who knew her help reveal …
Mike Peters has been named director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Agricultural Research Station (ARS) network, the university’s system of 11 research stations located throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Created “for the advancement of learning,” Vilas Research Professorships are granted to candidates with proven research ability and unusual qualifications and promise.
Professionally, Moskwa reinvented himself several times, working as a diesel mechanic, a trumpet instructor and musician who performed nationally and internationally, and finally, as an internationally renowned mechanical engineer.
The survey went to all tenured and tenure-track faculty with 1,285 responding — a response rate of 58.6 percent. Similar surveys have been done four times since 2003.
UW-Madison’s 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award winners describe what attracted them to teaching, what they hope to instill in their students and what inspires them.
Twelve faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize the university’s finest educators. Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf will present the awards at a ceremony at 5 p.m. March 16 at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. The ceremony, sponsored by …
Romnes awards recognize exceptional faculty members who have earned tenure within the last six years. The awards are supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Q&A How did you get into your field of research? Interest in financial reporting and accounting standard-setting activities during my MBA and Ph.D. coursework at UW-Madison What attracted you to UW-Madison? This time, it was the opportunity to pay forward the excellent education and opportunities provided in my career that came from my graduate …
The Annual Faculty of Color Reception will be Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Pyle Center. The public and campus community are invited to this free event.
Much of the work for which Oliver Smithies shared the Nobel Prize was performed at UW-Madison, where he was a professor from 1960 to 1988.
Passionate, articulate and informed, Iltis was opinionated, sometimes argumentative, but always a fearless defender of the natural world he revered.
A physicist by training, Fowler gradually shifted his research emphasis and is considered one of the founders of modern radiation biology.