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Letters and Science announces awards

April 22, 2009

Gary Sandefur, dean of the College of Letters and Science, has announced the winners of the 2008–09 College of Letters and Science Academic Staff Excellence Awards, Advising Awards and Classified Staff Excellence Awards.

French professor named Knight in Order of the Academic Palms

April 16, 2009

A UW–Madison professor has been named Chavalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Knight in the Order of the Academic Palms) by the French Minister of National Education.

Milestones

March 25, 2009

Erik Carter, Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, won the 2009 Distinguished Early Career Research Award from the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division of…

Four faculty to receive 2009 Hilldale Awards

March 24, 2009

Four faculty will receive the 2009 Hilldale Awards, which honor excellence in teaching, research and service.

UW-Madison composer wins national music award

March 24, 2009

A University of Wisconsin–Madison associate professor recently was honored with a music award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Nine professors receive 2009 Romnes Faculty Fellowships

February 25, 2009

Nine faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships.

Kellett Mid-Career Awards given to eight faculty members

February 25, 2009

Eight faculty have received Kellett Mid-Career Awards for their research.

Milestones

February 25, 2009

Shuchi Shawla, computer science; Karsten Heeger, physics; Song Jin, chemistry; and Tehshik Yoon, chemistry, have been awarded 2009 Sloan Research Fellowships, which support fundamental research…

UW faculty recognized by American Academy of Microbiology

February 23, 2009

Two members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty are among 72 scientists from around the world who have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology.

Four faculty awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships

February 20, 2009

Four members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty are among 118 scientists, mathematicians and economists from around the country who have been awarded prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships.

UW-Madison computer scientist named to national engineering academy

February 12, 2009

A University of Wisconsin–Madison professor is among 65 engineers and nine foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2009. Gurindar (Guri) Sohi, John P. Morgridge professor and E. David Cronon professor of computer sciences, has been ranked among the most distinguished engineers in the nation, peer-elected for their exceptional contributions to engineering research, practice or education.

Milestones

February 11, 2009

The university has awarded 2009 Research Service Grant Awards to Nancy Mithlo, Department of Art History, and Douglas Weibel, Department of Biochemistry. The Council for…

Milestones

January 28, 2009

Ned Blackhawk, Department of History, was named one of 10 Emerging Scholars by the magazine “Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.” William Brock, Vilas Research Professor…

National magazine honors UW historian as an emerging scholar

January 21, 2009

Ned Blackhawk, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of history and American Indian Studies, has been recognized by "Diverse" magazine this month as one of ten emerging scholars nationally who are taking their disciplines in exciting new directions.

UW-Madison sociologist named to key NSF post

January 20, 2009

Cora Marrett, University of Wisconsin–Madison emeritus professor of sociology and former UW System senior vice president for academic affairs, has been named acting deputy director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) effective Jan. 18.

Milestones

January 14, 2009

Leonard Abbeduto, educational psychology, has been appointed as the Charles J. Anderson Professor. Gilles Bousquet, International Studies and Programs, has been appointed as the Pickard-Bascom…

UW-Madison engineer receives presidential award

December 23, 2008

A University of Wisconsin–Madison engineer has been honored with the country's highest honor for scientists at the beginning of their research careers.

Seven UW–Madison faculty honored as AAAS fellows

December 22, 2008

Seven members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), it was announced Dec. 18.

James Thomson receives 2008 Massry Prize honoring stem cell researchers

December 18, 2008

James Thomson, director of regenerative biology at the Morgridge Institute for Research and John D. MacArthur Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, has received the prestigious Massry Prize for 2008. The award recognizes Thomson for his groundbreaking discovery made a decade ago of human embryonic stem (ES) cells and his subsequent work in developing induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.

Milestones

December 10, 2008

Ian Duncan, a neurology professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine, has been inducted into the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Volunteer Hall of Fame in…