Stories indexed under: Graduate School

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  • Schroeder named Graduate School associate dean April 23, 2013 Petra Schroeder, who has served since 2000 as assistant dean for research services in the Graduate School, has been named associate dean for administration.
  • Graduate programs ranked highly by U.S. News and World Report March 12, 2013 Several UW-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation’s best in the 2014 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”
  • Five graduate students of color to be inducted into Bouchet Society Dec. 10, 2012 Five University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students of color - Patrick Brown, Sharee Light, Gregory Mosby, Chidi Obasi and Myeshia Price - will be inducted into the UW-Madison chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society in a ceremony during its annual conference March 1, 2013. They will also be inducted into the national Bouchet Society at its conference, hosted by Yale University, April 19-20, 2013.
  • Graduate School's Knickmeyer dies unexpectedly Aug. 28, 2012 James F. Knickmeyer, the UW-Madison Graduate School associate dean for administration, died unexpectedly early Monday, Aug. 27 at his Madison home. He was 61.
  • Multimillion-dollar gift to support Waisman Center scholars July 31, 2012 A multimillion-dollar planned estate gift from Dr. Richard Morse ('67 MD) of New Orleans, will fund an interdisciplinary society of graduate student scholars to study childhood mental health and developmental disabilities in the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Uhlrich to oversee campus research policy July 31, 2012 Daniel Uhlrich, a professor of neuroscience in the School of Medicine and Public Health, has been appointed associate vice chancellor for research policy.
  • New conflict-of-interest rules take effect Aug. 24 July 24, 2012 Mandated federal conflict-of-interest rules will tighten considerably on Aug. 24, affecting thousands of faculty, staff and some students on campus.
  • UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee award inter-institutional research grants July 12, 2012 Twelve teams of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Madison will collaborate with the help of the third round of Intercampus Research Incentive grants.
  • Graduate School fills two key associate dean posts May 10, 2012 Two veteran UW-Madison faculty have been named to associate dean positions in the UW-Madison Graduate School. Steve Ackerman has been named as the new associate dean for the physical sciences and Daniel Lee Kleinman was appointed Graduate School associate dean for social sciences.
  • UW-Madison research support continues growth arc April 3, 2012 The latest statistics from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) show that scholars at the University of Wisconsin-Madison continue to be among the nation's most successful at securing support for their research.
  • UW-Madison graduate students get access to information resource on non-academic jobs March 8, 2012 Cutbacks at colleges and universities have made a tight job market in the social sciences and humanities even tighter, and yet many graduates with advanced degrees eventually find challenging, rewarding work that uses the skills they honed while getting a Ph.D.
  • Three UW graduate students named to Bouchet Society March 5, 2012 Three University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students of color - Edward G Cole, Abiola O. Keller, and Doug Kiel - will be inducted into the Madison Chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Student Honor Society in a ceremony during its annual conference Friday, March 9.
  • Arboretum director to return to teaching Feb. 16, 2012 Kevin McSweeney, a University of Wisconsin-Madison soil scientist who has directed the university's internationally famous Arboretum since 2004, announced this week that he is relinquishing that administrative post and returning to the faculty.
  • Ackerman named to Graduate School physical sciences post Jan. 31, 2012 Steve Ackerman, a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, has been named Interim Associate Dean for the Physical Sciences in the UW-Madison Graduate School. He assumed his new post Jan. 13.
  • Crone named to graduate education post Jan. 26, 2012 Wendy Crone, a professor of engineering physics and interim associate dean of physical sciences in the UW-Madison Graduate School, has been named the school's associate dean for graduate education.
  • Crone assesses graduate education Jan. 25, 2012 Wendy Crone, recently named as the Graduate School’s associate dean for graduate education, sat down for an interview with Inside UW-Madison to discuss her thoughts on the state of graduate education.
  • Online chat: Graduate School reaches out to prospective applicants Oct. 12, 2011 The Graduate School is once again gearing up to host an online chat on the topic “High Impact Application: Making an Impression with your Graduate School Application."
  • New office to foster university collaboration with industry Sept. 22, 2011 The Graduate School has established a new Office of Industrial Contracts to negotiate a growing number of research contracts with the private sector.
  • Search for UW-Madison research vice chancellor delayed July 27, 2011 The exit of Chancellor Biddy Martin has put on hold the search for a new University of Wisconsin-Madison vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate School.
  • Four finalists identified for top UW-Madison research job June 10, 2011 Four individuals - a social scientist, an engineer, a biologist and a medical physicist - have been identified as finalists for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's top research job, it was announced today (June 10).