Stories indexed under: Faculty awards

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• UW professor honored by American Society for Microbiology May 1, 2012 Ching Kung, professor of genetics and microbiology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
• Three UW-Madison scholars elected to prestigious academy April 20, 2012 The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies, has selected three University of Wisconsin-Madison scholars for induction into the 2012 class.
• Guggenheim Foundation names two UW-Madison faculty as fellows April 17, 2012 A mathematician and a legal scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have received 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship Awards, recognizing artists, scholars and scientists based on distinguished past achievement and exceptional future promise.
• UW-Madison chemists win awards at American Chemical Society April 12, 2012 Four of the most significant awards in chemistry were awarded to University of Wisconsin-Madison professors in a ceremony at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego.
• ‘300 Best Professors’ list includes four from UW April 12, 2012 Four teachers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been named on the Princeton Review’s list of Best 300 Professors.
• Four honored with Hilldale Awards April 9, 2012 Four University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members have been named recipients of this year's Hilldale Awards, which recognize excellence in teaching, research and service.
• Flanagan receives 2012 Tisch Research Prize March 27, 2012 Constance Flanagan, UW-Madison professor in the School of Human Ecology, accepted the 2012 Tisch Research Prize at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University this week.
• Ten named winners of Distinguished Teaching Awards March 12, 2012 Ten University of Wisconsin faculty members have been chosen to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards.
• Two UW-Madison researchers awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships Feb. 22, 2012 Two members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty are among 126 scientists from around the country who have been awarded prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships.
• Forest and Hawks named 2012 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Fellows Feb. 10, 2012 Katrina Forest, professor of bacteriology, and John Hawks, associate chair of Anthropology, have been selected by the Institute for Biology Education as Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Fellows for 2012.
• Two engineers named to national academy Feb. 9, 2012 The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) today (Feb. 9) announced it has named two UW-Madison engineers to its 2012 class of new members.
• Outstanding Women of Color Award nomination due April 18 Feb. 9, 2012 The Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity is accepting nominations for the 2011-2012 UW-Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color Awards. The deadline for nominations is April 18.
• First Book Award lends crucial support to junior faculty Feb. 7, 2012 From the time they are hired, humanities faculty members begin working to turn the dissertation that earned them a Ph.D. into a book that will earn them tenure. But it’s not as easy as handing pages over to a publisher.
• UW-Madison engineer honored for contributions in South Korea Jan. 26, 2012 A University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professor has received the Order of Service Merit (red stripes medal) from the president of South Korea for his contributions to the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, a multi-billion-dollar river restoration project in that country.
• UW-Madison biochemist to serve on president’s National Medal of Science committee Jan. 12, 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemist Judith Kimble has been selected to serve on President Obama's Committee on the National Medal of Science.
• Four receive honors from American Physical Society Dec. 27, 2011 Four University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are among 240 newly named fellows of the American Physical Society, an honor bestowed upon no more than half of one percent of the professional society’s membership.
• Three UW–Madison faculty members honored as AAAS fellows Dec. 13, 2011 Three University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
• Byars-Winston to receive White House award Dec. 8, 2011 A researcher at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will be honored Friday at the White House for her efforts to enhance job opportunities for young girls, women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
• UW professors honored by American Chemical Society Nov. 8, 2011 Four University of Wisconsin–Madison professors have won awards from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of research excellence. They will be honored at a ceremony next March at the society’s 243rd national meeting in San Diego.
• UW-Madison global fishery expert wins prestigious fellowship Oct. 17, 2011 Peter McIntyre, an assistant professor of zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has won an $850,000, five-year Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.