Stories indexed under: Faculty awards

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• UW-Madison researcher’s Collaboration Award boosts cystic fibrosis research March 10, 2011 The quality of life for children with cystic fibrosis has been improving over the years, in part through earlier diagnosis and clinical intervention.
• UW-Madison trio named Leopold Leadership Fellows Feb. 28, 2011 Three University of Wisconsin-Madison professors are among only 20 academics from throughout North America chosen this year to participate in a prestigious environmental leadership and communications training program.
• Kulcinski awarded NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal Feb. 24, 2011 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering associate dean for research and Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering Gerald Kulcinski one of its highest honors for non-governmental employees. NASA Director Charles Bolden awarded Kulcinski the Exceptional Public Service Medal to recognize Kulcinski's leadership on the NASA Advisory Council from 2005 to 2009.
• UW’s Sollinger honored for transplant mentorship Feb. 16, 2011 Hans Sollinger, professor of surgery and an internationally recognized transplant surgeon, has been honored for his work as a mentor for junior faculty in transplant surgery.
• UW-Madison chemist wins innovation prize Feb. 8, 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison Meloche-Bascom Professor of Chemistry Martin Zanni is being honored for contributions to the advancement of science within his laboratory and beyond.
• White House honors UW-Madison engineering physics professor Jan. 24, 2011 President Barack Obama has named a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering physics professor as one of 15 recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM), the highest federal award for mentoring in the country.
• Eight UW-Madison faculty honored as AAAS fellows Jan. 11, 2011 Eight 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 today (Jan. 11).
• UW-Madison Arts Institute announces creative arts award recipients Jan. 7, 2011 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arts Institute has announced its 2010-11 recipients of awards that honor faculty, staff and students in the arts who have demonstrated excellence in creative inquiry, outreach and professional excellence.
• UW-Madison soil scientist named U.S. professor of the year Nov. 18, 2010 A University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor of soil science has just been named U.S. Professor of the Year
• Zimmerman wins UW System teaching award Nov. 8, 2010
• Two faculty chosen for national medical honor society Nov. 5, 2010 Cynthia Haq and John Harting, faculty leaders at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, have been elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society.
• Cancer researcher wins Era of Hope Scholar Award Oct. 26, 2010 Wei Xu, assistant professor of oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of only three scientists in the country to have won the 2010 Era of Hope Scholar Award.
• UW-Madison researcher named Hartwell Investigator June 3, 2010 Dr. De-Ann Pillers, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently received a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award from The Hartwell Foundation, based in Memphis, Tenn.
• Two young UW-Madison faculty win Shaw Scientist Awards June 2, 2010 Two University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professors will receive the 2010 Shaw Scientist Awards, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation announced today.
• UW-Madison limnologist honored for lifetime achievements May 7, 2010 James Kitchell, a professor in the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been selected to receive the 2010 A. C. Redfield Award from the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
• WAA honors Kathleen Sell with Outreach Excellence Award May 4, 2010 The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) has selected Kathleen Sell, a distinguished lecturer in the Department of Integrated Liberal Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as the 2010 recipient of the Ken and Linda Ciriacks Alumni Outreach Excellence Award.
• UW education scholar wins early-career award for new study of college choice April 29, 2010 The William T. Grant Foundation has appointed a UW-Madison education professor to the 2010 class of William T. Grant Scholars, an elite group of early-career researchers studying ways to improve the lives of youth.
• Outstanding Women of Color awards honor faculty who’ve gone above and beyond March 26, 2010 As well as achieving excellence in academics, the six winners of the 2009-10 University of Wisconsin-Madison Outstanding Women of Color awards have all stepped off the Madison campus and advocated for social justice in the greater community.
• Hilldale Awards honor four faculty members March 24, 2010 Four professors will receive the Hilldale Award, the university’s top honor for faculty members.
• Molecular biologist receives Stephen Jay Gould Prize March 24, 2010 Sean Carroll, a University of Wisconsin-Madison molecular biologist and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Stephen Jay Gould Prize, an award given in recognition of exemplary efforts to advance public understanding of evolutionary science.