Stories indexed under: Faculty awards

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• Nine professors receive 2009 Romnes Faculty Fellowships Feb. 25, 2009 Nine faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships.
• Kellett Mid-Career Awards given to eight faculty members Feb. 25, 2009 Eight faculty have received Kellett Mid-Career Awards for their research.
• Four faculty awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships Feb. 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 Feb. 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.
• National magazine honors UW historian as an emerging scholar Jan. 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 engineer receives presidential award Dec. 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 Dec. 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 Dec. 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.
• Kramer honored for research in end-of-life care Nov. 20, 2008 Research done by University of Wisconsin-Madison social work professor Betty Kramer on end-of-life care has won her the Distinguished Researcher Award from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
• UW-Madison is a leader in Fulbright fellows with top 10 ranking Nov. 11, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked ninth among research universities in the number of student Fulbright fellows, according to data recently released by the Fulbright program.
• La Follette professor elected to National Academy of Public Administration Oct. 8, 2008 David L. Weimer, professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named a fellow-elect of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).
• Anthropology professor honored by Librarian of Congress Oct. 2, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison William F. Vilas Professor of Anthropology Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney has been named John W. Kluge Distinguished Chair of Modern Culture by the Librarian of Congress.
• UW-Madison ecologist receives MacArthur Award Aug. 5, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison zoology professor Monica Turner was lauded Aug. 4 for work that was once criticized as "pseudoscience."
• Professor wins political science research prize July 11, 2008 Assistant professor Susan Webb Yackee of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has won the Paul Volcker Endowment Junior Scholar Research Grant from the American Political Science Association's Public Administration Section.
• New fellows join Teaching Academy June 2, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Academy has announced the induction of 12 new members, including four fellows and eight future faculty partners.
• Professor wins inaugural Schuster Prize May 8, 2008 Timothy Kamp, a professor of medicine and physiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, has been awarded the inaugural Schuster Prize for excellence in advancing cardiovascular medicine at the school.
• Stem cell pioneer Thomson elected to National Academy of Sciences April 29, 2008 Pioneering University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell scientist James Thomson was elected today (April 29) to the National Academy of Sciences.
• UW historian Jeremi Suri to receive outreach excellence award April 28, 2008 The Wisconsin Alumni Association has selected University of Wisconsin-Madison history professor Jeremi Suri as the 2008 recipient of the Ken and Linda Ciriacks Faculty Outreach Excellence Award.
• School of Education honors faculty, staff April 23, 2008 Seven people have been selected to receive 2008 Distinguished Achievement Awards, the highest honor the School of Education bestows upon current faculty and staff.
• Arts Institute honors faculty, staff for contributions to campus April 17, 2008 The Arts Institute has selected the recipients of its 2008 awards in the arts.