Stories indexed under: Milestones

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  • UW-Madison awarded grant to address sexual assault, stalking, dating violence Jan. 22, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been selected to receive a three-year, $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office on Violence Against Women to help address the causes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.
  • UW-Madison sociologist named to key NSF post Jan. 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.
  • UW-Madison names Transportation Services director Jan. 14, 2009 Patrick Kass, director of parking and transportation services at the University of Arizona, has been selected to lead Transportation Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Milestones Jan. 14, 2009
  • Charlie Bentley Photo essay: Cold digger Dec. 23, 2008 Fifty years ago, UW scientist Charlie Bentley made his maiden voyage to a frigid, faraway land – and he’s been returning ever since.
  • 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.
  • Winter Commencement ceremonies set for Sunday, Dec. 21 Dec. 15, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus and veteran professor of political science and public affairs Dennis Dresang will speak to graduates at the university's Winter Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
  • Patrick Farrell to return to faculty, interim named to Office of the Provost Dec. 11, 2008 Patrick Farrell, who has served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since April 2006, will return to the College of Engineering faculty at the end of the fall semester.
  • Smeeding brings expertise to poverty research institute Dec. 10, 2008 Tim Smeeding knows something about horses, and about success. He strides to his office chalkboard, and in an animated style, picks up a piece of chalk and starts scribbling away. An equation comes into view: “Success = an idea, the money, and the horses to get it done.” Smeeding, the new director of the Institute for Research on Poverty, has lived out that equation many times.
  • Milestones Dec. 10, 2008
  • Nicholas gift endows business school deanship Dec. 4, 2008 A gift from longtime university supporter Albert O. Nicholas and his wife, Nancy Johnson Nicholas, has created an endowed deanship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Wisconsin School of Business.
  • Organization helps save lives through organ donation Nov. 28, 2008 The slogan "Got your dot?" has quickly worked to raise the rates at which Wisconsinites place an orange donor dot on their driver's license and say "yes" to donation.
  • Milestones Nov. 19, 2008
  • Law professor joins Obama’s transition team Nov. 18, 2008 University of Wisconsin Law School Professor R. Alta Charo, a nationally prominent bioethicist, has been named by President-elect Barack Obama to his Transition Team.
  • Stealth drug idea snags Gates Foundation support Nov. 12, 2008 A proposal to create a stealth drug, one that remains cloaked inside a cell until activated by a pathogen, has snared a high-profile $100,000 award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • 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 School notes 25 years with special issue of policy report Nov. 11, 2008 The Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs is marking its 25th anniversary with an expanded issue of the La Follette Policy Report that showcases Wisconsin public affairs research.
  • CHESS grant to focus on reducing addiction relapse Nov. 10, 2008 A five-year, $2.8 million grant awarded to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will study ways to reduce relapse through the latest in communication technology.
  • Photo from Consumer Law Clinic Practical experience for law students garners national attention Nov. 6, 2008 Real-world work for students has brought honors to the Law School.
  • Image form the 1998 Science paper Research on human embryonic stem cells marks 10-year milestone Nov. 6, 2008 Ten years ago today (Nov. 6, 1998), the publication in the journal Science of a short paper entitled "Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocysts" rocked biology - and the world - as the all-purpose stem cell and its possibilities were ushered into the limelight.