Stories indexed under: Milestones

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• Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center hires scientific programs manager July 7, 2008 The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has hired a translator to connect researchers who would normally live in entirely separate research worlds.
• Inventive county government program wins Gladfelter Award July 2, 2008 An innovative program for collecting and disposing of unused medication was chosen as this year's winner of the Lloyd D. Gladfelter Award for government efficiency and effectiveness.
• Van Orman named University Health Services executive director June 13, 2008 Sarah Van Orman has been selected to lead University Health Services, the campus agency that provides University of Wisconsin-Madison students with health care services, officials announced today (June 13).
• New UW Press director named June 11, 2008 Sheila Leary has been named director of the University of Wisconsin Press, Martin Cadwallader, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School and vice chancellor for research, has announced.
• Wisconsin Alumni Association seeks nominations for Forward under 40 awards June 10, 2008 Nominations are now open for the 2009 Forward under 40 award, presented by the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
• Rowing teams win national championships June 9, 2008 For the first time in 18 years, Wisconsin men’s rowing can call itself national champions. And the women’s lightweight rowers won their fourth national championship in the last five years.
• Two UW-Madison researchers receive Shaw Awards May 19, 2008 Innovative research that could help develop drugs to treat disorders such as epilepsy and cardiac arrhythmias, and a novel approach to advancing the understanding of how breast cancer cells lose the ability to respond positively to anti-estrogen therapy won two University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists 2008 Shaw Scientists Awards.
• Banner weekend for Wisconsin rowing May 19, 2008 It was a remarkable Sunday for Wisconsin rowing as the men's rowing program won the Rowe Cup for the first time since 1946 as conference champion of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges, while the women's lightweights won their second team title of the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges in as many years and their fourth lightweight varsity eight title in a row.
• ‘Dean of financial aid’ celebrates 50 years of service May 15, 2008 Wally Douma, legendary “dean of financial aid,” is celebrating 50 years of service to UW-Madison.
• 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.
• Milestones May 7, 2008
• Biocore program turns 40 May 7, 2008 An innovative undergraduate biology program on campus is celebrating its 40th birthday.
• Time Magazine names James Thomson one of “World’s Most Influential People” May 2, 2008 Stem cell scientist James Thomson has been named one of Time magazine's "World's Most Influential People," with Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University. Last year, they each discovered a way to give human skin cells many of the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, an advance that avoids the destruction of embryos.
• Wisconsin Alumni Association awards scholarships to outstanding students April 30, 2008 The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) has awarded scholarships to 16 outstanding students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in recognition of their academic excellence, overall achievement and contributions to the campus community.
• Returning adult students honored April 29, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison will honor more than 30 adult students at a reception on Wednesday, April 30, with awards and scholarships that recognize their academic excellence and contributions to the community.
• 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.
• University honors distinguished undergraduates April 28, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley will honor more than 100 of the university's most accomplished undergraduates tonight (April 28) at the Chancellor's Undergraduate Award Ceremony.
• Milestones April 23, 2008
• UW-Madison ‘originators’ honored with Distinguished Alumni Awards April 21, 2008 Seven UW-Madison alumni whose original contributions have earned them global recognition will be honored next month with the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards, presented by the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA).
• 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.