Area of Focus: Strategic hiring initiative

Summary

The strategic hiring initiative is central to UW-Madison's ability to create learning programs, transfer knowledge and help support Wisconsin economic development. The university plans to hire 100 to 150 faculty in new and emerging areas of knowledge that cut across traditional departmental lines. These professors will bring not only their expertise to the university and the state, but also substantial outside resources, such as federal and private grant funding. UW-Madison has already hired 38 new faculty, and several searches are underway. These professors will replace some of the 200 faculty positions lost due to state budget cuts in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

List of strategic hire clusters

Faculty profiles

Read about some of the faculty already hired and learn how their work and fields of study are stengthening the university and nurturing new economic opportunities in the state.

Jeffrey Bernstein
Cluster area: International Public Affairs
Research: International trade and industrial organization, with a geographic focus on Japan
Read more about Bernstein

Gelsomina De Stasio
Cluster area: Biophotonics
Research: Gadolinium Neutron Capture Therapy - a cancer treatment that De Stasio likens to "making a microscopic nuclear bomb explode in each cancer cell."
Read more about De Stasio

More information

Web sites
Cluster Hiring Initiative (Office of the Provost)

News articles
100 faculty added under hiring program (5/1/2001) Finalists named for new round of strategic hiring (12/18/2000)
New round of strategic hiring begins (7/6/2000)
Hiring a key to maintaining university excellence (10/19/1999)
New hires strengthening genetics research (9/2/1999)