Award recognizes public science engagement
Botanist and professor Simon Gilroy and Haddie McLean, manager of The Wonders of Physics, have received this year’s Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Awards. The awards recognize one UW faculty member and one academic staff member for their work engaging the public in science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
Graduate student teachers recognized for excellence with 2023-24 Teaching Assistant Awards
24 exceptional L&S graduate students have been selected as recipients of the 2023-24 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards, recognizing their strengths and commitment surrounding the craft of teaching.
Two L&S Researchers Receive Prestigious Sloan Fellowships
Assistant Professor of Physics Ke Fang and Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences Xiangyao Yu will each receive $75,000 to support their research.
Stephen J. Wright Elected to National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected George B. Dantzig Professor of Computer Sciences and Department Chair, Stephen J. Wright as a new member. Professor Wright receives this high professional distinction for Wright's theory and design of optimization algorithms and their application in signal processing and machine learning.
Wilson Wins Diamond Award for Commitment to Inclusiveness
The College's Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging is recognized for his work promoting student opportunity and success.
This Chemistry Lecture Demonstrator Was Nominated For an Emmy®
For his role in producing a children’s science demonstration series, Department of Chemistry Lecture Demonstrator Jim Maynard has secured an Emmy® nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).
UW–Madison to transform STEM graduate education with Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change
With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will establish a new hub called the Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change, or WiSC2, to transform graduate education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
2024 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients announced
Eight L&S faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators.
Lopez named Emerging Scholar by Diverse Magazine
Lopez, a professor of communication arts and the Director of the Asian American Studies Program, is one of 15 faculty honored nationwide for research, dedication and impact.
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