Several graduate programs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Letters & Science are ranked among the nation’s best in the 2014 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.” “We’re proud of …
Year: 2013
Ten faculty selected for Distinguished Teaching Awards
Chemistry Staff Help Uncover the Lost History of UW’s 19th-Century Glass Treasures
In 2005, Zoology Academic Curator Paula Holahan made an accidental discovery: she unearthed a priceless collection of ocean invertebrates made out of glass. Holahan revealed a collection of rarely seen glass models that depict numerous …
A Novel Nobel Opportunity: Four Selected to Attend 2013 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry
The UW-Madison Department of Chemistry will be well represented at the June 2013 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry. Four members of the department have been selected to attend the meeting in Lindau, Germany, along …
Analytical Trick May Accelerate Cancer Diagnosis
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found a new way to accelerate a workhorse instrument that identifies proteins. The high-speed technique could help diagnose cancer sooner and point to new drugs for treating a …
Professor Schomaker Wins Sloan Research Foundation Fellowship
Professor Jennifer Schomaker has won a 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation Fellowship. The two-year Sloan Research Fellowships seek to “stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.” About 125 U.S. researchers …
Professors Jin and Keutsch Receive UW-Madison Research Awards
Professors Song Jin and Frank Keutsch recently received notable UW-Madison research awards. Professor Jin received the WARF Romnes Faculty Fellowship. This fellowship recognizes and supports faculty members who are still relatively early in their careers …
Professors Sibert and Yoon Win Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Awards
Professors Ned Sibert and Tehshik Yoon have won 2013 Faculty Distinguished Teaching Awards. Yoon has been awarded the William H. Kiekhofer Distinguished Teaching Award, and Sibert has been awarded the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. The …