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2006

December 2006

Professor leads national effort to improve medical records

New research program tackles Parkinson's Disease

Amy Barger is recipient of 2007 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award

Five UW faculty inducted into National Academies

November 2006

Five UW-Madison faculty named AAAS fellows

New maps emphasize the human factor in wildfire management

The Gerontological Society of America Confers 2006 Joseph T. Freeman Award to University of Wisconsin's Carnes

Plant gene imaging team receives NSF grant

Researchers Pascale Carayon and Raj Veeramani to study computer and information security

Veterinary Medicine student establishes animal rescue organization

Laura Kiessling receives prestigious Harrison Howe Award

National Academy of Sciences: Broad national effort urgently needed to maximize potential of women scientists and engineers in academia

Shi, Duffie explore new paradigm of production planning with funds from NSF

September 2006

Most widely used organic pesticide requires help to kill

Five research universities awarded $250,000 grants to demonstrate innovative faculty career flexibility programs

Women in Engineering Exhibit entitled "Petticoats and Slide Rules" to open in Wendt Library

Forum to focus on 'moving forward together'

NSF funds Susan Hagness and colleagues in development of 3-D sensing system

Conference to advise businesses on pandemic preparation

BME assistant professor Kristyn Masters receives NIH funding

Campus leaders reflect on Denice Denton's life, career

August 2006

Astronomers provide fresh peek at nearby galaxy

Young chemist wins hefty corporate award

Seltzer named interim director of Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Gariela Cezar's stem cell research targets birth defects and cancer

July 2006

New program to advance personal health care through technology

April 2006

WISELI Documentary Part 2 added to ResearchChannel programming

March 2006

UW-Madison tops nation in number of 2006 Sloan Research Fellowships

Patrick Farrell to become UW-Madison's next provost

Educators win national recognition for teaching and mentorship

February 2006

Experts question prevalent stereotypes about autism

Scientists discuss evolutionary roots of social behavior

National Academy of Engineering elects UW Geologist

Scientist tracks behavior's neural roots in tiny brains

Virologist Kenney to join UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Concentrating solar collector earns first place in creativity, prototype competitions

Study explains unexpected conductivity of nanoscale silicon

UW-Madison Midwest Regional University Transportation Center (MRUTC) sponsors award-winning scout project

Brennan receives grant to create tools for managing personal health information

World's fastest image processor to aid search for long-sought form of matter

UW professor Vicki Bier helps analyze terror risks as part of project funded by U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Like their pregnant mates, primate dads-to-be pack on pounds

January 2006

Study: Mentors make or break student success

Canine cancer vaccine shows early promise

Mining for gems in the fungal genome

Wisconsin athletic program earns diversity award

Scientists link another gene to degenerative blindness

Fellowship Program led by Wendy Crone and Terry Devitt to Help Public Understand Nanotech

Advance points way to noninvasive brain cancer treatment

2005

December 2005

Three candidates recommended for UW-Madison provost

Brennan appointed to national advisory council on healthcare research and quality

Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate student Andrea Bill receives Outstanding Student of the Year honor from Midwest Regional University Transportation Center

Engineering students Nicole Rybeck and Amy Nagengast recognized by UW-Madison Student Organization Office with student leadership awards

Vet school faculty, staff help Katrina's lost pets

AWIS Membership Chair Middlecamp Named 2006 ACS National Winner

November 2005

Two receive Women's Philanthropy Council 'Champion' awards

Scientists map one of biology's critical light-sensing structures

Six UW-Madison faculty elected AAAS fellows

Jahn chosen to lead College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

IE professor Pascale Carayon to serve as reviewer of British and Canadian Research Councils

ME professor Roxanne Engelstad gives plenary talk at International Conference on Micro- and Nano-Engineering

October 2005

UW-Madison Establishes Center for Global Health

UW study shows deer in CWD zone stick to home

Professor makes an impact in Sudan human rights

Mellon, Paulnock named to Graduate School posts

Counseling psychology honored for minority achievement

September 2005

UW-Madison, Medical College of Wisconsin to lead a $16 million children's health initiative

Analysis: Differences between the sexes largely exaggerated

Key neural system at risk from fetal alcohol exposure

August 2005

Scientist wins major grant to study little-known immune cells

UW-Madison's Morton Ann Gernsbacher named APS president-elect

Ethanol treatment may be instrumental in fighting IV-based infections

Despite gains, women still face bias in science careers

June 2005

New vet school oncologist offers innovative cancer treatment options

Bier named to Homeland Security Committee

BME assistant professor Kristyn Masters to begin cardiac study

$4.9 million Muri Grant funds mismatched materials research

Two scientists land leadership roles with national psychology group

Assistant professor in Chemistry, Helen Blackwell, receives Cottrell Scholars Award

Professor Teresa Adams named director of Midwest Regional University Transportation Center

May 2005

UW-Madison selects Underwood as School of Education dean

Counseling Psychology assistant professor Angela Byars-Winston receives Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant

Engineer tapped for national mentoring award

Wendt and Ramanujam Win Vilas Associate Awards

CEE student Andrea Bill receives Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship

Ladson-Billings elected to National Academy of Education

School of Veterinary Medicine personnel receive awards

Kiessling to lead new chemical biology initiative

Compounds in cranberries may have heart healthy effects

UW primate authority elected to national academy

Hagness team receives $1.25 million NIH grant

BME graduate student Amy Beth Silder awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award

IE undergraduate student Naraphorn Haphuriwat wins University Book Store academic award

Society of Women Engineers receives Most Outstanding Contribution to Membership award

The Boston Globe covers WISELI and the NSF ADVANCE Program: "A woman's place in the lab: Harvard studies efforts to boost women faculty at U-Wisconsin"

April 2005

Women in science and engineering fields honored with Academic Staff Awards for research, teaching, and leadership

Wisconsin researchers identify sleep gene

CEE scientist receives UW-Madison academic staff award

Engineering student Joanna Storm chosen for Iron Cross Society

Transportation grad student Janille Smith attends Eno Leadership Development conference

Nelson Institute head is a master at merging worlds

Hirsch and Fowler receive classified staff awards

Cecilia Ford receives Chancellor's Award for teaching excellence

Strong link seen between chlamydia and heart attack in young men

Supersizing is no bargain, UW-Madison study shows

March 2005

An open letter on campus diversity

A scientific (teaching) revolution

Study: Marmoset Dads Don't Stray

To control germs, scientists deploy tiny agents provocateurs

In solution, tiny magnetic wires scatter light

Baldwin grants fund seven innovative projects

Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains

MIT groups honors NimbleGen, Ramanujam

February 2005

Women's health expert to address state issues

Muetze and Gopalan receives NSF CAREER awards

Two prominent women scientists among eight at UW-Madison elected AAAS Fellows

Carayon named P&G Professor in Total Quality

Vet tech's knowledge helps malamutes embark on show careers

Two honored with Outstanding Women of Color award

Ramanujam receives $2 million for breast cancer studies

January 2005

Harvard University President Criticized for remarks on Women in Science - WISELI Responds

2004

November 2004

WAA honors Molly Carnes with Cabinet 99 recognition award

In a tiny squid, bacterial toxin governs organ development

Symposium encourages American Indians to enter health, science

September 2004

PBS program to feature UW medical historian

August 2004

MRSEC internship program funding renewed

IE student Ayse Gurses receives dissertation grant

IE student Sara Kraemer selected to participate in Academy of Management workshop

Sandefur to lead Letters and Science

ACE Mentor Mary Behan Sees Mentoring as Critical to Success in Academia

UW veterinarians try new drug for equine heart fibrillations

A changing landscape may have dire implications for birds

July 2004

Study: Too few doctors ask teens about smoking

Hagness honored for biomedical achievements

Health Systems researchers Jenna Marguard and Anne Moen win poster award

Viewing breast biopsy in a new light

June 2004

New 'Research Channel' to reach and teach larger audiences

Leyuan Shi receives $100,000 award from NSF for her research on large-scale practical scheduling and sequencing problems

New Materials Science and Engineering Deparment Chair, Susan Babcock, begins term July 1

UW-Madison scientists find a key to cell division

May 2004

Women scientists among four UW-Madison faculty members to win Hilldale Awards

Women scientists among eight faculty honored with named professorships

Two faculty win Shaw Scientist awards

Population Health Professor Mari Palta elected 2004 ASA Fellow

Chemists find a new chink in TB's armor

McMahon and Benson to study prion fate in wastewater

Brennan to lead health-care computer effort

BME student Erin Gill receives CoE fellowship

Elizabeth Schmerr Chumanov awarded NSF graduate fellowship

Jackie Gerhart named one of three UW-Madison outstanding undergraduate student leaders of the year

April 2004

Bye-Bye Bio 101: Teach science the way you do science

Zoologist elected to National Academy of Sciences

Evelyn Howell receives the Chancellor's Award

Susan Hagness named fellow of University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Academy.

Wendy Crone receives a $333,000 grant from Air Force Office of Scientific Research

NIH awards Nimmi Ramanujam $940,359 R01 grant

Kathleen Schell receives Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research

Friday, March 19, 2004

Westley to lead Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Microbe's trick provides a template for willowy crystals

February 2004

Bacteria and environmental factors linked to cranberry stem gall

BME senior Jacqueline Gerhart in USA Today top-20 academics

January 2004

Leavitt, Hyde receive feminist scholars fellowship awards

Bier to lead UW portion of new homeland security grant

BME students Carmalyn Lubawy and Melissa Skala receive DOD breast cancer fellowships

2003

December 2003

Improving outpatient surgical success rates

Efforts to recruit, retain minorities cited

November 2003

Lecture to address girders under glass ceiling

Device may help keep dog knees limber

29 UW-Madison faculty among most cited

Carayon and Wetterneck to study medication error reduction

Sex a necessary evolutionary commodity, new study shows

Discovery provides reminder of bacteriology prof

Educators ponder teaching biology as a scientific enterprise

Eleven UW-Madison Faculty Named AAAS Fellows

Carayon Nominated To IEA Executive Committee

October 2003

UW-Madison astronomer named prestigious Packard Fellow

September 2003

Nimmi Ramanujam named one of 100 Top Young Innovators by Technology Review magazine

Study to focus on Upper Midwest freight transportation needs

Open communication: Shared code could facilitate health-care information transfer

Martha Casey, PhD, retires from her position as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Analysis

NSF Releases Report on Girls in Science and Engineering

Katherine Compton (ECE), Padma Gopalan (MSE), Kristyn Masters (BME), and Heidi-Lynn Ploeg (ME) are among 11 new faculty hired for 2004

August 2003

New ombuds office created to help resolve conflicts

Whitaker Foundation funds hypertension research

ECE student Mariya Lazebnik wins NSF graduate fellowship

Bier co-chairs NAE meeting

July 2003

Professor of Plant Pathology Caitilyn Allen's research highlighted in the Wisconsin State Journal: "Tracking Down An Evil And Costly Plant Killer"

June 2003

UW-Madison School of Pharmacy dean selected

Wendy Crone and colleagues awarded a $100,000 NSF grant

May 2003

CQPI'S Alvarado honored for health efforts

Handelsman elected to American Academy of Microbiology

Laura Kiessling elected Fellow of AAAS

April 2003

Women in science receive three of the four Hilldale Awards

Pamela Douglas inducted as vice president of the American College of Cardiology

March 2003

Engelstad selected as SPIE fellow

February 2003

Theresa Adams, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, spearheads and chairs new interdisciplinary graduate-level certificate:
The Transportation Management and Policy Program

Hagness to receive UW-Madison Teaching Award

Bier receives NSF Grant, has book published

Demont named Chair of National ASEE Division

Farrell elected SAE fellow

January 2003

Provost Peter Spear recently fielded questions from Wisconsin Week staff on climate improvement effort, and announced new Campus Climate Network website

January 2003

Durand to help lead diversity, climate efforts

Sparke elected APS fellow

2002

December 2002

IE graduate student receives mentor award

Course blends chemistry, American Indian studies

November 2002

Professional development offered to grad students

October 2002

Wolfe elected to National Institute of Medicine

Laura L. Kiessling named AAAS fellow

Dean Paul Peercy has named Deanna Dietrich Associate Dean for Research and Policy Administration for the College of Engineering

Johns Hopkins asks itself, why so few women?

UW News profiles Nita Sahai, Assistant Professor in Geochemistry

Caitilyn Allen, Professor, Plant Pathology and Women's Studies, is named Faculty Science Adviser for the Office of International Studies and Programs

Janet Hyde, Professor, Psychology and Women's Studies, receives three-year grant from NSF

Shaima Nasiri, doctoral student, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, has receives first Suomi-Simpson Graduate Fellowship, sponsored by UW-Madison and NASA

Leyuan Shi, Professor, Iindustrial Engineering, and Harriet Nembhard, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to support their project, "An Evaluation Approach for Flexibility in Manufacturing Enterprises"

Amy Stambach, Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Anthropology, receives Spencer Small Research Grant

Barbara Wolfe, Thomas Kaplan and Robert Haveman, Institute for Research on Poverty, are co-principal investigators on a study of the implications of BadgerCare for work and earnings

Gary Sandefur, a WISELI Leadership Team member, is co-organizer of the "Many Wisdoms in Higher Education: Communicating Our Changing Cultures, Communities and Challenges" symposium

September 2002

Grant aids biologist's teaching

Engineering Physics Assistant Professor and WISELI affiliate Wendy Crone Wins Teaching-Strategy Paper Award

Marsha Mailick Seltzer named director of Waisman Center

August 2002

Laura Knoll receives Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Shaw Scientist Award

WISELI announces "Celebrating Women in Science & Engineering Grant Program"

May 2002

Report finds disparities in hiring at U.S. labs

NSF Division of Science Resources Statistics releases "Science and Engineering Indicators 2002"

April 2002

Undergrads design safer suture needle