The School of Social Work is proud to announce the development of a new fund, named after an alumna, legislator, and advocate for social justice, to advance the School’s priority goals of diversity and inclusion …
Month: August 2017
Huang named 2017 Phi Tau Phi Scholar
Yen-Ming Huang, a graduate student working under the guidance of Olayinka Shiyanbola, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, was awarded a 2017 Phi Tau Phi (PTP) Mid America Scholarship from the PTP …
Scandinavian Studies gains expert on contemporary Scandinavian literature
New professor Claus Elholm Andersen delves deeply into Knausgård and writes widely on Danish literature and culture.
Chinn addresses influential economists, central bankers
Professor Menzie Chinn of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and UW–Madison’s Department of Economics on Saturday presented a paper about global current account imbalances during the influential Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s …
Thorne selected as president-elect of international CNS society
Robert Thorne, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, KL2 Scholar, University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, and Trainer, Neuroscience Training Program, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program, and Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate …
R01 renewal allows Li to continue innovative research in food intake
Lingjun Li, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, Janis Apinis Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, received a 4% ranking on her NIH R01 grant renewal application to continue her innovative research …
QI Institute brings together world health leaders to work on everyday challenges
“We need quality improvement now more than ever,” Lori DiPrete Brown, director of the Quality Improvement Leadership Institute, told 2017 closing symposium. for the 2017 Quality Improvement (QI) Leadership Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …
New Faculty Q&A: Sunny Yudkoff
Sunny Yudkoff, originally from Montclair, NJ, joined the UW-Madison community recently. We took a few minutes to get to know the new Yiddish Instructor.
Sriram Boothalingam joins the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
The assistant professor is eager to work among the leaders of hearing research at UW-Madison.
In Memoriam: Sal Bloomenkranz
Sol Bloomenkranz, age 93, passed away unexpectedly at home on July 7, 2017. He was born in Chicago, IL to Max and Frieda Bloomenkranz on December 4, 1923. As a teenager, Sol traveled to Poland …