A project established in 2016 to strengthen Russian studies at UW–Madison will continue through 2020 thanks to a $900,000 award from Carnegie Corporation of New York. The renewed funding will allow the Wisconsin Russia Project …
Awards & Grants
UW–Madison is top university for 2018 Fulbright DDRA awards
Seven University of Wisconsin–Madison students have been selected as recipients of the highly competitive Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Awards. UW–Madison boasts the highest number of DDRA awardees of any university in the nation …
UW-Madison’s Hora a guest professor at China’s Tianjin University
UW-Madison’s Matt Hora has started a residency as a guest professor in the School of Education at Tianjin University in China, where he will teach and study for 2½ weeks.
Foster receives SAE International honor for outstanding diesel research
SAE International has honored David Foster, the Phil and Jean Myers professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, with its 2018 John Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines.
UW–Madison International and Area Studies Centers Awarded $4 Million in Federal Grants
Eight area and international studies centers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will receive $4 million in federal Title VI grants for the 2018-19 academic year under the National Resource Centers (NRC) and Foreign Language and …
ASTM International awards top honor to Edil
Global standards organization ASTM International has presented its prestigious Award of Merit to Tuncer Edil, a professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering and geological engineering.
JING ZHANG NAMED CENTENNIAL PROFESSOR OF ONCOLOGY
Jing Zhang, PhD, of the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, has been named the new Centennial Professor of Oncology.
International Society of Learning Sciences recognizes Nathan, Puntambekar
UW-Madison’s Mitchell Nathan and Sadhana Puntambekar each were recently elected as a Fellow of the International Society of Learning Sciences (ISLS).
Six UW-Madison students awarded Gilman Scholarships
The U.S. Department of State announced that six University of Wisconsin–Madison students are among the 1,201 American undergraduate students from 363 colleges and universities across the U.S. selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman …
Five UW-Madison students awarded Boren Scholarships
Opportunities around the world have opened to five UW–Madison undergraduate students who have been announced as recipients of Boren Scholarships.