Category: Awards & Grants

Ja Young Lee wins Honda Student Paper Award at driving assessment conference

In June 2017, Ja Young Lee, PhD student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, received the Honda Outstanding Student Paper Award at the International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, which was held in Manchester Village, Vermont. The symposium, also called the …

In On Wisconsin Magazine: Our man in Berlin

As an American journalist in Germany, Louis Lochner told the story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. As an American journalist in Germany, Louis Lochner told the story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.

Recent UW-Madison graduates Nuttall, Thorp recognized by International Sculpture Center

Recent graduates of UW–Madison’s Art Department Jeremy Nuttall and Elizabeth Thorp are recipients of the International Sculpture Center‘s (ISC) Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards. Recent graduates of UW–Madison’s Art Department Jeremy Nuttall and Elizabeth Thorp are recipients of the International Sculpture Center‘s (ISC) Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards.

American Family Children’s Hospital Ranks Among U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals

UW Health’s American Family Children’s Hospital ranked in the top 50 children’s hospitals in seven medical and surgical specialties in this year’s U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospital rankings. UW Health’s American Family Children’s Hospital ranked in the top 50 children’s hospitals in seven medical and surgical specialties in this year’s U.S. News …

Bin Ran: Driving the future of transportation

America is driving toward a future where autonomous vehicles will rule the roadways, and Bin Ran, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been a pioneer in steering transportation research for several decades. America is driving toward a future where autonomous vehicles will rule the roadways, and Bin Ran, …

Cai Research Group at the 2017 SNMMI Annual Meeting in Denver

The Molecular Imaging and Nanotechnology Laboratory received multiple awards at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2017 Annual Meeting in Denver. The Molecular Imaging and Nanotechnology Laboratory received multiple awards at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2017 Annual Meeting in Denver.

MIPA student Frankel receives foreign-studies fellowship

Cassie Frankel, a second-year student at the La Follette School of Public Affairs received a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship for the 2017–18 academic year. Frankel will use the fellowship to study Arabic through UW–Madison’s Center for European Studies. Cassie Frankel, a second-year student at the La Follette School of Public Affairs received …

WARF and UW–Madison ranked sixth among universities in U.S. utility patents in 2016

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), which serves as the designated patent management organization for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, moved up to sixth place among the Top 100 Worldwide Universities which were granted U.S. utility patents in 2016. The report, which is published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual …

Three SJMC Faculty Win Prestigious International Awards

Three School of Journalism and Mass Communication faculty members were honored at the May 2017 International Communication Association conference in San Diego. Three School of Journalism and Mass Communication faculty members were honored at the May 2017 International Communication Association conference in San Diego.

Better than your average bike: UW-Madison engineers among top finishers in Human Powered Vehicle Challenge

With an efficient, highly engineered vehicle, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Human Powered Vehicle team won fourth place overall in the 2017 ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge North America East. With an efficient, highly engineered vehicle, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Human Powered Vehicle team won fourth place overall in the 2017 ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge …