Claire Evensen, the daughter of a physician and an engineering physics professor, says she sometimes feels like her college major was predestined. “From a young age, my parents instilled in me this attitude that science …
Awards & Grants
WSB Students Win Top Prize at Study Abroad Film Festival
Don’t be surprised if you see the names Chase Devens (BBA ‘20) and David Smith (BBA ‘20) at the Oscars sometime in the future. These two Wisconsin School of Business students took home the top …
Chemical catalysis pioneer James Dumesic wins international energy prize
Prolific biofuels researcher James Dumesic has been named the winner of the 2019 Eni Energy Transition Award. The internationally renowned Eni Awards were established in 2007 to recognize excellence in energy and environmental research. The …
2019 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD CEREMONY GRANTS STUDENTS ABROAD
The campus community gathered at Gordon Dining Commons on April 9th to celebrate the latest group of Badgers planning to study, intern, and research abroad. The 2019 Spring Scholarship Award Ceremony celebrates not only students adding an international dimension …
2019 Wisconsin Without Borders Ceremony
Join us to celebrate UW-Madison faculty, staff and students bringing their teaching, learning and research to all corners of the globe. Wisconsin Without Borders will present its four annual awards while also recognizing globally-engaged scholarship …
Alum Chávez-Moreno receiving Outstanding Dissertation Awards from two AERA SIGs
UW-Madison alumna Laura Chávez-Moreno is receiving Outstanding Dissertation Awards from two different American Educational Research Association (AERA) special interest groups (SIGs).
UW–Madison is a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is once again included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2018–2019 Fulbright U.S. Students. Eighteen students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison accepted Fulbright awards for …
UW-Madison alum Kowalczyk earns Wisconsin Global Educator of the Year award
Sandra Kowalczyk, a reading specialist at Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie, received the 2018-19 Wisconsin Global Educator of the Year award in a brief ceremony Jan. 16 at the school.
UW-Madison’s Hilyard receives best animation award at Austin Arthouse Film Festival
UW-Madison’s Stephen Hilyard, a professor of digital media with the School of Education’s Art Department, recently received the Svankmajer Award for Best Animation at the Austin Arthouse Film Festival for his animation, “Morning Glory”.
Carnegie Corporation Awards $900,000 to UW-Madison for Russian Studies
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 …