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.
Awards & Grants
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.
Hora receives grant to assist travel to China to conduct college internship study
UW-Madison’s Matthew Hora recently received a $10,000 grant from Tianjin University in eastern China that will support him through a month-long visit to study college internships early next fall.
UW STUDENTS WIN 1ST PLACE AT THE 2018 MIDWEST COLLEGE CHINESE SPEECH CONTEST
Five UW students of Chinese competed in the 2018 Midwest College Chinese Speech Contest, held at Lake Forest College in Chicago, on April 21. This year, the five students included: Collin O’Keeffe, Elizabeth Somsen, Kristine …