Biological systems engineering professor Anita Thompson has been named the Nelson Institute Professor of Water Resources. Thompson joined the biological systems engineering department in 2002. […]

John Shutske, University of Wisconsin-Extension agricultural engineering specialist at UW-Madison, is the recipient of the 2016 Award for Excellence from the University of Wisconsin Colleges […]

Jue “Jade” Wang, an associate professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Scholar. The […]

Bacteriology professor Tim Donohue has been named a University of Wisconsin Foundation Chairman Fetzer-Bascom Professor. This professorship was established to recognize faculty for their balanced […]

Entomology professor David Hogg has been named an Honorary Member of the Entomological Society of America. He was selected based on his long-time affiliation with the […]

Dale Schoeller, emeritus professor of nutritional sciences, has been selected to receive the 2016 Friends of Albert (Mickey) Stunkard Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is […]

Horticulture professor Phil Simon is the recipient of the National Association of Plant Breeders Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016. Simon was selected based on his outstanding achievements and […]

Paul Ahlquist, professor of plant pathology, is one of two UW-Madison professors selected to receive 2016 Steenbock Professorships. The second recipient is James B. Rawlings, professor of chemical […]

Ian Coxhead, professor and chair of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, will serve as interim director of the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) starting […]

Thea Whitman, assistant professor of soil science, has been appointed to the O.N. Allen Professorship in Soil Microbiology. The professorship, founded in honor of the […]