Category: Awards and honors
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Posted on February 25, 2016
Ahna Skop honored with UW Distinguished Teaching Award
CALS geneticist Ahna Skop is among 12 UW-Madison faculty members selected to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize […]
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Soil science spin-off wins water entrepreneurship competition
Nutrient Recovery & Upcycling (NRU) LLC, co-founded by soil science professor Phil Barak, was one of three companies to win the inaugural “Pow! emPowering Opportunities in […]
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Scheufele joins NAS’ Division on Earth and Life Studies Advisory Committee
The Division on Earth and Life Sciences Studies (DELS) recently welcomed life sciences communication professor Dietram Scheufele as a new member of its Advisory Committee. DELS is […]
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Posted on February 21, 2016
Jim Nienhuis receives service award from Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Horticulture professor Jim Nienhuis is the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for International Service from the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (ITCR). Nienhuis received the award during a […]
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Jiwan Palta named WPVGA Researcher of the Year
Horticulture professor Jiwan Palta is the recipient of the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association Researcher of the Year Award for 2016. According to the WPVGA announcement, […]
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Posted on February 7, 2016
Dominique Brossard, Dietram Scheufele serve on NAS science comm committees
The Department of Life Sciences Communication is continuing its strong involvement in the National Academy of Sciences as chair Dominique Brossard and professor Dietram Scheufele […]
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Posted on February 5, 2016
FISC alumnni group honors three agricultural leaders
Three agricultural leaders were honored by an audience of more than one hundred alumni and friends at the UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) […]
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Posted on February 1, 2016
Patty Loew named Wisconsin Academy Fellow
Life sciences communication professor Patty Loew was recently named a Wisconsin Academy Fellow by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. Established in 1981, […]
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Sean Carroll selected to receive Lewis Thomas Prize
UW-Madison evolutionary biologist, educator and author Sean B. Carroll will be presented with The Rockefeller University’s Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, it was announced on Jan. 28, […]
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Posted on January 11, 2016
Congrats to ARS award winners: Isaac Kabera, Russell Groves, Tom Steele, Chris Velie
CALS Agricultural Research Stations will honor four individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the ARS program at its annual Recognition Awards reception and dinner on […]