Bacteriology professor Jean-Michel Ane, an expert on plant-microbe symbioses and legume genetics, has been selected to receive a Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award. The award provides […]

Assistant professor of horticulture Amaya Atucha has been named the Gottschalk Chair for Cranberry Research. Atucha, an expert on fruit crop production, focuses her research program on […]

A 2014 paper written by life sciences communication professor Dietram Scheufele, titled “Science communication as political communication,” has been selected to receive the Communication of Science, Health […]

Associate professor of genetics Ahna Skop, an expert on cell polarity and cytokinesis in C. elegans embryos, has been named a Kavli Frontiers of Science fellow and […]

Agricultural and Applied Economics faculty Brian Gould and Mark Stephenson were recognized for the Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) this year.  AAE’s students […]

Genetics professor Molly Jahn was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from Swarthmore College during the institution’s 2015 commencement ceremony. Constance Hungerford, Swathmore’s interim president, outlined Jahn’s contributions […]

Assistant professor of plant pathology Amanda Gevens is the recipient of the 2015 Early Career Award from the American Phytopathological’s Society North Central Division. Gevens, who […]

John Doebley, the George Wells Beadle Professor of Genetics, has been awarded the 2015 Mendel Medal by The Genetics Society. Doebley is known internationally for his studies […]

Agronomy professor Ken Albrecht has been elected fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, as well as the Crop Science Society of America. Albrecht is an […]

Stan Temple, an emeritus professor of forest and wildlife ecology and UW Beers-Bascom Professor Emeritus in Conservation, was recently given the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology’s first-ever Special Recognition […]