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Four UW faculty recognized with Early Career Innovator Awards
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) has announced the recipients of the 2024 Early Career Innovator Award, which recognizes four UW–Madison early career faculty for engaging in technology transfer and commercialization activities and transforming their research discoveries into inventions for the public good. This year’s awardees are:…
UW–Madison alum and theoretical physicist named WIPAC director
Dan Hooper, PhD, has been selected as the new director of the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC). Hooper will begin his role at WIPAC on Sept. 9 and as director will report to the Vice Chancellor for Research. Hooper will have a joint faculty appointment with the…
Faculty receive 2024-25 WARF Named Professorships, Kellett Fellowships, and Romnes Awards
Thirty-two UW–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for 2024-25. The awardees span the four research divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences. “These awards recognize excellence in faculty research, academics, and outreach at various stages…
Steenbock professorships awarded in physical sciences and mathematics
Mark Eriksson, professor of physics, and Mikhail Feldman, professor of mathematics, have been named recipients of UW–Madison Steenbock Professorships. “This professorship is among the most prestigious and important professorships for researchers at the UW–Madison,” says Cynthia Czajkowski, interim vice chancellor for research. “This recognition is accompanied by discretionary…
Public presentations scheduled for vice chancellor for research search on March 4, 8 and 18
The candidates’ names and CVs will be made available to the UW–Madison community 48 hours prior to each visit and posted on the search website.
175th Anniversary Series: UW–Madison research spans the globe
The Wisconsin Idea has outgrown state borders and, as science has become more mobile, now stretches across the globe and even out of this world.
UW–Madison boasts 3 researchers among 2023 National Association of Inventors fellows
The National Academy of Inventors has announced that University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers David Beebe, Guang-Hong Chen and Yoshihiro Kawaoka have been named to its 2023 class of fellows. Election as an academy fellow is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.
UW–Madison remains 8th in research ranking, surpasses $1.5 billion in research expenditures
The NSF has released its Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) data showing a 10% increase in research expenditures at UW–Madison over the previous fiscal year, or more than $143 million for the period covering July 2021 through the end of June 2022. UW–Madison reported more than $1.52 billion in total research expenditures, about half of which comes from federal awards.
Federal interim rule implements TikTok ban on devices used in the performance of federal contracts
The OVCRGE has also launched a Research Security Program webpage and hired John Jay Miller as the interim director of the Research Security Program.
Research beyond Waisman Center: Discoveries that have spun into products
Multiple discoveries born from the minds and hard work of Waisman Center investigators have left the nest to become successful companies or products that have had a significant impact in the world through translational research.