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New Faculty Focus: Sami Schalk
The assistant professor’s research focuses on disability, race and gender in contemporary American literature and culture
Dan Ludois, inventor of new electrostatic motor, named Moore Inventor Fellow
UW-Madison Professor Dan Ludois is a Moore Inventor Fellow and one step closer to bringing a potentially transformative invention into the world.
New Faculty Focus: Fernando J. Marqués
Besides serving as a professor of large animal internal medicine, Marqués is a show jumping rider and instructor.
Curator at ag station helps growers keep close watch on potato health
By monitoring sugar levels, frying test batches of potato chips, and other techniques, Sam Perez helps growers decide when to market their stored potatoes.
New Faculty Focus: Daniel Weix
This summer, professor Daniel Weix and members of his research group joined the chemistry department, bringing with him a reputation for finding solutions that others might miss.
New Faculty Focus: Pajarita Charles
Professor Pajarita Charles' work is concentrated on supporting healthy child development among children of formerly incarcerated fathers.
New Faculty Focus: Margaret Kerr
Professor Margaret Kerr believes it's important to better understand the factors that impact parents’ experiences and to develop interventions focused on helping people become better and happier parents.
New Faculty Focus: Sebastian I Arriola Apelo
"Studying milk production in the dairy state, I feel my research can have a significant impact on the state economy and environment in general, and dairy families in particular."
New Faculty Focus: Capt. Greg Zacharski, U.S. Navy
After 27 years in the U.S. Navy, Capt. Greg Zacharski wanted to return to the Midwest, and he came to UW–Madison to direct its NROTC program.
WARF announces annual grant figures and Innovation Award winners
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has invested $61.9 million in UW–Madison research for the 2017-18 academic year, and provided $19 million in grants to the Morgridge Institute for Research.
Central funding pool includes pay upgrade for night and weekend employees at UW–Madison
$12 million in central campus funding is being allocated to provide faculty and staff pay adjustments for 2017–18. The funding pool will enable UW–Madison to provide pay increases for exceptional performance, market deficiencies and equity.
UW–Madison employees have more ways than ever to get help with benefits enrollment
New this year is ALEX, an interactive, online tool that uses everyday language, rather than industry jargon, to help employees understand their benefits options.
UW-Madison updates on lead testing
UW-Madison is taking steps to manage lead contamination issues created by two painting projects. Between May and September, repainting, including paint removal, was conducted by contractors on emergency stairwells at Agricultural Hall and Bascom Hall.
Annual call for pre-proposals for the Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment
The Office of the Provost is soliciting proposals from faculty, staff and students for the 2018 Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant…
What’s in a Title? The Title and Total Compensation Study
The initial round of campus forums will begin in September/October and give employees an opportunity to learn more about the study and provide input.
Division of Student Life names Javier director of Multicultural Student Center, announces new hires
Gabe Javier, an assistant dean who has served as interim director of the Multicultural Student Center for more than a year, will become the center’s director Aug. 1. His selection is one of several staffing decisions announced by the Division of Student Life.
Employees will complete program against sexual harassment and violence
Starting in July 2017, all UW–Madison employees will be required to complete an online prevention education program called “Promoting Equity at UW–Madison by Preventing Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence.”
Campus project aims to create engaging, welcoming classroom discussions
“As faculty and academic staff members, we often try to improve writing skills in our classes, but it is just as important to think of discussion as a skill that needs to be carefully developed,” says researcher Paula McAvoy.
New Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene director named
James Schauer, a faculty member with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the Water Science and Engineering Laboratory at the…
Study of job titles, pay and benefits progresses
The Title and Total Compensation Study (TTC) launched in late February. In the early stages of the project, the study planning team has been working…