Tag Milestones

UW-Madison names Transportation Services director

January 14, 2009

Patrick Kass, director of parking and transportation services at the University of Arizona, has been selected to lead Transportation Services at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Patrick Farrell to return to faculty, interim named to Office of the Provost

December 11, 2008

Patrick Farrell, who has served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison since April 2006, will return to the College of Engineering faculty at the end of the fall semester.

Smeeding brings expertise to poverty research institute

December 10, 2008

Tim Smeeding knows something about horses, and about success. He strides to his office chalkboard, and in an animated style, picks up a piece of chalk and starts scribbling away. An equation comes into view: “Success = an idea, the money, and the horses to get it done.” Smeeding, the new director of the Institute for Research on Poverty, has lived out that equation many times.

La Follette School notes 25 years with special issue of policy report

November 11, 2008

The Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs is marking its 25th anniversary with an expanded issue of the La Follette Policy Report that showcases Wisconsin public affairs research.

Research on human embryonic stem cells marks 10-year milestone

November 6, 2008

Ten years ago today (Nov. 6, 1998), the publication in the journal Science of a short paper entitled "Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocysts" rocked biology - and the world - as the all-purpose stem cell and its possibilities were ushered into the limelight.

University names interim director for Nelson Institute

September 24, 2008

Gregg Mitman, a science historian at UW–Madison, has been named interim director of the university’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.

Former state Supreme Court justice to teach at UW Law School

September 24, 2008

Louis Butler Jr., a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and the first African American to sit on the state's highest court, will teach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School.

WiscAlerts-Text tops 10,000 users

August 6, 2008

WiscAlerts-Text, UW–Madison’s new emergency text-messaging service, reached the 10,000 subscriber mark on Aug. 5.

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center hires scientific programs manager

July 7, 2008

The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has hired a translator to connect researchers who would normally live in entirely separate research worlds.

Van Orman named University Health Services executive director

June 13, 2008

Sarah Van Orman has been selected to lead University Health Services, the campus agency that provides University of Wisconsin–Madison students with health care services, officials announced today (June 13).

New UW Press director named

June 11, 2008

Sheila Leary has been named director of the University of Wisconsin Press, Martin Cadwallader, dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate School and vice chancellor for research, has announced.

‘Dean of financial aid’ celebrates 50 years of service

May 15, 2008

Wally Douma, legendary “dean of financial aid,” is celebrating 50 years of service to UW–Madison.

Biocore program turns 40

May 7, 2008

An innovative undergraduate biology program on campus is celebrating its 40th birthday.

UW-Madison names vice provost for diversity, climate

March 26, 2008

Damon Williams has been named vice provost for diversity and climate, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's chief diversity officer. He will start on Aug. 1.

UW-Madison names new director of Administrative Legal Services

February 22, 2008

Lisa Rutherford, a 14-year veteran of the legal affairs team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named the new director of UW–Madison's Administrative Legal Services (ALS), Provost Patrick Farrell announced today (Feb. 22).

Katen-Bahensky named president and CEO of UW Hospital and Clinics

December 5, 2007

Donna Katen-Bahensky, CEO at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and senior associate vice president for medical affairs at University of Iowa Health Care since 2002, has been named president and CEO of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. She will join the hospital effective Feb. 4, 2008.