October 2011 Professor Gregg Mitman has been named Vilas Professor, one of the highest honors for established UW faculty. Vilas Professorships, created “for the advancement of learning,” recognize proven research ability and unusual qualifications and promise. The individual must have contributed significantly to the research mission of the University and be widely recognized both nationally …
October 2011 In the Winter of 2012, Ronald L. Numbers will be Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto’s Centre for the United States. He will teach an undergraduate/graduate course on “Science, Medicine, Religion in America” in the Department for the Study of Religion from January 31 – February 3, 2012 and February 28 – …
The Department of History would like to congratulate Professor Emeritus William Courtenay for being elected as a corresponding fellow of the British Academy. Details on the fellowship can be found here: The Fellowship of the British Academy You can also find his directory listing on the British Academy’s website.
June 2011 Congratulations to Walt Schalick, MD, PhD, who has accepted a clinical position with the Central Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, effective June 20, 2011.
June 2011 Wrestling With Nature: A Mini-Conference in Honor of David Lindberg took place on June 4, 2011, at the Pyle Center on the UW–Madison campus. Eight talks appeared on the day’s schedule – seven presented by PhD students guided by Lindberg – followed by five speakers who each described “The Lives of David Lindberg.” …
June 2011 Doctoral candidate Kathleen Robinson received a UW Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies travel grant in support of her planned research work at the Dodd Research Center in Storrs, CT, and the Schlesinger Library in Cambridge, MA, to examine archival materials in the Mayer Collection of Fat Liberation. Congrats Katie!