2011

May 2011 Amrys Williams received a 2011 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship in connection to her dissertation titled “Cultivating Modern America: 4-H Clubs and Rural Development in the Twentieth Century.” Congrats Amrys.

May 2011 Congratulations to Gregg Mitman who has been elected President of the American Society for Environmental History for a two-year term starting in 2013. Mitman will be the third UW-Madison professor to lead the …

January 18 (Tuesday) at 4:00 pm Colloquium: Kellen Backer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Title: “Feeding the Army: The Quartermaster Corps and the Creation of a Global Food System in World War II.” Location: 976 Memorial Library …

April 2011 Amrys Williams is the recipient of the 2011 Dean’s Fellowship in the History of Home Economics from the Cornell College of Human Ecology. This fellowship includes a $6,000 stipend to support a six-week …

April 2011 Professor Lynn K. Nyhart has received a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship Award in recognition of her many prior achievements and exceptional future promise. She was chosen from a group of nearly 3,000 applicants and …

April 2011 History of Science faculty associate John L Rudolph will be the next editor of the journal Science Education. During the summer of 2011 the editorial office and operation of the journal will move …

April 2011 For her many distinguished academic contributions, Professor Emerita Judith W. Leavitt was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) at their recent 2011 annual …