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History of Science Medicine and Technology

Professor Lynn Nyhart Receives WARF Named Professorship

Posted on May 14, 2020

Congratulations to Professor Lynn Nyhart, who has been appointed a WARF named professorship! “These awards, which come with $100,000, honor faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge, primarily through their research …

Posted in 2020, All News, Awards, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Professor Florence Hsia Leads Initiative to Build UW-Library Collections

Posted on April 17, 2020

The Library Collections Enhancement Initiative is a pilot program of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education to strengthen campus research capacities by providing UW-Madison libraries with flexibility to address critical …

Posted in 2020, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Professor Hennessy’s New Book Featured in the New York Review of Books

Posted on April 10, 2020

Professor Elizabeth Hennessy’s recently published book, On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden (Yale University Press, 2019), has been featured in the New York Review of Books. …

Posted in 2020, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology, Latin American and Caribbean History

Professor Gregg Mitman Receives Prestigious Grant from European Research Council

Posted on April 1, 2020

In a press release this week, it was announced that Professor Gregg Mitman had received a coveted Advanced Investigator Grant from the European Research Council. Mitman is a Professor of History of Science, Medical History, …

Posted in 2020, African History, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology, U.S./North American History

Professor Gregg Mitman Featured in Interview on Epidemics & Medical History

Posted on March 17, 2020

Professor Gregg Mitman, a scholar of medical history and environmental studies, is featured today in an interview with the College of Letters & Science discussing what we can learn from global epidemics in a historical …

Posted in 2020, African History, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology, U.S./North American History

Alumna Anna Zeide Receives 2019 James Beard Award

Posted on January 22, 2020

Anna Zeide (Ph.D. 2014) an alumna and current Assistant Professor of History at Oklahoma State University has received the 2019 award for best Reference, History and Scholarship book from the James Beard Foundation! Zeide won …

Posted in 2020, Alumni, Awards, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Professor Hennessy Writes About Galapagos Conservation in Washington Post

Posted on January 22, 2020

Professor Elizabeth Hennessy has written an article for the Washington Post titled “We’re trying to keep the Galapagos pristine. That might destroy them.” The piece talks about recent efforts to preserve biodiversity in the Galapagos, …

Posted in 2020, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology, Latin American and Caribbean History

Professor Hennessy Longlisted for 2020 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

Posted on December 18, 2019

Professor Elizabeth Hennessy, whose book On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden (Yale University Press) was published this year, is on the longlist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson …

Posted in 2019, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology, Latin American and Caribbean History

UW History of Science Ph.D.s garner awards!

Posted on August 5, 2019

When the History of Science Society handed out its awards and prizes on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at its annual meeting (in Utrecht, Netherlands—the first HSS meeting ever in Europe!), UW-Madison History of Science Ph.D. …

Posted in 2019, All News, Alumni, Awards, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Graduate Student Patrick Walsh has Article Published in Australian Feminist Studies Journal

Posted on June 3, 2019

Patrick Walsh, a graduate student in the Department of History at UW-Madison, has just had his first article published in the peer-reviewed journal, Australian Feminist Studies! The article is titled, “Experimenting with ‘Life’ in Nineteenth-Century Physiology: …

Posted in 2019, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology
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