July 2005 Ronald Numbers has been elected to a four-year term (2005-2009) as president of the Division of History of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science.
February 2005 Associate Professor Thomas H. Broman has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for academic year 2005-2006 for his project, “The Role of the Press in Shaping the Authority of Science in Eighteenth-Century Germany.”
January 2005 Professor Michael H. Shank has been appointed chair of the new UW Center for Early Modern Studies, effective January 2005.
December 2014 The recent competition for UW Graduate School Vilas Grants proved successful for a trio of History of Science department dissertators. Melissa Charenko and Vicki Fama Daniel each received a $600 Research Travel Award to be used next year in support of their ongoing dissertation efforts. Dana A. Freiburger received a $600 Conference Presentation …
October 2004 On Oct. 12, 2004, PBS aired a NOVA documentary based on Professor Judith Leavitt’s book, Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public’s Health. This documentary, “The Most Dangerous Woman in America,” features commentary by Leavitt. It’s now available on DVD.
September 2004 Professor Judith Walzer Leavitt has been named the UW Foundation Chair Rupple-Bascom Professor. These at-large professorships, created with funds from the UW Foundation, recognize faculty for their balanced contributions to the University’s teaching, research, and service.
August 2004 Warwick Anderson has been appointed Turell Professor of Medical History and Population Health and chair of the Department of Medical History and Bioethics.
July 2004 In July 2004, the History of Medicine Collections moved to the Ebling Library, a fantastic new facility in the Health Sciences Learning Center. This building now houses the historical collections previously located at the Middleton Health Sciences Library. Further details can be obtained from Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, Curator for History of Medicine – Historical …
May 2004 The Office of International Studies and Programs of the University of Wisconsin has awarded $30,000 to Richard Keller and co-PI Warwick Anderson for their project “Globalizing the Unconscious: Cross-Cultural Encounters with Colonial Psychoanalysis.”
April 2004 Judith Walzer Leavitt, the Ruth Bleier WARF professor of medical history, history of science and women’s studies, has received the 2003-2004 Hilldale Award in the Arts and Humanities Division from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The prestigious Hilldale Awards, which recognize excellence in teaching, research and service, are awarded annually to one professor in …