Special Honors and Awards
Recent awards, recognition, and appointments.
April 2013
From the Division of Academic Affairs
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Leah Leone (FICL), selected to serve on the American Literary Translators Association Board of Directors. |
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Rebecca Dunham (English) wins $10,000 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry. |
March 2013
From the Division of Academic Affairs
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Ellen Amster (History) elected to American Institute of Maghrib Studies board of directors. |
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Dave Clark (English), wins 2013 Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication. |
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Kristopher Thomas (Ph.D. student, Administrative Leadership) wins AHRDCutting Edge Award for his workplace technology research. |
December 2012
From the Division of Academic Affairs
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Inova director Sara Krajewski wins Warhol fellowship (JSOnline) |
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Chris Cornelius (SARUP) wins Richard B. Ferrier Prize for Best Physical Delineation in the 2012 Ken Roberts Architectural Delineation Competition. |
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Book by Michael Newman and Elana Levine(Journalism & Media Studies) wins Best Book award from division of National Communication Association. |
November 26, 2012
From the Division of Academic Affairs
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Chris Cornelius (SARUP) wins Richard B. Ferrier Prize for Best Physical Delineation in the 2012 Ken Roberts Architectural Delineation Competition. |
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Book by Michael Newman and Elana Levine (Journalism & Media Studies) wins Best Book award from division of National Communication Association. |
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Work of Clark Evans (Atmospheric Science) featured on PBS program NOVA about Superstorm Sandy. |
November 19, 2012
From the Division of Academic Affairs
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Rebecca Klaper, (Freshwater Sciences). Research on effects of pharmaceuticals on aquatic species featured Nature article. |
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CEAS graduate student research team (led by Carlton Reeves), finishes third in 2012 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition student design competition |
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Chris Yingchun Yuan (Mechanical Engineering) named 2013 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer by Society of Manufacturing Engineers. |
August 13, 2012
From the Division of Academic Affairs
Amanda Seligman, History, who has just been awarded the best article prize from the Urban History Association for her article, “ ‘But Burn—No’: The Rest of the Crowd in Three Civil Disorders in 1960s Chicago.”
Urban planning graduate students Craig Huebner (M.Arch/MUP 2012), Kristin Rei chart (M.Arch/MUP 2011, Jeff Worthen (MUP 2011) and Devin Yoder (MUP 2011), who won a 2012 APA Wisconsin Award for their Applied Planning Workshop project "Envisioning a New Haymarket". Also, SARUP students Andrew Coenen, March 2012, and Connor Fischer, March 2013, who were selected as an Honorable Mention in the 2011-2012 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition for their IP_BIM Studio project Cartesia: Bridging Pertinent Space.
English Professor Kimberly Blaeser, who is on the cover of the summer edition of Wisconsin People and Ideas. She is a Native American writer, teacher, activist, and mentor with an international reputation in the Native literary arts. She was one of the leaders responsible for bringing "A Gathering of Words at the Gathering of the Waters" to Milwaukee from September 5 to 9. This Native writers' festival, known as Returning the Gift (RTG), will celebrate its twentieth year in our home town with a full schedule of public events.
The Class of 2012 graduates of the UWM Doctor of Physical Therapy program, who have achieved a 100% first-time pass rate on the FSBPT licensing examination. A special thank you to the faculty and program associates in Health Sciences whose dedication to supporting student success is evident in so many ways.
Matthew Lee, Art and Design, whose essay, “One Piece at a Time: ‘Cow Herd at Lake Starnberg,’ ” was published in Third Coast Digest. This is the latest in the series of essays written by Art and Design graduate students in the "One Piece at a Time" series about artworks in the permanent collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum.
The faculty and staff in the UWM Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program, which has recently been granted the distinction of membership in the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science. The Academy is designed to recognize clinical psychology programs with "strong commitments to, and established records of, successful clinical science." This is recognition of the extremely high caliber of our faculty, and places the program in prestigious company.
February 28, 2012
Jeansonne's new book on Hoover
The Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933, written by Professor of History Glen Jeansonne is due out March 13. Text from the publisher: "This is the first definitive study of the presidency of America's least understood, most neglected and most under-appreciated Chief Executive."
February 25, 2012
Banerjee's first book honored
Professor of English Sukanya Banerjee has been awarded the Sonya Rudikoff Prize for the best first book in Victorian studies for her 2010 work, Becoming Imperial Citizens: Indians in the Late Victorian Empire (Duke University Press).
July 18, 2011
UWM Research Foundation names Bradley Catalyst Grant awardees
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Chris Yingchun Yuan Mechanical Engineering |
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Changsoo Kim Materials Engineering |
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Shangping Xu Geosciences |
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Adel Nasiri Electrical Engineering |
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Ching-Hong Yang Biological Sciences |
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Peter Geissinger Physical Chemistry |
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Junhong Chen Mechanical Engineering |
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Zhen He Civil Engineering and Mechanics |
June 2011
UWM research recognition awardees
Graduate School/UWM Foundation Research Awards
Margaret L. Fraiser, Geosciences
Peter Geissinger, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Marius Schmidt, Physics
Rebecca Klaper, Freshwater Sciences
Andrea Westlund, Philosophy
UWM Research Foundation Senior Faculty Awards
Dennis Bennett, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Patrick Brady, Physics
Sandra Braman, Communication
John Isbell, Geosciences
Research in the Humanities Award
Jasmine Alinder, History
Sukanya Banerjee,
English
June 27, 2011
Kudos from the Division of Academic Affairs
- Paula M. Rhyner, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research in the College of Health Sciences and Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, who has been elected a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). ASHA is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for its 145,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Fellowship is one of the highest forms of recognition given by ASHA of an individual's accomplishments and outstanding professional achievements. Paula will be recognized formally with other newly elected ASHA Fellows at the 2011 ASHA Convention in San Diego, CA in November.
- Carolyn Aita, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, for being named a UWM Distinguished Professor, beginning this fall. She is also a Wisconsin Distinguished Professor. Both recognitions honor Carolyn's international standing in materials processing and nanotechnology research.
- The Economics Bulletin publication recently ranked the UWM Economics Department 28th in the list of Top 100 programs worldwide in international finance. UWM Distinguished Professor Mohsen Bahmani was also ranked the 20th top author in international finance based on publications from 1996-2005.
- The UWM faculty and staff who were awarded support grants from the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity: Susan D. Lamborn, Educational Psychology; Laurie Marks, Center for Volunteerism & Student Leadership; Shannon Chavez-Korell, Educational Psychology; Chia Youyee Vang, History; and Robert Longwell-Grice, School of Education. The grants are intended to support scholarly research, curriculum development, or campus activities related to race, ethnicity, diversity, inclusivity, and/or equity.
- Professor Doug Woods and graduate student Flint Espil, who discussed their treatment for Tourette Syndrome on "Need to Know," a nationally syndicated PBS program. This exceptional video (aired on June 17) captures their work with 12-year-old Austin Hobbs using comprehensive behavior intervention for Tourette's (CBIT), a treatment developed and tested at UWM.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/health/gaining-control-over-tourettes-syndrome/9924/ - All of the UWM faculty and staff who developed and ran the Wisconsin Regional ROV (remotely operated vehicle--underwater robot] Competition, including Thomas Consi, School of Freshwater Sciences & Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Caroline Joyce, School of Continuing Education. Many UWM CEAS recent alumni have been involved as judges and helpers and the event was held in the Klotsche pool. This year's regional winner, Ozaukee County High School, placed 2nd in the recent International ROV Competition at the Johnson Space Center in Houston TX. This is a wonderful achievement: the International ROV Competition is one of the premier marine engineering competitions involving hundreds of high schools and colleges. The challenge (building and running an ROV to simulate capping an underwater oil well) was difficult and the competition was stiff. This is an outstanding example of UWM's outreach to the community to encourage STEM education in general, and engineering education in particular. For more information, see
http://www.materover.org/main/ - Three School of Continuing Education staff who have received news of funded grant proposals. Liz Sutton's initiative, "Closing the Achievement Gap" for PantherPath Academy, is being funded by the UWS Office of Equity and Diversity. UW-Extension is funding two Innovation Grants. The first is "The African Diaspora Project – Math Literacy Leadership Program" submitted by Paulette Bangura and the second is the "Career Planning for Hispanic Professionals" a collaboration with the Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee proposed by Yolanda White.
June 13, 2011
Kudos from the Division of Academic Affairs
- Elizabeth Drame, Associate Professor in Exceptional Education in the School of Education, who recently received a 2011-2012 Fulbright Scholar award to conduct research on the lived experiences of individuals with disabilities across the lifespan in Senegal. She will work with a school for children with significant disabilities and an organization that recognizes adult artists with disabilities. Her work will inform local and national policies and practices regarding full societal participation and inclusion of individuals with disabilities in Senegal.
May 16, 2011
Kudos from the Division of Academic Affairs
- Michael Fendrich (Social Work) has received a new appointment as a Wisconsin Distinguished Professor for a five-year term, and Pradeep Rohatgi (Materials Engineering) has been reappointed as a Wisconsin Distinguished Professor for a renewed term of five years.
- College of Health Sciences Dean Chukuka Enwemeka's research contributions have been honored by the North American Association for Laser Therapy (NAALT), which has established the "Chukuka Enwemeka Award for Excellence in Photomedicine" in his name.
May 9, 2011
Kudos from the Division of Academic Affairs
- The faculty members who have received Center for 21st Century Studies residential fellowships for 2011-12, in conjunction with its theme *What is 21st Century Studies?*:
- Rachel Buff (History)
- Rebecca Dunham (English)
- Barbara Ley (Journalism & Mass Communication)
- Michael Newman (Journalism & Mass Communication)
- Nathaniel Stern (Art & Design)
- Kristin Sziarko (Geography)
- Heather Warren-Crow (Art & Design)
- Sandra Braman, Professor in the Department of Communication, who is editor of the new Information Policy Book Series with MIT Press. The series will publish scholarly works on legal and policy issues involving information, communication, and culture. Her co-editor is Paul Jaeger of the University of Maryland.
- Hemant Jain and colleagues in the Lubar School of Business, for organizing the successful Design Science Research in Information Systems international conference in Milwaukee last week. About 60 participants from all over the world attended the conference. The goal of the design science research paradigm is to extend the boundaries of human and organizational capabilities by designing new and innovative constructs, models, methods, processes, and systems. More details are at http://www.desrist2011.uwm.edu.
May 2, 2011
Kudos from the Division of Academic Affairs
- Pradeep K. Rohatgi (State of Wisconsin and UWM Distinguished Professor), who was elected to the Fellowship of SAE International and received the Fellow Award on April 12, 2011 in Detroit for his research and leadership in developing lightweight composites for transportation industry.
- The Department of Philosophy, which has had an outstanding year of placing graduates in prominent Ph.D. programs - including Yale, Stanford, Northwestern, the University of Pennsylvania, and Ohio State University.
- College of Letters and Science senior Megan Corby, who was one of the other 3 System students to receive the Sixth Annual UW System Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Award. Her essay was titled, "I Chose Well." So UWM had two of the three winners!
Jeffrey Merrick receives the 2011 Dr. PB Poorman Award, a UW System honor recognizing excellence in advocacy, research, teaching, and service on behalf of LGBTQ communities. (March 2011)- Patrick Brady named a fellow of the American Physical Society. (December 2010)
- Rhonda Montgomery receives Rosalynn Carter Leadership in Caregiving Award for her TCARE work. (November 2010)
- Norma Lang receives Living Legend award from the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). (November 2010)
- Patrick Bellegarde-Smith earns Lifetime Achievement Award from Haitian Studies Association. (November 2010)
- Xavier Siemens wins two major NSF awards for work to detect gravitational waves. (November 2010)
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Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee (economics), Erik Christensen (civil engineering), and Mark Schwartz (geography) named UWM Distinguished Professors. (September 2010)