Eleven faculty have been honored with Kellett Mid-Career Awards to support those promoted to tenured positions seven to 20 years ago and who have made key research contributions in their fields. The award, named for the late William R. Kellett, a former president of the WARF board of trustees and president of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, provides …

By Isa Dempsey Hayde Jerry Yin, professor of Medical Genetics and Neurology, has played a large role in uncovering the historical relations between UW–Madison and China. From 2015 to 2020, Yin was the director of the Wisconsin China Initiative, where he, his wife Hong Zhou, and the director of the Center for East Asian Studies …

Albert (Al) Ellingboe, professor emeritus in the Departments of Plant Pathology and Genetics, died on April 10th. Al was born on his family farm in Lakeville, MN. He stayed in Minnesota, where he received bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in Plant Pathology. He completed a postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University and joined the faculty at Michigan …

Dr. Justin Wolter, assistant professor in the Department of Genetics, received the Wisconsin Partnership Program New Investigator Award for his work in determining the mechanisms by which common genetic variation affects molecular and cellular traits in macrocephalic autism. This award is designed to foster the development of early-career UW School of Medicine and Public Health …