The 1848 land-grant flagship on Lake Mendota, home of the Wisconsin Idea that the university's boundaries are the boundaries of the state.
9 professors and academic leaders celebrated so far, cited on every card. A small, growing selection, not a roster of the faculty. In pursuit of every professor, everywhere.
Interim Chancellor
Office of the Chancellor
Thank you for answering the call to lead UW-Madison as interim chancellor, and for the decades of radio astronomy and generous mentorship that made you the steady hand Badgers trust.
John D. MacArthur Professor of Mathematics and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Department of Mathematics
Thank you for proving in How Not to Be Wrong and Shape that serious mathematics belongs to everyone, and for the number theory that keeps Madison at the center of the field.
William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry; Founder and Director, Center for Healthy Minds
Department of Psychology and Department of Psychiatry
Thank you for four decades of rigorous neuroscience showing that well-being is a skill that can be trained, and for building the Center for Healthy Minds to teach it to the world.
Founding Dean, College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence; Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Computer Sciences
Department of Computer Sciences
Thank you for giving Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces to the world for free, downloaded millions of times a year, and for building Wisconsin's new College of Computing and AI as its founding dean.
Merle Curti and Vilas-Borghesi Distinguished Achievement Professor of History
Department of History
Thank you for American Nietzsche and The Ideas That Made America, and for treating the history of American thought with such care, clarity, and craft.
Emeritus Professor, Department of History
Department of History
Thank you for Changes in the Land and Nature's Metropolis, which taught generations that the story of America is inseparable from the story of its land.
Carol Skornicka Chair Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Thank you for label-free optical imaging that lets researchers and clinicians watch living cells at work, bringing photonics to the front line of cancer care.
Baldovin-DaPra Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Thank you for optimization tools that make chemical plants, power grids, and supply chains run cleaner and smarter, and for teaching a generation of engineers to think in systems.
Philip D. Reed Professor Emerit of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Thank you for pioneering microwave imaging for breast cancer detection and for decades of championing engineering education and mentorship at Wisconsin.
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A celebration of the faculty and academic leaders of University of Wisconsin-Madison, assembled entirely from public information as an act of credit and gratitude. It is not a claim of endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, or partnership by anyone featured or by the university. Every person is real and publicly documented, with a cited source of truth on their card; we never invent a person or a claim, and we prize accuracy over speed. Anyone featured can ask to be updated or removed at any time. Names and marks belong to their owners.