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Germin8 Ventures Names Dr. Ashlie L. Burkart as Chief Scientific Officer February 4, 2021 CHICAGO – Feb. 3, 2021 – Germin8 Ventures, a purpose-driven venture capital firm backing the founders of technology companies transforming the food system as a means of solving global challenges, today announced the appointment of physician-scientist Dr. Ashlie L Burkart, MD as Chief Scientific Officer. Drawing upon her deep pathology and research background, Dr. Burkart will play a key role in extending Germin8’s scientific capabilities and actively supporting Germin8 portfolio companies.  As a d...

2021 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients announced January 21, 2021 Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize the university’s finest educators. A virtual recognition event will take place at 5 p.m. April 6. The event is open to the public and anyone wishing to join can contact the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty at admin@secfac.wisc.edu for information on how to attend. Watch for more information on this year’s honorees’ achievements in a future issue of Inside UW. The recipi...

Matthew F. Delmont, Prof. of Hist. Deborah K. King, Assoc. Prof. of Soc. Eng-Beng Lim, Assoc. Prof. of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Host and Moderator: Sonu Bedi, Prof. of Govt. Professors talk about their work on issues of race and racial justice and what frameworks, perspectives, methodologies they use to conduct their research and reach their conclusions, and why those frameworks are important. Sponsored by the Dept. of Govt, Cons. of Studies in Race, Migration & Sexuality (RMS), Ethics Inst, and Rockefeller Ctr. Kimberly J. Brown’s research and teaching gather at the intersecti...

Quaker Foundation teaching award nominations open The Times-Reporter The Quaker Foundation has opened nominations for its Dr. William J. and Mae Hurst Jackson Award for Distinguished Teaching at New Philadelphia City Schools. The award is an annual recognition of and incentive for superior teaching in the district. Two winners will be selected and each will receive an award of $6,000. Eligible teachers/educators must be currently active in the New Philadelphia classroom in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 or have direct day-to-day educational contact with students. They must also have taught...

Why I voted for Amy Coney Barrett Rob Portman This week, I was proud to vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the Supreme Court. She is an impressive person and a distinguished legal scholar who is well qualified for the job. In fact, the American Bar Association judges her to be “well qualified”, their highest rating. All of America got to see her demonstrate her deep knowledge of the law and her thoughtful, calm approach in the confirmation hearings. In the confirmation process, Judge Barrett received support across the board. As a law professor at Notre Dame Law School, s...