{"id":6819,"date":"2025-09-18T09:26:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/?page_id=6819"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:33:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:33:47","slug":"list-of-2025-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/awards-ceremonies\/employee-excellence-awards\/list-of-2025-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"List of 2025 Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faculty-distinguished-undergraduate-teaching-award\">Faculty Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presented by Thomas Gibson, Chancellor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><strong>Emily Middleton<\/strong><br>Assistant Professor<br>Department of Anthropology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faculty-distinguished-university-service-award\">Faculty Distinguished University Service Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presented by Thomas Gibson, Chancellor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><strong>John S. Heywood<\/strong><br>Distinguished Professor<br>Department of Economics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faculty-distinguished-public-service-award\">Faculty Distinguished Public Service Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presented by Thomas Gibson, Chancellor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><strong>Gabriella Pinter<\/strong><br>Professor<br>Department of Mathematical Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-uwm-office-of-research-uwm-foundation-research-award\">51ÁÔÆæ Office of Research\/51ÁÔÆæ Foundation Research Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presented by Kristian O&#8217;Connor, Associate Vice Provost for Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><strong>Ryan Newton<\/strong><br>Associate Professor<br>School of Freshwater Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yongjin Sung<\/strong><br>Associate Professor <br>Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-office-of-research-research-in-the-humanities-award\">Office of Research\/Research in the Humanities Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presented by Kristian O&#8217;Connor, Associate Vice Provost for Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><strong>Leslie J. 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