Three UW-Madison scholars have been selected for induction into the 2012 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies.
Among other goals, the Academy promotes service and study by analyzing critical social and intellectual issues as well as engaging with the public to exchange ideas. It elects members who are leaders in academic disciplines including the arts, business and public affairs.
The three UW inductees are Behavioral and Neural Science Professor Robert Fettiplace, Medical Microbiology and Immunology Professor Margaret J. McFall-Ngai, and History Professor Steve Stern.
Fettiplace is renowned for his research to help prevent deafness caused by malfunctioning hair cells in the inner ear. McFall-Ngai preformed groundbraking research on bacterial relationships. Stern is a prize-winning historian, known for his research that focuses on human rights after the 20th century wars in Chile, known as the “dirty wars.”
