UW–Madison names 2026 Hilldale Award winners

Each year, the faculty divisions at the University of Wisconsin–Madison present the Hilldale Awards to four faculty members in recognition of their outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and service.

Recipients are chosen from nominations submitted by department chairs and represent four areas: the arts and humanities, biological sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. This year’s honorees will be recognized at the Faculty Senate meeting on April 6.

The 2026 Hilldale Award winners were announced on March 25. They are:

• Mimmi Fulmer, arts and humanities — professor of voice and opera at the Mead Witter School of Music.
• Ellen Wald, biological sciences — professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine and Public Health.
• Miron Livny, physical sciences — chief technology officer at the Morgridge Institute for Research and professor of computer sciences.
• Jon Pevehouse, social sciences — Mary Herman Rubinstein Professor of International Relations and Political Methodology in the College of Letters & Science.