An Ever-Growing Collection of News, Features & Achievements
It is exciting to approach another milestone in progress toward our new facility. This week we are ready for gross demolition and almost ready to regain access to the old driveway to the loading dock. There also will be a one-day outage of lab drains in the Daniels wing to enable rerouting of lab-waste pipes. …
From the UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Ph.D. alumnus Laurens “Andy” Anderson died on Nov. 6, 2018 at the age of 98. He was a faculty member in the department for 35 years, known as a world-renowned expert on carbohydrate chemistry and nomenclature. Anderson was born in South Dakota …
A lot will be happening on our new building this week. The wall separating us from the demolition/construction zone will be completed, demolition of the north end of Daniels will begin, and access to the loading dock via the normal driveway will be restored, but for deliveries only. Gross demolition begins later this week and …
By Tatum Lyles Flick Department of Chemistry Communications Specialist Abridged version of this article published here. Hidden in the salt spray from waves crashing on the beach are clues to our planet’s future. Chemists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are turning to where the ocean meets the sky to study how our past, present and …
The Wisconsin Alumni Association gave Badger Insider readers the opportunity to thank their former professors, which they did with interesting stories and explanations of how some of these professors changed how they viewed learning and different subjects. Read the letters here.
Alpha Chi Sigma, a professional co-ed chemistry, sold succulents in the Chem Building Atrium Monday to help the Madison Metropolitan School District purchase science supplies. For $7, those who donated received a succulent planted in a 400mL glass chemistry beaker. Pictured above, from left: Herbert Durfee IV, material science and engineering; Julie Wessel, microbiology; Yochana Kencherla, …
Progress has been made on construction of the permanent concrete masonry wall that will separate the north end of Daniels from demolition and construction. The wall, which will be permanent, will be waterproofed and insulated. Once it is complete the temperatures in the corridors at the north ends of the first and second floors should …
The heated restroom trailer outside the south exits from Daniels basement is now in operation. This clean, warm trailer is for UW–Madison students, staff, and faculty, to avoid crowding in the restrooms inside Daniels. It is not for use by construction personnel. As the photos below show, our building is surrounded by construction zones on …
These weekly construction updates are now available directly from the home page of the department website as well as appearing in the department newsletter and its online archive (http://chem.wisc.edu/newsletter). You can go directly to the construction updates at this URL: https://badgerchemist.chem.wisc.edu/weekly-updates/. Last Thursday afternoon the large restrooms at the north end of the first floor …
Today (Monday, October 29) occupants of Shain Tower are asked to be on a fire watch’: the fire sprinkler system will not be operable. Consider postponing any particularly hazardous procedures and be alert for fires. This is a consequence of repair of a water main that serves Shain tower. Water supply to labs, restrooms, etc. in …