University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: July 2019

Notice 7/31/2019: Loading Dock Closure

The closure of the chemistry loading dock, originally scheduled for 4:00am – 10:30am on Wed July 31st, has been rescheduled for 4:15am – 11:00am on Thurs Aug 1st. – Bob McMahon

Construction Update 07/23/2019

New Tower.  During the past two weeks concrete has been poured in the sub-basement level for some of the columns that will hold the weight of the nine floors above. Concrete has also been poured for the sub-basement part of the walls of the elevator shafts, and concrete walls have been poured on two sides …

Department welcomes Jeff Martell, Assistant Professor

Jeff Martell arrived at UW-Madison May 20, from a postdoctoral researcher position with Jeff Long at UC Berkeley’s Miller Institute. His group currently includes two first-year Ph.D. students, Edward Pimentel and Mario Cribari. Martell received his B.A. in chemistry and mathematics from Northwestern University in 2009 and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute …

Construction Update 07/08/2019

New Tower.  Because of the holiday, last week was a three-day work week, so there is less to report than usual. Work continues in the sub-basement and on the trusses that were installed last week at the University Avenue and Mills Street corner of the excavation. A major operation was pouring concrete for the foundations …

Construction Update 07/01/2019

New Tower.  A second set of trusses, each weighing about 73,500 pounds, has been successfully installed. These trusses span the 250-seat lecture room and will support the weight of eight stories of the northeast corner of the building, including the advanced synthesis lab on the sixth floor, the undergraduate research projects lab on the seventh …

Department welcomes Sam Pazicni, Assistant Professor

On July 1, chemist and educator Sam Pazicni, joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry from his faculty position as associate professor of chemistry at the University of New Hampshire. Pazicni received his B.A. in chemistry and music in 2001 from Washington and Jefferson College, his M.S. in chemistry in 2003, and his Ph.D. …