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By Tatum Lyles Flick Communications Specialist Norman Craig, an emeritus physical chemist from Oberlin College in Ohio, didn’t realize the profound effect he had on the career of Helen Blackwell, a chemist and professor at the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry, until she called one day to ask his permission to honor him by using his …
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Dear Alumni & Friends I am excited to bring you the 62nd issue of Badger Chemist, as we explore the many connections of art and science, and how those links can open eyes to the importance of scientific advances and discovery. In this issue, you’ll meet a new group of Badger Chemist graduates, who head …
New Tower. There has been more snow and more cold weather, but construction of the tower is moving ahead rapidly, nevertheless. All concrete for the first floor has now been poured, with the last section completed Thursday. On Friday afternoon it was toasty warm in the plastic-enclosed area below the fresh concrete and, when the insulating …
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New Tower. Despite the snow, melting snow, and cold weather, a lot of work has been done on the tower this past week. Last Thursday concrete was poured for the second-floor area that will become our new Information Commons (library). There was some concern that the weather might be too cold for the concrete to …
Next week will bring a significant change to the traffic pattern around the chemistry complex. A portion of Mills St will be completely closed until summer 2020. The construction team needs to place a large crane in Mills Street, between University Ave and Conklin Ct. The crane is needed for the construction of the tower …
The driveway to the chemistry loading dock will be inaccessible on Thu Nov 7th and Mon Nov 11th. On Thursday, a concrete pump truck will be used to pour a portion of the floor slab for the second floor. On Monday, construction crews will be using a conveyer system to back-fill around the foundation walls on the …
New Tower. The loading dock was closed on Tuesday and Wednesday last week for backfilling of gravel around the sub-basement and basement walls. Unfortunately, weather has slowed installation of waterproofing and insulation on the upper part of these walls. Our Halloween snowstorm has left heavy wet snow around the tops of these walls, water is …
The driveway to the chemistry loading dock will be inaccessible on Tue Nov 5th and Thu Nov 7th. On Tuesday, construction crews will be using a conveyer system to back-fill around the foundation walls on the west half of the new tower. On Thursday, a concrete pump truck will be used to pour a portion …