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Watch Professor Bassam Shakhashiri’s 50th anniversary presentation of Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri: Tue, Dec 24 at 5:00 am on PBS Wisconsin Wed, Dec 25 at 11:00 am on PBS Wisconsin or online here.
By Aaron R. Conklin L&S Communication First published here. Stephanie Blaszczyk can trace the origin of her current career trajectory straight back to her mother. But not quite in the way you’d expect. Like a lot of moms, Blaszczyk’s deployed her fair share of eye-rolling mom-isms to guide her children’s behavior, such as telling Stephanie that …
By Kaylie Greuel Department Communications Microscopes and spectrometers aren’t the only instruments used within the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry. Professor John Berry is dedicated to his scientific research at UW-Madison, but also has a passion for musical performance and composition. Berry, an avid violinist and violist, also leads a research group studying transition …
By Tatum Lyles Flick Communications Specialist Scientists spend countless hours at the lab bench, scrutinizing data, and working to solve problems and uncover new information. These often complicated topics can be challenging to share outside of the scientific community, but a chemist/artist team has discovered that creativity may be the key. “Where does environment begin …
By Tatum Lyles Flick Communications Specialist Shedeen Barnett, a scientific glassblower from Jamaica, spent six weeks training with the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry’s master glassblower, Tracy Drier, and his colleague from Wild Rose Glass, Erich Moraine. Barnett, from the Department of Chemistry at the University of the West Indies, is the only scientific glassblower in …
By John Moore and Bob McMahon Project Leaders We have come a long way since groundbreaking in September 2018, but there is more to do before construction and renovation are completed in 2022. A great team of architects and engineers, construction companies, university and system administrators, and state government workers are helping us build state-of-the-art …
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 …