An Ever-Growing Collection of News, Features & Achievements
By Kaitlyn M. Moore, Department Communications May 21, 2019, Madison, WI — At the end of April, the winners of the 2018 Wisconsin Crystal Growing Competition (WICGC) had the opportunity to visit the Kennedy Space Center and ISS US National Lab in Cape Canaveral, Florida to take part in the 2018-19 Wisconsin Space Crystal Mission. …
By Josephine Eshon Science Communicator & Graduate Student (Schomaker Group) Who knew chemists could make all the colors in the rainbow by changing a single parameter? Now students can rediscover their childhood fascination through a new undergraduate inorganic chemistry laboratory experiment that emerged as a way to access all of the colors in the rainbow. …
By Caraline Pham Department Communications The Department of Chemistry celebrated more than 100 undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty and staff members, at the 2019 Student Award Ceremony on April 26. Thanks to generous donors, the department was able to offer more than $290,000 in awards to aide student education and research. In …
April 15, 2019 By Terry Devitt For news media DNA and the genome, we know, provide the blueprint for life. But it is the proteins made according to the genome’s instructions that are the nuts and bolts of living organisms, providing the molecular building blocks for all cells and that are critical targets for therapy. There are many …
By Caraline Pham Department Communications Happy April! As we kick off the first day of the new month, we are looking ahead to an exciting day, not only for the Department of Chemistry, but for the University as a whole. April 9th is the University’s day of giving The Day of the Badger. The Day …
By Kaitlyn M. Moore Department Communications The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s master glassblower, Tracy Drier, is displaying his craft at the Madison Children’s Museum in an exhibit titled The Crossroads of Art & Science. The exhibit, on display through summer, is a compilation of glassware that Drier has made over time, each separate piece taking anywhere from …
By Stephanie Blaszczyk Science Communicator & Graduate Student (Tang Group) Additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3D printing, has revolutionized the fields of healthcare, biomedical engineering, manufacturing and art design. Surprisingly, breakthroughs in these areas have succeeded, despite the general limitation that most 3D printing techniques can only produce parts made of one material at a …
By Eric Hamilton “I think I’m one of the worst people to teach organic chemistry,” jokes Matt Bowman, who has guided some 3,500 students through the demanding course at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “Because I’ve never had to study for organic chemistry in my life.” Bowman sailed through his own organic chemistry classes in college, …
By Jordan E. Nutting Graduate Student, Stahl Group Graduate school can be a stressful time, and many graduate students and postdocs in the Department of Chemistry have hobbies that they use to relieve the stress of experiments, paper submissions, and deadlines. A “Knit Night” event sponsored by the Graduate Student and Faculty Liaison Committee (GSFLC) sought to …
By Kaitlyn M. Moore Department Communcations Madison, WI – January 7, 2019– Calling all Wisconsin high school and middle school students and science teachers! Registration for the 2019 Wisconsin Crystal Growing Competition (WICGC), organized by the Molecular Structure Laboratory at UW–Madison’s Department of Chemistry, opens Tuesday, January 15! Grow crystals and create crystal-inspired art to compete for the …