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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 …
A lot is happening on the Mills Street side of our building. Excavations for area wells outside the organic labs have been extended to the sub-basement level and the area wells are being enlarged to allow heavy equipment to be moved into the sub-basement. Footings have been poured for the south area well and forms …
Gross demolition began Wednesday, December 19 on the part of the Daniels wing that housed the library and lecture rooms. Demolition has proceeded smoothly, beginning with the portico (where the bike racks used to be), then the lobby area, and finally the lecture halls, library area, and north ends of labs on floors 1 and …
The chemistry loading dock will be completely inaccessible on Thurs Jan 3rd because of the installation of the storm sewer for the new building. In the meantime, occupants of Shain Tower should not attempt to exit the building from the door in the north Shain stair tower. The door opens into the driveway to the …
By Stephanie Blaszczyk Science Communicator & Graduate Student (Tang Group) UW–Madison students are unknowingly influenced by recent 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, Frances Arnold, thanks to four Ph.D. chemists and Arnold group alumni in the Madison area: Jeffrey Endelman (2005), Philip Romero (2012), and Andrew Buller (2017), all professors at UW–Madison, and Katie Brenner (2009) …
By Kaitlyn M. Moore Department Communications At the start of each fall semester, the Department of Chemistry welcomes incoming graduate students with the responsibility of choosing a research group — and creative posters have become the quintessential tool for lab group recruiting. According to Arrietta Clauss, graduate student services coordinator, this can be a demanding …
By Kaitlyn M. Moore, Department Communications Madison, WI – December 19, 2019– Each year, the Department of Chemistry chooses one outstanding staff or faculty member to honor with the James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award. This year’s recipient, senior lecturer Paul Hooker, was selected for his exceptional contributions to teaching in the chemistry department. …
New Faculty Focus: Andrew J. Boydston Katie Vaughn View original post here Title: Associate Professor and Yamamoto Family Professor of Chemistry Hometown: Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but grew up in Eugene, Oregon. I consider Eugene my hometown. Educational and professional background: I earned BS and MS degrees at the University of Oregon in Eugene. I worked with …
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 …