Month: October 2012
Alumnus Carl Djerassi Will Present a Reading of “Insufficiency” on Oct. 26
On Friday, Oct. 26, the Department of Chemistry will present a reading of “Insufficiency,” a work of award-winning chemist, playwright, poet, and Wisconsin Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Carl Djerassi. Djerassi is the author …
Center gets small to study nanoparticles in environment
Professor Laura Kiessling Wins ACS Claude S. Hudson Award
The Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry of the American Chemical Society (ACS) recently awarded the 2013 Claude S. Hudson Award to Laura Kiessling, professor of chemistry and biochemistry. The Hudson Award was established in 1946 to …
Chemistry Opportunities (CHOPs) to Welcome Select Prospective Graduate Students to Madison Oct. 11-13
On Oct. 11, a select group of prospective graduate students will arrive in Madison for the first Chemistry Opportunities (CHOPs) preview weekend. During the program, participants will interact with faculty, staff, and current graduate students …
Keutsch Group Participates in Zeppelin-based Field Campaign in Europe
This summer, Professor Frank Keutsch, third-year graduate students Jen Kaiser and Kate Skog, and former postdoctoral fellow Glenn Wolfe relocated to Europe to conduct field research. These members of the Keutsch group in the Department …
Professor Hamers and Colleagues Named Finalists in Inaugural WARF Innovation Awards
This year, through the WARF Innovation Awards program, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) began honoring inventors for the year’s most exceptional UW-Madison inventions. Chemistry Professor Bob Hamers, along with colleagues Di Zhu, a graduate …