The 2013 Undergraduate Symposium on Thursday, April 18, will feature about 15 outstanding undergraduate chemistry majors and researchers. The event will be held at Union South, primarily in Varsity Hall, from 12:30 to 5 p.m. …
Year: 2013
Six chosen for sabbaticals to advance Educational Innovation
Two Undergraduate Chemistry Majors Receive Goldwater Scholarships
In 1986, Congress established the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship program in honor of Goldwater’s 30 years of service in the U.S. Senate. Today, the program recognizes students who demonstrate significant promise in the sciences or …
Ilia Guzei Receives Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research
The 2013 Academic Staff Excellence Awards honor staff members representing a broad spectrum of fields and duties at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ten individuals have been selected to receive recognition for their achievements in leadership, …
Staff Members Betty Harwood and Chad Wilkinson Win College of Letters & Science Awards
Despite tough competition for the awards, chemistry staff members continually earn college- and university-wide recognition. In November, Betty Harwood, who is a human resources assistant for the department, won a 2012-13 Classified Staff Award from …
12 Chemistry Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Each year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awards graduate research fellowships to outstanding graduate students in order to “help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States.” The …
Graduate Student Audrey Forticaux Wins 2013 UW-Madison Cool Science Image
Drawn from a record number of entries, 10 pictures at the intersection of art and science have been chosen as winners of the 2013 UW-Madison Cool Science Image contest. The winning entries — chosen from …
Design Phase of Chemistry Building Project Approved
The State of Wisconsin Building Commission voted last week to recommend that UW-Madison move forward with the design phase of the chemistry instructional building project. Although this recommendation does not include a formal commitment to …
Professor Randall Goldsmith Receives NSF CAREER Award for Single-Molecule Research
Assistant Professor Randall Goldsmith recently received a 5-year, $630,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry for “Single-Molecule Spectroscopy as a Mechanistic Tool for Studying Catalyst Reaction …
Howard Zimmerman: A Defining Influence on Organic Chemistry
March 1 Issue of Journal of Organic Chemistry Honors Former Chemistry Professor Within the Department of Chemistry at UW-Madison, the late Professor Emeritus Howard Zimmerman (1926-2012) was widely known for two things: his pioneering research …