From the frumpish mug of an oyster toadfish to delicate crystalline “flowers” of cobalt pyrite, 12 winners of the 2014 University of Wisconsin-Madison Cool Science Image contest were announced on March 25. Ten still images …
Month: March 2014
Professor Frank Keutsch Receives Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award
Professor Frank Keutsch was recently awarded the Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The award recognizes exceptional scholarly accomplishments and provides recipients with one year of flexible research support, funded by the …
May 17 Celebration Symposium Honors Professor Hans Reich
On May 17, the Department of Chemistry will host a special symposium and retirement celebration in honor of Professor Hans Reich. The day will include lectures and presentations, as well as an evening banquet with …
Chemistry Graduate Program Ranked Highly by U.S. News & World Report
Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi Named Associate Editor for Chemistry of Materials
Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi is joining the editing team at Chemistry of Materials as a new associate editor. Choi began her academic career at Purdue University and joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in …
Professor Qiang Cui Wins Vilas Associate Fellowship
Professor Qiang Cui is among the 26 recent faculty winners of the Vilas Associates competition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Vilas award provides flexible research support for two years, and recipients are chosen on the …
Simulations in the Classroom—Computational Chemistry Makes a Lasting Impression
“Today, the computer is just as important a tool for chemists as a test tube,” the Royal Swedish Academy said in recognizing computational chemists Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel as the 2013 Nobel …