Matt Bowman, lecturer, and Stephen Block, assistant general chemistry lab director, have been awarded the 2015-16 Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award. There will be an award ceremony on Friday, December 11 at 3:30 p.m. in …
Month: November 2015
Reaching Out Across the Airwaves
During the 1960s Space Race, science bled into the news in a way that was fun and approachable for the American public. Now, UW-Madison chemistry graduate student Gregory Eyer hopes to help rekindle that spirit …
Then and Now
Big things start small When I first met Robert Hamers, he was 32 and one of the newest members of UW–Madison’s chemistry faculty. I was 26 and documenting his research in the newly evolving area …
Interdisciplinary Team Grows Functional Vocal Cord Tissue in the Lab
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have succeeded in growing functional vocal-cord tissue in the laboratory, a major step towards restoring a voice to people who have lost their vocal cords to cancer surgery or other injuries. …
Studying Vocal Cords
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have succeeded in growing functional vocal-cord tissue in the laboratory, a major step towards restoring a voice to people who have lost their vocal cords to cancer surgery or other injuries. …
Former UW-Madison Chemistry Professor Edward King Dies
Edward L. King, a former UW-Madison chemistry professor, died Aug. 17 in Boulder, Colo. at age 95. Born in 1920 in Grand Forks, N.D., King grew up in North Dakota, Minnesota, and other Midwestern cities …
Ilia Guzei featured in Wisconsin State Journal’s Blue Sky Science
The Wisconsin State Journal has featured director of crystallography at UW-Madison, Ilia Guzei, in a new piece, Blue Sky Science: How are crystals made? The segment opens up with nine-year old Abby Webb of Mineral …