On Dec. 14, the State of Wisconsin Building Commission approved a key design report and granted the authority to construct the Chemistry Building Project. Following months of planning and design work, the university submitted for …
Year: 2016
Undergraduate Office Welcomes Jessica Baran
Jessica Baran (jlbaran@wisc.edu) has joined the Undergraduate Chemistry Office as an Undergraduate Services Specialist. Jessica graduated from UW-Eau Claire in 2015 with Bachelor of Business Administration in Management, and with certificates in Organizational Communication and …
Novel Catalysts Improve Path to More Sustainable Plastics Production
The second most-produced organic chemical in the world, propene is a key component of plastics found in consumer goods such as electronics, clothing and food packaging. For years, oil refineries have produced an abundance of …
Freshman Dahlia Tesfamichael Reflects on Becoming a Badger
Dahlia Tesfamichael, who turned down Harvard to attend UW-Madison, discusses making tough choices, pursuing chemistry and looking forward to a bright future. I was born and I grew up right outside of Milwaukee in Greenfield, Wisconsin. …
Chemical & Engineering News Recognizes Professors’ Startup Company
Madison-based company Silatronix is among Chemical & Engineering News’ ‘10 ‘Start-ups to Watch’ for 2016. Professor Robert Hamers and Professor Emeritus Robert West founded the company in 2007 to develop better organosilicon solvents for batteries. …
Undergraduate Office Welcomes Erynn Zweifel
Erynn Zweifel (ezweifel@wisc.edu) has joined the Undergraduate Chemistry Office as an undergraduate services specialist. Erynn graduated from UW-Madison in 2015 with a major in mathematics. Before coming to UW-Madison, he studied at UW-Rock County, where …
Beyond genes: Protein atlas scores nitrogen fixing duet
Scientific Glassblowing Lights Up Intersection of Art, History, Science
On September 24, red-hot demonstrations of scientific glassblowing at UW-Madison drew a standing-room-only crowd to the meeting of the American Scientific Glassblowers Society (ASGS) Midwest Section. Open to the public, the meeting, hosted by the UW-Madison Glass Lab, showcased the bending …
Chemistry in the Spotlight at the Wisconsin Science Festival
From arcade games to storytelling to stargazing, the 2016 Wisconsin Science Festival will feature something for everyone across 200-plus events Oct. 20-23. Now in its sixth year, the festival continues to grow, with activities spanning …