Six members of the Department of Chemistry were among the 13 individuals honored with College of Letters & Science staff awards for 2016-17. The awards are given annually to recognize staff contributions to the College …
Month: April 2017
UW2020 Funding Awarded to Two Chemistry Research and Infrastructure Projects
Two Department of Chemistry proposals were among the 21 selected for the latest round of UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative awards. The awards include eight infrastructure projects and 13 research projects that cross multiple divisions on campus. A …
Chemistry Graduate Students Take Top Honors at WARF Discovery Challenge
An approach for improving insulin secretion in mutant animals, more industry-relevant conditions for engineering studies and an in-depth look at protein folding have won Discovery Challenge Awards from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). The …
Zachary Wickens Will Join Department as Assistant Professor in 2018
In summer 2018, Dr. Zachary Wickens will join the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry as an assistant professor of chemistry. He is a National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow in the Eric Jacobsen research …
28 Chemistry-affiliated Students Will Participate in 2017 Undergraduate Symposium
Today’s Undergraduate Symposium will feature 28 outstanding undergraduate chemistry major researchers and undergraduate researchers working with chemistry faculty. The event will take place at Union South from noon to 4:45 p.m. This campus-wide symposium showcases the “creativity, …
Nanoscale Flowers Garner Cool Science Image Award
A nanoscale image of copper hydroxy sulfate ‘flowers’ created by chemistry graduate student Allison Cardiel is one of 10 images to be named a UW-Madison ‘Cool Science Image’ for 2017. A panel of eight experienced artists and …
Five Chemistry Graduate Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has been a part of graduate student Taylor Keding’s life as long as he can remember. His childhood favorite, Bill Nye the Science Guy on PBS, featured the NSF as a major …
Chemistry Major Lucas Oxtoby Earns Goldwater Scholarship
Three University of Wisconsin–Madison students will receive the esteemed Barry Goldwater Scholarship for undergraduate excellence in the sciences. Chemistry major Lucas Oxtoby, an undergraduate researcher in the Schomaker group, is among the three 2017 recipients. The honor …