This week lots of work has been done on the Mills Street side of the building. The south area well is essentially complete, and forms to contain concrete pours are being moved from the south …
Month: January 2019
Ediger wins a 2019 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
From news.wisc.edu Ten faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize the university’s finest educators. Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf will …
Construction Update 1/22/2019
Construction of our new instructional facility is now in full swing and a lot of workers are on the job. The photo below shows those who participated last Wednesday in the weekly safety meeting for …
Chemists get Crafty at Knit Night
Graduate school can be a stressful time, and many graduate students and postdocs in the Department of Chemistry have hobbies that they use to relieve the stress of experiments, paper submissions, and deadlines. A “Knit Night” event sponsored by the Graduate Student and Faculty Liaison Committee (GSFLC) sought to introduce students and postdocs to a new way of relaxing and relieving stress – knitting.
Construction Update 1/14/2019
A lot is happening on the Mills Street side of our building. Excavations for area wells outside the organic labs have been extended to the sub-basement level and the area wells are being enlarged to allow …
Construction Update 1/7/2019
Gross demolition began Wednesday, December 19 on the part of the Daniels wing that housed the library and lecture rooms. Demolition has proceeded smoothly, beginning with the portico (where the bike racks used to be), …
Construction Notice 1/2/2019
The chemistry loading dock will be completely inaccessible on Thurs Jan 3rd because of the installation of the storm sewer for the new building. In the meantime, occupants of Shain Tower should not attempt to …
Construction Update 1/2/2019
The chemistry loading dock will be completely inaccessible on Thurs Jan 3rd because of the installation of the storm sewer for the new building. In the meantime, occupants of Shain Tower should not attempt to …