Year: 2019
Graduate student explores art of science communication
New Chemistry Tower Grows More Every Day
Construction workers install the second of two main trusses that will support the building above the larger lecture room and learning studio. [Photo by Prof. John Moore] By John Moore and Bob McMahon Project Leaders …
Construction Update 11/06/2019
The driveway to the chemistry loading dock will be inaccessible on Thu Nov 7th and Mon Nov 11th. On Thursday, a concrete pump truck will be used to pour a portion of the floor slab …
Construction Update 11/04/2019
New Tower. The loading dock was closed on Tuesday and Wednesday last week for backfilling of gravel around the sub-basement and basement walls. Unfortunately, weather has slowed installation of waterproofing and insulation on the upper …
Construction Update 11/01/2019
The construction team needs to make a brief shutdown to the natural gas service to the Daniels wing – TODAY – Fri Nov 1st. The outage will commence at approximately 10:00 am and lasts approximately …
Construction Update 10/28/2019
New Tower. The tower is now rising above ground level and preparations are being made for pouring concrete for the part of the second floor that will become the new information commons (library). Much shoring …
Construction Update 10/23/2019
The driveway to the chemistry loading dock will be inaccessible on Tue Oct 29th and Wed Oct 30th. Construction crews will be using a conveyor system to back-fill around the foundation walls on the west …
Construction Update 10/21/2019
New Tower. There was a lot of activity in the new tower last week. We now have additional concrete floors and extensions of concrete columns above the basement and first-floor levels, concrete walls up …
UW-Madison chemist works to develop new bioengineering strategy
Andrew Buller, professor of chemistry at UW-Madison, is working to develop methods to create new protein building blocks in living systems. This chemical research, recently recognized with a $2.2 …