New Tower. Inside the new tower heating/cooling ducts, plumbing pipes, and electrical conduits continue to be installed. The temporary air conditioner/dehumidifier installed along Mills Street has allowed installation of significant quantities of drywall, which is …
Month: August 2020
Q-Next Collaboration Awarded National Quantum Initiative Funding
The University of Wisconsin–Madison solidified its standing as a leader in the field of quantum information science when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the White House announced the Q-NEXT collaboration as a funded Quantum Information Science Research Center through the National Quantum Initiative Act. The five-year, $115 million collaboration was one of five Centers announced today.
Steam Repairs and Lab Equipment Outages
A steam leak in a utility tunnel near the chemistry building will require UW Physical Plant to turn off steam to the Daniels wing for a period of approximately one week. Repair work begins tomorrow, …
Construction Update 08/24/2020
New Tower. There is lots of activity on the tower rooftop where curbs are being set around the periphery and roofing is being installed to prevent incursion of water. In the sub-basement and fifth floor …
1st floor Mathews construction is complete
Construction on 1st floor Mathews is complete. You may resume normal use of the area. Normal access to liquid nitrogen. Normal access to gas cylinders. Normal access to loading dock / trash disposal. All occupants …
CIC one user per instrument
Due to the Phase 2 maximum room occupancy restrictions in Chemistry, we currently have a policy of one user at a time per instrument for all CIC instruments. We recognize the benefit of sharing instrument time …
Navigating the Chemistry Complex
Continue to stay out of 1st floor Mathews until further notice. The area is still under construction. The corridor is filled with heavy construction materials and is a dangerous area. You will be notified when …
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE 08/10/2020
New Tower. Though it will be hidden from view when the building is complete, the infrastructure needed to support our new labs, lecture rooms, and classrooms is incredibly complex. Ventilation ductwork and controls; piping for …
Nanoparticle system captures heart-disease biomarker from blood for in-depth analysis
By Eric Hamilton ,University Communications Original story posted here. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a method combining sticky nanoparticles with high-precision protein measurement to capture and analyze a common marker of heart …
Department of Chemistry has two classes in top ten for summer enrollment
Count down the top Summer Term courses Originally posted on August 3, 2020 here. Hard to believe, but Summer Term 2020 is almost in the books. It was an unprecedented summer, but about 10,900 students …