Nicholas J. Hill and Brian Esselman each received a 2016-2017 James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry. The two organic chemistry laboratory directors organized and hosted a conference …
Awards & Honors
Distinguished Teaching Awards 2018
UW-Madison faculty members recognized with fellowships stemming from campus research efforts
Fahey, Thomas, Greenfield-Chazen to receive honorary degrees
Department of Chemistry Graduate Student wins Three-Minute Thesis Contest at UW-Madison
Sarah Specht, a Department of Chemistry graduate student in the Hermans Group, took first place in the Three-Minute Thesis contest held by the UW-Madison Graduate School. Specht studies inorganic chemistry with a focus on the kinetics …
Five UW-Madison professors named AAAS Fellows
Abraham Nitzan is 2017-18 Hirschfelder Prize Recipient
Professor Abraham Nitzan will receive the 2017-18 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry, administered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Theoretical Chemistry Institute (TCI). Nitzan is a professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. …
Robert Bergman Receives Highest UW Alumni Honor
The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) will honor four alumni with its highest distinction: the Distinguished Alumni Award. WAA is a division of the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association. The 2017 recipients are Jim Berbee ’85, …
Shakhashiri, presenter of popular chemistry shows, wins science education award
Alumna Michelle Buchanan Named Deputy for Science and Technology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Michelle Buchanan (Ph.D. ’78, Taylor) has been appointed as deputy for science and technology at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Her appointment is effective Oct. 1, 2017. Since 2004, Buchanan has served …