Despite tough competition for the awards, chemistry staff members continually earn college- and university-wide recognition. In November, Betty Harwood, who is a human resources assistant for the department, won a 2012-13 Classified Staff Award from …
Awards & Honors
12 Chemistry Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Each year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awards graduate research fellowships to outstanding graduate students in order to “help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States.” The …
Graduate Student Audrey Forticaux Wins 2013 UW-Madison Cool Science Image
Drawn from a record number of entries, 10 pictures at the intersection of art and science have been chosen as winners of the 2013 UW-Madison Cool Science Image contest. The winning entries — chosen from …
Professor Randall Goldsmith Receives NSF CAREER Award for Single-Molecule Research
Assistant Professor Randall Goldsmith recently received a 5-year, $630,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry for “Single-Molecule Spectroscopy as a Mechanistic Tool for Studying Catalyst Reaction …
Ten faculty selected for Distinguished Teaching Awards
A Novel Nobel Opportunity: Four Selected to Attend 2013 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry
The UW-Madison Department of Chemistry will be well represented at the June 2013 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry. Four members of the department have been selected to attend the meeting in Lindau, Germany, along …
Professor Schomaker Wins Sloan Research Foundation Fellowship
Professor Jennifer Schomaker has won a 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation Fellowship. The two-year Sloan Research Fellowships seek to “stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.” About 125 U.S. researchers …
Professors Jin and Keutsch Receive UW-Madison Research Awards
Professors Song Jin and Frank Keutsch recently received notable UW-Madison research awards. Professor Jin received the WARF Romnes Faculty Fellowship. This fellowship recognizes and supports faculty members who are still relatively early in their careers …
Professors Sibert and Yoon Win Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Awards
Professors Ned Sibert and Tehshik Yoon have won 2013 Faculty Distinguished Teaching Awards. Yoon has been awarded the William H. Kiekhofer Distinguished Teaching Award, and Sibert has been awarded the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. The …