May 18, 2018, Madison, WI — Each year, students across Wisconsin compete to grow the largest, highest-quality crystal or to produce innovative crystal-inspired art in the Wisconsin Crystal Growing Competition. This year marks the fifth year of the contest, and the second year students could win a chance to work with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the sole manager of the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory, to send crystals into space for further experimentation. Event organizers announced six student space contest winners and 12 others who placed in the competition, at the May 18 awards ceremony.
Awards & Honors
Buller lab receives Morgridge metabolism fellowship
A graduate fellowship launched this year by the Morgridge Institute for Research will help bring “fresh eyes” to the growing pursuit of metabolism research at UW-Madison, and this it funds its first fellowship in Andrew …
Matthew Shoulders (Ph.D. 2009) wins Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
Whitehead Career Development Associate Professor Matthew D. Shoulders has been named one of 13 young faculty nationwide to be honored with a 2018 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
Nick Hill, director of Undergraduate Organic Laboratory wins mid-career award from L&S
ACADEMIC STAFF: MID-CAREER AWARD Four academic staff members, including Department of Chemistry director of Undergraduate Organic Laboratory Nick Hill, won the L&S Academic Staff Mid-Career Award. All winners have at least eight years (including the …
GSFLC Recognizes Three Outstanding Mentors within the Chemistry Department
By Alexa Barres, Graduate Student in the Mecozzi Group, GSFLC Secretary & Organic Representative The GSFLC honored three people for mentoring, at the 2018 Awards Ceremony. The Graduate Student-Faculty Liaison Committee (GSFLC) offers three Mentor …
Department of Chemistry awards more than $230,000 in scholarships to students
The Department of Chemistry recognized more than 100 undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a couple of faculty and staff members, at the 2018 Student Award Ceremony on April 27. Thanks to generous donors, …
Two UW-Madison students named Goldwater Scholars; two receive honorable mentions
Peter Rossky is 2018-19 Hirschfelder Prize Recipient
Professor Peter Rossky will receive the 2018-19 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry, administered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Theoretical Chemistry Institute (TCI). Prof. Rossky is Dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences at Rice …
UW-Madison Students awarded prestigious NSF Fellowship
Two Department of Chemistry Grad Students named winners in 2018 Cool Science Image Contest
By Chris Barncard, University Communications Ten images and two videos by University of Wisconsin–Madison students, faculty and staff have been named winners of the 2018 Cool Science Image Contest. A panel of eight experienced artists …