An update on post-flood recovery at UW-Madison from the Wisconsin State Journal:
Feature Stories
2018-19 Wisconsin Space Crystal Mission
At the end of April, the winners of the 2018 Wisconsin Crystal Growing Competition (WICGC) had the opportunity to visit the Kennedy Space Center and ISS US National Lab in Cape Canaveral, Florida to take part in the 2018-19 Wisconsin Space Crystal Mission. A team of several high school and middle school students designed experiments comparing the quality of Earth-grown crystals to crystals grown in microgravity conditions aboard the International Space Station. During their time in Florida, students were able to prepare and present their experiments, and upon arrival home, they were able to watch the launch of their crystals into space. The team members of the Wisconsin Space Crystal Mission included Kaitlyn Twesme, Joana Pashaj, Kristin Kiley, Joseph Quinn, and Payton Kelly-VanDomelen, and they were accompanied by their families, project leader Dr. Ilia Guzei, project scientist Dr. Galina Bikzhanova, and project coordinator Stephanie Twesme. Payton Kelly-VanDomelen, a middle school student from Sun Prairie, WI, is part of the WICGC Student Media Team, and was able to document her experience in Florida.
Chemistry students make rainbow of colors in lab experiment
Who knew chemists could make all the colors in the rainbow by changing a single parameter?
Novel approach promises ready access to hard-to-study proteins
Master glassblower’s work on exhibit at Madison Children’s Museum
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s master glassblower, Tracy Drier, is displaying his craft at the Madison Children’s Museum in an exhibit titled The Crossroads of Art & Science.
Light provides control for 3D printing with multiple materials
Additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3D printing, has revolutionized the fields of healthcare, biomedical engineering, manufacturing and art design.
Professors recognized by American Chemical Society
Chemistry instructor finds ‘dream job’ helping students persevere
Chemists get Crafty at Knit Night
Graduate school can be a stressful time, and many graduate students and postdocs in the Department of Chemistry have hobbies that they use to relieve the stress of experiments, paper submissions, and deadlines. A “Knit Night” event sponsored by the Graduate Student and Faculty Liaison Committee (GSFLC) sought to introduce students and postdocs to a new way of relaxing and relieving stress – knitting.
Life in the Lab of a Laureate: What it Was Like Working with Frances Arnold
Ph.D. chemists Katie Brenner, Andrew Buller, Jeffrey Endelman and Philip Romero celebrate their mentor’s success, after learning that Frances Arnold received the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
UW–Madison students are unknowingly influenced by recent 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, Frances Arnold, thanks to four Ph.D. chemists and Arnold group alumni in the Madison area: Jeffrey Endelman (2005), Philip Romero (2012), and Andrew Buller (2017), all professors at UW–Madison, and Katie Brenner (2009) co-founder of bluDiagnostics, a biomedical company.