Helen Blackwell, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Chemistry, received the 2020 Cottrell Science Teaching and Research (STAR) Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) on March 3, 2020.
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Two chemistry employees receive 2020 University Staff Recognition Awards
Two members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Chemistry were selected to receive 2020 University Staff Recognition Awards. Read about the other winners and view the full story here>> Kurtis Casperson Lab Prep Tech, Department …
UW-Madison chemists chosen as part of Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
A group of UW-Madison chemists have been selected to participate in a Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) for the United States Army. This fundamental research, which begins in May, will explore new material combinations and responsive material designs. The total award for the project is $6.25 million over five years, with $1.03 million going to the Boydston group at UW-Madison and the rest to researchers at partner institutions.
Professors prepare carefully to offer alternative education starting Monday
March 19, 2020 By Mike Klein Originally published here. The move from the University of Wisconsin–Madison classrooms where students have gathered to learn for more than 150 years to the high-tech setups in which professors teach …
School of Human Ecology and Department of Chemistry bring artist/scientist collaboration to Ruth Davis Design Gallery
An exhibition coming to the Ruth Davis Design Gallery in the School of Human Ecology at UW–Madison will make visible the largely invisible world of microbes, inviting viewers to consider non-linguistic interspecies forms of communication, …
Climate survey catalyzes conversations about graduate student support, well-being
A climate survey in the Department of Chemistry at UW–Madison is improving support for graduate students and postdocs in the department, due to leadership from graduate students with the backing of faculty, staff, and campus …
Wright Lab Member Serves on Microscopy Society Student Council
Mimicking Enzymes, Chemists Produce Large, Useful Carbon Rings
Drawing inspiration from nature, University of Wisconsin–Madison chemists have discovered an efficient way to wrangle long, snaking molecules to form large rings — rings that form the backbone …
‘Christmas in the Lab’ Celebrates 50 Years of Chemistry and Comedy
Named Professorship Offers Prof. Helen Blackwell Opportunity to Celebrate Mentor
Norman Craig, an emeritus physical chemist from Oberlin College in Ohio, didn’t realize the profound effect he had on the career of Helen Blackwell, a chemist and professor at the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry, until she called one day to ask his permission to honor him by using his name for her WARF Named Professorship.