The weather in Madison is slowly cooling down, undergraduates are moving in, and the first football game of the season is one week away. We are nearing the end of summertime in Madison. Today marks …
Graduate News
Summer Research Snapshot: Graduate Student Kevin Garcia
Today is the second of our four-part series highlighting research being conducted during the summer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kevin Garcia is a graduate student finishing his first year …
Summer Research Snapshot: Graduate Student Taylor Evans
This week is our third of four interviews that provide a snapshot of research and life in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry during summer. Taylor Evans is a rising fourth-year chemistry graduate student …
Summer Research Snapshot: Graduate Student Leslie Rank
When you imagine Madison in the summer, it’s easy to think of a beautiful sunset at the Terrace, a picnic at Concerts on the Square, or a leisurely morning at the Dane County Farmers’ Market, …
Chemistry Graduate Students Take Top Honors at WARF Discovery Challenge
An approach for improving insulin secretion in mutant animals, more industry-relevant conditions for engineering studies and an in-depth look at protein folding have won Discovery Challenge Awards from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). The …
Five Chemistry Graduate Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has been a part of graduate student Taylor Keding’s life as long as he can remember. His childhood favorite, Bill Nye the Science Guy on PBS, featured the NSF as a major …
Chemistry Major Lucas Oxtoby Earns Goldwater Scholarship
Three University of Wisconsin–Madison students will receive the esteemed Barry Goldwater Scholarship for undergraduate excellence in the sciences. Chemistry major Lucas Oxtoby, an undergraduate researcher in the Schomaker group, is among the three 2017 recipients. The honor …
Small-scale Science Leads to Large-scale Collaboration
For chemistry graduate student Mimi Hang, science is all about connections. Whether the connections happen among ideas or among people, she recognizes that scientific and interpersonal intersections will help her get where she wants to …
Graduate Students Receive NSF, NIH Fellowships
Nine UW-Madison chemistry graduate students are among the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows for 2016. The fellowship competition received 17,000 applications this year and awarded 2,000 fellowships. NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program is …
Six Chemistry Students Named 2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellows
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced its 2015 class of NSF Graduate Research Fellows, and six UW-Madison chemistry graduate students are among the fellowship recipients. Fellowship awardees include Alexa Barres (Mecozzi), Allison Cardiel …