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Chemistry instructor finds ‘dream job’ helping students persevere
Ediger wins a 2019 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
From news.wisc.edu Ten faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize the university’s finest educators. Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf will …
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.
Construction Notice 1/2/2019
The chemistry loading dock will be completely inaccessible on Thurs Jan 3rd because of the installation of the storm sewer for the new building. In the meantime, occupants of Shain Tower should not attempt to …
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.
A Creative Group Recruitment Tradition
At the start of each fall semester, the Department of Chemistry welcomes incoming graduate students with the responsibility of choosing a research group — and creative posters have become the quintessential tool for lab group recruiting.
Senior Lecturer Paul Hooker Receives James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award
Each year, the Department of Chemistry chooses one outstanding staff or faculty member to honor with the James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award. This year’s recipient, senior lecturer Paul Hooker, was selected for his exceptional contributions to teaching in the chemistry department.
Boydston featured in L&S faculty focus
New Faculty Focus: Andrew J. Boydston Katie Vaughn View original post here Title: Associate Professor and Yamamoto Family Professor of Chemistry Hometown: Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but grew up in Eugene, Oregon. I consider Eugene my hometown. …
Biochemistry Emeritus Professor Laurens Anderson Remembered as Renowned Carbohydrate Chemist, Mentor
University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Ph.D. alumnus Laurens “Andy” Anderson died on Nov. 6, 2018 at the age of 98. He was a faculty member in the department for 35 years, known as …