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Mass Spectrometry Laboratory Gains New Instruments
In 2015, the Mass Spectrometry Laboratory added three new instruments to its roster. They are a Thermo Fisher Scientific Q Exactive™ Plus funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, as well as …
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 …
Crystal growing contest gives middle, high school students a peek inside UW-Madison chemistry department
Berry, Kiessling Among Vilas Honored Professors
Extraordinary members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty were honored May 11 with awards supported by the estate of professor, Senator and Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908). Twenty professors were named to Vilas Distinguished Achievement …
Block, Zernicke Among 2016 L&S Staff Awardees
On May 12, College of Letters & Science Dean Karl Scholz granted three sets of awards that recognized and celebrated the excellence of university staff and academic staff. “Every year at Awards time, I am reminded of the …
Clarity of vision: Chemistry’s glass whisperer
In a lab built around tools and techniques that are more than a century old, Tracy Drier performs miracles of construction and reconstruction. When someone in the Chemistry Department breaks a piece of glassware, Drier …
80+ Students Honored at 2016 Student Awards Ceremony
The Department of Chemistry recognized more than 80 outstanding undergraduate and graduate students at the 2016 Student Award Ceremony on April 29. Thanks to the generous support of alumni and friends of the department, whose …
Professor Timothy Bertram to Receive Promotion and Tenure
Assistant Professor Timothy Bertram has been recommended for tenure and will be promoted to the rank of associate professor in August. This decision reflects the department, college, and university’s joint recognition of Bertram’s excellent teaching, …
Tracy Drier Honored with Academic Staff Excellence Award
Nine members of the UW-Madison’s academic staff have been selected as recipients of the 2016 Academic Staff Excellence Awards. Chancellor Rebecca Blank will present the awards at a reception on the evening of Tuesday, April 26 at the …