Today, students and teachers from across the state visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry for an awards program and tour as part of the Wisconsin Crystal-Growing Competition. This spring, about 500 students and teachers …
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Professor Bassam Shakhashiri Discusses the Wisconsin Idea on WPR
Professor Bassam Shakhashiri appeared as a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Larry Meiller Show on Monday, April 13. The episode, “Triumphs and Failures of the Wisconsin Idea in the Area of Science,” is now posted …
Watch Professor Bassam Shakhashiri’s 45th Annual Holiday Lecture
A video of Professor Bassam Shakhashiri’s 45th annual holiday science demonstration event, “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, in the Lab of Shakhashiri,” is now available from Wisconsin Public Television. Since 1970, Shakhashiri has wowed crowds of …
Sigma-Aldrich Employees Partner with SCIENCountErs Program
Ask a group of scientists how they chose their careers and many will tell you about a parent, teacher or another adult figure, who exposed them to science when they were young. Whether taking them …
Wisconsin Science Festival to celebrate scientific discovery, community
Professor Cathy Middlecamp, Alumnus Larry Overman to Receive ACS National Awards
Cathy Middlecamp, professor of environmental studies and chemistry, will receive the 2015 American Chemical Society Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences. The award recognizes individuals’ significant accomplishments in stimulating students who …
Institute for Chemical Education Celebrates 30 Years of Chemistry Camps
The Chemistry Building’s first-floor hallway tends to be a quiet place during the summer. Undergraduates lounge in the hallways, studying for tests and chatting with classmates. Campus tour groups pass through several times per day, …
‘Science is fun’ offers traditional July Fourth show
Wisconsin Crystal-Growing Competition Nets 76 Submissions from Across the State
This spring, high school students and teachers at more than 20 Wisconsin schools spent five weeks cultivating cobalt blue crystals. Using cupric sulfate as the basic substance from which to grow the crystals, their goal …
Wisconsin Life Television Show Features Master Glassblower Tracy Drier
Tracy Drier, master scientific glassblower for the Department of Chemistry and the only scientific glassblower on campus, was recently featured on an episode of Wisconsin Life on Wisconsin Public Television. Drier, who has been with …