UW-Madison Alumni and Friends Reception at ACS Chicago

ACS Chicago–Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Chicago: Prairie A
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Please join us for our reunion reception at ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago! ACS Chicago Sunday, August 23, 2026 5–7 p.m. Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Chicago: Prairie A   No R.S.V.P. needed

Chemistry Graduate Student Orientation Poster Session

North Tower Atrium
@ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

This poster session welcomes first year graduate students to the department. This is an opportunity to share your group’s research with first year graduate students and the rest of the department. Everyone in the department is welcome to attend. Research Groups: …

PPG Campus Visit

@ 5:00 pm -

PPG will be on site from August 5-7th. They will be hosting an info session, holding interviews for select students, and running a volunteer opportunity to build STEM kits for the community   PPG Info …

Ben Ahern’s Thesis Defense

Benjamin Ahern
@ 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Title: C(sp2)–C(sp3) Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions of Challenging Electrophiles

Organic Seminar: Professor Guosheng Liu (Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry)

1435 Learning Studio
@ 3:30 pm

Title:  Site- and Enantioselective Functionalization of C-H Bonds Abstract:  Site- and stereoselective functionalization of C-H bonds provides a straightforward access to highly valuable building blocks and drug candidates from easily available substrates, particularly from inexpensive petrochemicals. …

2026 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education

various
Various campus and Madison locations
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https://bcce.divched.org/2026

Sponsored by the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society, BCCE 2026 will welcome chemistry educators, researchers, graduate students, K–12 teachers, industry partners, and educational leaders from across the globe to UW–Madison’s lakeside …

ChemBio Special Seminar: Prof. Joseph Jen-Tse Huang (Academia Sinica)

From Protein Phase Transitions to Therapeutics: Understanding and Targeting Protein Misfolding in Neurodegenerative Disease
Chemistry Daniels 9341
@ 3:30 pm

Prof. Joseph Jen-Tse Huang Title: From Protein Phase Transitions to Therapeutics: Understanding and Targeting Protein Misfolding in Neurodegenerative Disease Abstract: The aberrant phase transition and misfolding of intrinsically disordered proteins into neurotoxic aggregates is a …