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Department of Chemistry Celebrates the Class of 2026
On Friday, May 8, 2026, the Department of Chemistry recognized and celebrated the Class of 2026 baccalaureate, master’s, and doctorate graduates. This year, 63 undergraduate chemistry majors, 6 master of science graduates, and 72 doctorate …
May 12, 2026Professor Randall Goldsmith Receives 2026 ACS Award in Chemical Instrumentation
Professor Randall Goldsmith has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Chemical Instrumentation, a national honor recognizing transformative contributions to the development and advancement of modern chemical …
February 27, 2026Department members honored for excellence in teaching
Professor Ryan Stowe has won the 2026 Taylor Award for Teaching Excellence. Professor Stowe was honored at the Taylor Teaching Award Symposium and presented a talk entitled “Stepping-stones toward coherent and useful chemistry learning“ on …
February 25, 2026NASA awards allow graduate students to dig deeper into the origins of life questions
Marcos Jusino-Maldonado and Eliyagu (Eli) Sofovich, graduate students in Professor Zoe Todd’s research group, have been awarded F.5 Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) funding. Six research areas at NASA …
November 13, 2025Dr. Frank Noé named 2025-2026 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Awardee by the Theoretical Chemistry Institute
Madison, Wisc. – Dr. Frank Noé, Partner Research Manager at Microsoft Research AI for Science in Berlin, has been awarded the 2025–2026 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry. Dr. Noé will visit the Department …
September 23, 2025Frank Gao will join UW–Madison as a Department of Chemistry Assistant Professor in Fall 2026
Professor Frank Y. Gao will join the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Chemistry as an assistant professor in August 2026. He is currently a Texas Quantum Institute postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at …
June 2, 2025Building bonds: Sharing chemistry with the community at Science Expeditions
By Outreach Program Manager Peter Jaeger On Saturday, April 5th, the Department of Chemistry was open to the public as part of Science Expeditions, UW–Madison’s campus-wide STEM open house. During the three-day event, science venues …
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