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2024 WARF Innovation Award Winners: Professor Song Jin and Graduate Student Katelyn Michael
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) announced today that Professor Song Jin and graduate student Katelyn Michael have won the 2024 WARF Innovation Award for their work, Inventive Electrochemical Process Breaks Down ‘Forever Chemicals. Six …
December 11, 2024Professor Judith Burstyn named director at NSF
Professor Judith Burstyn will take leave of absence from the Department of Chemistry to join the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry as its division director in January 2025. The position is a two-year …
November 8, 2024Prof. Silvia Cavagnero to receive prestigious 2025 Emily M. Gray award
The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Silvia Cavagnero, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Emily M. Gray Award. Cavagnero will be honored at the Society’s …
September 25, 2024Scientists use oxygen to pull valuable chemicals from organic waste
September 19, 2024A New Approach to Building 3-D Molecules for Better Drugs
A new report in the journal Science from researchers in the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry represents a significant advancement in making the types of molecules needed in drug development. Molecules with a more 3D shape …
September 19, 2024A tool for rethinking undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory curriculum
A new manuscript from collaborators in the UW–Madison Department of Chemistry represents a very significant contribution to the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory curriculum. A reviewer characterized this as “one of the highest quality manuscripts that …
September 19, 2024Galli awarded 2024-2025 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Awardee by the Theoretical Chemistry Institute
Professor Galli was then honored at an award banquet on October 1, 2024, where she was be presented with $15,000 in prize funds.
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Galli awarded 2024-2025 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Awardee by the Theoretical Chemistry Institute
Professor Galli was then honored at an award banquet on October 1, 2024, where she was be presented with $15,000 in prize funds.
Department of Chemistry Celebrates the Class of 2024
On Friday, May 10, 2024, the Department of Chemistry recognized and celebrated the Class of 2024 baccalaureate, master’s, and doctorate graduates. This year, 62 undergraduate chemistry majors, three master of science graduates, and 58 doctorate degree earners were included in the celebration.
Participants, faculty, staff, and family filled the John Morgridge Lecture Hall located in the new North Tower. The hall was decorated by the Graduate Student Faculty Liason Committee which took it upon itself to add banners, balloons, and other festive decorations to the room. Photography of the event was provided by Galina and Ilia Guzei. Dr. Ilia Guzei is a distinguished scientist and director of the X-ray laboratory at the Department.
Department Chair Clark Landis gave opening remarks, Undergraduate Program Director Jeanne Hamers announced the baccalaureate chemistry majors, and Associate Chair for the Graduate Program Helen Blackwell announced the masters and doctorate graduates.
A reception following the program was held in the North Tower Attrium.