By Mark E. Griffin Communications Specialist at the Wisconsin Energy Institute An ideal biorefinery would turn renewable crops into a variety of fuels and products with little waste. A significant challenge in realizing this vision …
Month: September 2018
Solar cell, married to liquid battery, achieves record efficiency
By David Tenenbaum University Communications The growing use of solar power has hit a wall in some locations: At night, or on a cloudy day, electric utilities with heavy dependence on solar must switch to …
Annual GSFLC Snout Out boasts food and fun
By Rebeca L. Fernandez Graduate Student, Brunold Group September 25, 2018, Madison, WI – The Graduate Student-Faulty Liaison Committee (GSFLC) celebrated its 35th annual Snout-Out departmental picnic and softball tournament. Named after the original tradition of …
Joshua Coon Receives Award from Human Proteome Organization
IPiB faculty member Joshua Coon, a professor of chemistry and biomolecular chemistry, has received the Discovery in Proteomic Sciences Award from the Human Proteome Organization.
Goldsmith group makes molecular movies, featured on Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation video website.
The ACS 2019 national award winner list includes four from UW-Madison’s Department of Chemistry
ACS released the names of its national award winners this week, and five are from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, four of whom work for the Department of Chemistry. Robert McMahon, professor of chemistry, won the Arthur …
NSF awards UW $3 million to advance quantum physics, technology
Construction Update 9/24/2018
Changes are continuing outside the building. The intermittent closings of the north crosswalk at Charter and Johnson Streets at the end of last week signal the beginning of the end of Johnson St. work, which should be …
Construction begins on $133 million revamp of Chemistry Building
By the time they graduate, more than half of the students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will have taken a chemistry course, a demonstration of the central role chemistry plays in preparing students for their …
Construction Update 9/17/2018
Last Friday we had a very successful groundbreaking ceremony for our new chemistry building. Both Dean Karl Scholz and Chancellor Rebecca Blank praised our department in their remarks and lots of people put shovels into …