Paul McGuire, high-performance computing systems administrator for the Department of Chemistry, was recently awarded Centralized “supercomputing” resources play a vital role in modern chemical research and education. Yet for many years, the chemistry department’s facilities …
Month: April 2019
Construction Update 4/29/2019
Charter Street. At long last Charter Street has been resurfaced! On Friday between about 10 am and 2 pm asphalt pavement was put down across the full width of the street. By mid-afternoon rollers had …
Department of Chemistry awards more than $290,000 in scholarships
By Caraline Pham Department Communications The Department of Chemistry celebrated more than 100 undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty and staff members, at the 2019 Student Award Ceremony on April 26. Thanks to …
Notice 4/22/2019: Chemistry Loading Dock Inaccessible 4/25-4/28
The schedule of construction activities for this week has been revised: The loading dock will be inaccessible from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm on Thur Apr 25. The driveway and dock are needed for the …
Construction Update 4/22/2019
Charter Street. If all goes according to schedule, Charter Street will be partially resurfaced this week—on Wednesday. The plan is to blacktop one lane and use the remaining gravel for loading-dock access. The other lane …
Novel approach promises ready access to hard-to-study proteins
April 15, 2019 By Terry Devitt For news media DNA and the genome, we know, provide the blueprint for life. But it is the proteins made according to the genome’s instructions that are the nuts and bolts of …
Construction Update 4/15/2019
Reconfiguration of piping for natural gas service may cause a brief interruption of natural gas service in the Daniels wing sometime Monday morning. Because we use very little piped natural gas these days, this is …
Construction Update 4/8/2019
Great news this week: the preliminary plans and budget of $1.3 million for the new Chemistry Learning Center facility in the Medical Sciences Center were approved by the Board of Regents. Aro-Eberle architects and UW …
Celebrate Day of the Badger
By Caraline Pham Department Communications Happy April! As we kick off the first day of the new month, we are looking ahead to an exciting day, not only for the Department of Chemistry, but for …
Construction Update 4/1/2019
The tower is now going up! So far most of what we have reported has been a downer—demolition took down the lecture halls and library and then a big hole when down into the ground. …