Seventeen L&S graduate students honored with 2022-23 Teaching Assistant Awards
UW–Madison employs over 2,100 teaching assistants (TAs) across its 200-plus undergraduate major and certificate programs. Whether teaching in lecture halls, classrooms, and labs on campus or leading learning opportunities in the wider community, their work is vital to fulfilling the university’s educational mission and the Wisconsin Idea.
Two L&S faculty among 2023 Sloan Research Fellows
Being honored are Andrew Buller, assistant professor of chemistry, and Jose Israel Rodriguez, assistant professor of mathematics.
Good Chemistry
Through their careers at the university and their continued support of UW-Madison, Martha and Charles Casey champion the people and programs that spark progress.
The Science of Art
Analyzing the chemical composition of an ancient tapestry, graduate student Erin Birdsall discovered her niche.
Theoretical Chemistry Institute awards 2022-23 Hirschfielder Prize
The Institute will honor Ken Dill, a biophysicist from Stonybrook University, for contributions to theoretical and computational chemistry.
Catalyst For Change
John Berry is a transition metal chemist. That means he experiments with elements in “the big middle part of the periodic table” that are able to bond with one another in strange and interesting ways, producing electronic properties that can initiate new types of chemistry—including in the field of catalysis.
Conservation chemist
Chemistry graduate student Erin Birdsall learned that you could work as a scientist in an art museum, so she applied for an internship as a “conservation chemist” in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Funding from the Biotechnology Training Program here at UW made it possible.
Towering Potential
The new Chemistry Tower is a nine-floor wonder of glass, steel and concrete that looks out on the heart of campus from the south side of University Avenue and will meet critical needs with efficiency and flair.
John Berry in the Wisconsin State Journal: Combining ammonia with catalyst creates clean energy
In his laboratory, the professor of chemistry discovers that combining the common household chemical with a catalyst creates nitrogen, releasing electrons that can be siphoned off. The discovery represents a step toward a carbon-free future.
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