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Selection as a AAAS fellow is a high honor conferred by peers in recognition of distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications. AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society. Read More

Flavia Arana leaving the department January 7th. You were always interested in how best to serve the needs of our students and faculty. You were always warm, generous, and sincere in your support of your …

Emeritus Professor Paul J. Kaesberg, age 87, died on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010, surrounded by his family at his home in Madison.

Professor George Phillips, from the UW-Madison Department of Biochemistry, has been chosen as a future leader of the American Crystallographic Association.  The ACA, as it is commonly called, is a non-profit, scientific organization with over …

Dana Bellissimo from the Record laboratory has been awarded the Trewartha Award. The Trewartha Undergraduate Research Grant enables students to undertake more demanding and extensive honors senior thesis research projects than might otherwise be possible. …

Growing human embryonic stem cells in the lab is no small feat. Culturing the finicky, shape-shifting cells is labor intensive and, in some ways, more art than exact science. Faculty: Laura Kiessling Read More

UW-Madison junior Jeffrey Vinokur is passionate about two things: chemistry and a style of hip-hop dancing called "popping." Read More

Laura Kiessling was named an American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow at the 2010 Fall National Meeting in Boston. She was honored for her outstanding contributions to the field of chemistry as a distinguished scientist and …

In a study that promises to fill in the fine details of the plant world’s blueprint for surviving drought, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified in living plants the set of proteins that help …

Until months before his death, Lardy had been an active member of the university’s bioscience community for more than six decades. Read More