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Est. 1953. NO. 50 2006 Badger Chemist THE NEWSLETTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT The Newsletter of THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MADISON C hemistr Y Department CONTENTS From the Chair. 1 Our Awards . 2 New Badger Chemists . 5 Other Notable News. 7 Current Chemistry News. 9 Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy . 13 Institute for Chemical Education . 15 Shainfest—Honoring a Researcher, Educator, & Leader. 16 Shainfest Chemistry Symposium. 18 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center Outreach. 21 Journal of Chemical Education & National Science Digital Library. 23 This ‘n’ That . 25 Chemistry Department Support . 27 Donors to Department Funds . 30 In Memoriam. 33 2006 BADGER CHEMIST Matthew Sanders Editor Designed by the Instructional Media Development Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin–Madison Est. 1953 NO. 50 Linda Endlich Art Direction 2006 Amanda Schmitt & Barb Smith Production Assistance From the Chair March 2007 Dear Badger Chemists, This newsletter, under the exceptional editorship of our Executive Director, Matt Sanders, is a wonderful vehicle for communicating our activities to alumni and friends. This issue of the Badger Chemist highlights our activities of the 2005-06 academic year, and indeed, there were many! Certainly one of the high points of the year was “Shainfest,” a celebration of the career of Professor Irving Shain, former Chemistry Department Chair and Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin. We named our new research wing the “Shain Research Tower” at a ceremony in May 2006, organized by Bassam Shakhashiri and attended by such dignitaries as Governor Jim Doyle, Provost Patrick Farrell and former Dean Phil Certain. The celebration continued with science and outreach presentations, and a banquet.
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