Building Lab Directions- 1381 Chemistry Building Path to lab 1381 in the UW Madison Chemistry Building. Created by Software Training for Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://sts.doit.wisc.edu. By: UW Madison STS … Continue reading →

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Irwin Oppenheim passes away Theoretical chemist praised by students and colleagues DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY July 9, 2014 MIT professor emeritus of chemistry Irwin Oppenheim, 84, of Cambridge, passed away on June 3 from complications following cardiac surgery. Oppenheim carried out his undergraduate studies in chemistry and physics at Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude in 1949. He attended graduate school at the California Institute of Technology under John Gamble Kirkwood; when Kirkwood left for Yale University, Oppenheim followed him, completing his PhD in physical chemistry in 1956. His thesis research involved some of the first usage of the Wigner functions and expansion in powers of Plancks constant to develop quantum corrections to classical distribution functions. These distribution functions were then exploited to deduce thermodynamic properties and transport coefficients. Oppenheim joined MITs Department of Chemistry in 1961 as an associate professor notably, its first theoretical chemist. He was promoted to full professor in 1965. Oppenheims research at MIT concentrated on a molecular description of relaxation phenomena in gases and liquids; he, his students, and collaborators made many important contributions to the field. One important contribution is his explanation of the origin of the long time tails unexpectedly observed in early molecular … Continue reading →

July 8, 2014 Brian Crane, professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) professor, one of 15 leading scientist-educators to receive the honor. Each will receive $1 million over five years to create activities that integrate their research with student learning in ways that enhance undergraduate students understanding of science. Cranes HHMI project will build on Cornells successful prefreshman summer program (PSP) that prepares students for freshman chemistry. He and chemistry professor Stephen Lee, who recently revamped the PSP, will extend the program to prepare the students for more advanced chemistry and then initiate them into research experiences. Too many students who didnt have good preparation in their high schools or are underprepared for other reasons get derailed by weak grades in their first couple of years at Cornell, says Crane. This HHMI professorship gives me the opportunity to organize a program to try and help these students, engage them in science and hopefully send them on to graduate or medical school. Crane explains that the projects classes are based on intense problem-set learning and peer-led group learning, with an emphasis on interactive exercises. The types … Continue reading →

July 8, 2014 Brian Crane, professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) professor, one of 15 leading scientist-educators to receive the honor. Each will receive $1 million over five years to create activities that integrate their research with student learning in ways that enhance undergraduate students understanding of science. Cranes HHMI project will build on Cornells successful prefreshman summer program (PSP) that prepares students for freshman chemistry. He and chemistry professor Stephen Lee, who recently revamped the PSP, will extend the program to prepare the students for more advanced chemistry and then initiate them into research experiences. Too many students who didnt have good preparation in their high schools or are underprepared for other reasons get derailed by weak grades in their first couple of years at Cornell, says Crane. This HHMI professorship gives me the opportunity to organize a program to try and help these students, engage them in science and hopefully send them on to graduate or medical school. Crane explains that the projects classes are based on intense problem-set learning and peer-led group learning, with an emphasis on interactive exercises. The types … Continue reading →