PROGRAM

The following is a list of the events scheduled for the Dedication Celebrations for the Irving Shain Chemistry Research Tower. The schedule is tentative, and updates will be posted as they develop.

All of these events are free and open to the public.
Locations for all events will be announced shortly.

 
Friday, May 5, 2006                                                                                             LOCATION
1:30 pm Dedication Ceremony Room 1351
    The Honorable Jim Doyle, Governor, State of Wisconsin
  David G. Walsh, President, University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
  Patrick V. Farrell, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
      University of Wisconsin-Madison
  The Honorable Fred Risser, Wisconsin State Senator
  Mark Bugher, Director, University Research Park
  Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Chair, Celebrations Committee
  Irving Shain, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
2:00 pm Scientific Symposium Room 1351
  Robert J. Hamers, Irving Shain Professor of Chemistry
A Giant's Legacy Applied to Small Things: Electrochemistry of Nanoscale Materials
 
  Laura L. Kiessling, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Controlling Human Embryonic Stem Cells with Chemistry
 
  Samuel H. Gellman, Evan P. Helfaer Professor of Chemistry and Ralph F. Hirschmann Professor of Chemistry
Foldamers: A New Way to Control Molecular Shape and Function
 
2:50 pm Reception Lobby
3:20 pm Inaugural Irving Shain Chemistry Colloquium
Allen J. Bard, Hackerman-Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
Fuel Cells and the Discovery of Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Based on Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy
Room 1351
  Adjourn  
5:00 pm Concert at Music Hall in Honor of Irving Shain
Members of the Pro Arte Quartet; Stephanie Jutt, flute; Catherine Kautsky, piano; Parry Karp, cello; Howard Karp, piano
 
     
Saturday, May 6, 2006
9:30 am to
  11:30 am
Open House and Hands-On Activities Various
9:00 am Scientific Symposium Room 1315
  Dennis H. Evans, Professor of Chemistry, University of Arizona
Forty Years after ‘Nicholson and Shain’
 
  F. Fleming Crim, John E. Willard and Hilldale Professor of Chemistry
Using Lasers to Control Chemical Reactions
 
  Helen E. Blackwell, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Expanding the Language of Bacterial Communication Using Synthetic Ligands
 
10:00 am Refreshments Lobby
  Shannon S. Stahl, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Use of Molecular Oxygen in "Green" Catalytic Oxidation Reactions
Room 1315
  John C. Wright, Andreas C. Albrecht Professor of Chemistry
Light - Our Most Precious Gift
 
  Larry R. Faulkner, President, Houston Endowment, Inc., President Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin
Lessons from the Cavendish Laboratory
 
11:45 Irving Shain  
12:00 Luncheon Reception  
1:30 pm to
   3:30 pm
Open House and Hands-On Activities Various
     
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