Professor plans annual holiday chemistry lecture

Chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri will present “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery In the Lab of Shakhashiri” again this year.

For more than 35 years, Shakhashiri has given his annual holiday lecture and chemistry presentation, which features a variety of experiments. Shakhashiri has presented his holiday entertainment all over the country, from UW–Madison to the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. It also has been televised on stations around the United States.

The 36th annual presentation will be held at 1 and 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3 and 4, in Room 1351 of the Chemistry Building. Admission is by ticket only. For free tickets to any of the presentations, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope along with your request indicating the date and time of the show you’d like to attend and the number of tickets you need to the following address: Christmas Lecture Tickets, UW Chemistry Department, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706-1396. For an online ticket order form, visit http://www.scifun.org.

You also can check local listings for the date and time of the special PBS broadcast. Wisconsin Public Television will show the program at 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 23, and at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 25.