Chemistry student Evan Dray is one of four UIUC students awarded Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for their potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering.
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by Congress in 1986 to honor Goldwater, who served 30 years in the U.S. Senate. The program...
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Engineers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have improved their previously developed force-sensitive molecules, called mechanophores, to produce reversible, rapid and vibrant color change when a force is applied, according to a new study that includes Jeffrey Moore, chemistry professor and director of the Beckman Institute.
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has selected Sarah Sheeley (PhD, '04, Sweedler) in the Department of Chemistry for the 2021 LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising.
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- Alum Alveda Williams (PhD, ’02, Gupta) explains in a recent Q&A in Nature Chemistry how she moved from Research and Development at Dow into another "area of strength and passion,” becoming the Corporate Director of Inclusion and Human Resources Director for Talent at Dow.
- Professor Martin D. Burke, the May and Ving Lee Professor for Chemical Innovation, and Professor of Chemistry, has been elected a member of The American Society for Clinical Investigation.
- Two long, distinguished academic careers in chemistry have come to an end in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University Maryland with the retirements of professor William "Bill" Walters (PhD, '64, Hummel) and lecturer/instructor Barbara Walters (BS, '61; MS, '62).
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Kenneth L. Rinehart, a chemistry professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who was internationally known for his research on organic compounds involved in biological activity, died June 13, 2005 at his Urbana home after a long illness. He was 76. Rinehart’s research led to the development of a procedure involving mutasynthesis to prepare new antibiotics. He also led the chemistry department’s marine natural products program that collected samples from the ocean floor in the mangroves off Puerto Rico and elsewhere. In 1990, Rinehart isolated several extracts produced...
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