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    Chemistry researchers conduct cutting-edge research in a variety of areas

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    Chemistry-Costa Rica Study Abroad program

    Deadline to apply is Feb. 15 for this undergraduate program that begins in the second eight weeks of the Spring semester and continues in Costa Rica for two weeks in summer 2023.

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    SCS Science Image Challenge winners and finalists

    This false colored transmission electron microscopy image of gold nanorods by graduate student Nathan Forney in the Murphy Lab was one of the finalists in the 2022 SCS Science Image Challenge. 

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    Illinois scientists win $9.5 million to study emerging pathogens

    Chemistry professors Wilfred van der Donk and Angad Mehta are part of team investigating how to better prevent avian viruses from spreading among animals and humans.

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    Discovering natural products with speed

    Project demonstrates the power of cutting-edge science, technology, and collaboration among researchers

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    Professor Liviu Mirica elected a 2022 AAAS Fellow

    Chemistry professor is one of seven Illinois faculty members in the American Association for the Advancement of Science Class of 2022, which also includes professor Charles Schroeder, an affiliate faculty member in chemistry.
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    University of Illinois scientists win $9.5 million to study emerging pathogens

    Chemistry professors Wilfred van der Donk and Angad Mehta and UIUC biochemistry professors Beth Stadtmueller and Nicholas Wu will work with a University of Colorado professor on a three-year project funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to investigate how to better prevent avian viruses from spreading among animals and humans.
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    Alum Hye Kyung Timken to receive NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society

    The National Academy of Sciences award recognizes Timken's groundbreaking work at Chevron on innovative catalysts, which has been instrumental in making oil refineries safer, and fossil fuels more environmentally friendly.
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  • Chemistry alumnus to receive LAS Alumni Humanitarian Award
    Dr. Lance E. Rodewald is a senior advisor to the national immunization program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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  • Illinois researchers make C&EN list of 2022 "synthesis showstoppers"
    An end-of-year review of 2022 chemistry trends and discoveries includes work by a research team in the lab of Professor M. Christina White for their discovery of a new way to build tertiary amines from secondary amines.
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  • Students experience science, new culture in Costa Rica study abroad program
    Students can apply now for this short-term summer program that offers undergraduates the opportunity to learn about natural products in a tropical region of the world and gain a new cultural experience.
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    Rogers, Elizabeth Parker (1919-2020)

    Elizabeth P. Rogers, a former Department of Chemistry faculty member who retired in 1988 after 25 years of teaching general chemistry courses, has died at the age of 100.
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