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2023-06-20 - The School of Chemical Sciences and the Department of Chemistry have recognized a group of faculty members, faculty instructors and graduate students for their commitment to excellence in the classroom in the 2022-23 academic year.

2023-06-20 - In June, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation announced the selection of its 2023 class of Beckman Young Investigator Awardees from U.S. colleges and universities.

2023-06-07 - The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Illinois named chemistry professor Nicholas Jackson a Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (LEAP) Scholar and named chemistry professor Joaquín Rodríguez-López an LAS Distinguished Professorial Scholar.

2023-06-12 - Known for pioneering molecular research and efforts to test for COVID-19, chemistry Professor Martin Burke was honored as the May and Ving Lee Professor for Chemical Innovation during an Investiture ceremony at the Beckman Institute.

2023-06-07 - With more than 45 years of experience in the chemical industry, including research for Dow Chemical R&D, earning seven U.S. patents, and as a business leader for Dow Plastics, Dr. Marinda Li Wu will be honored in the Opening Ceremony of the Asian Chemical Congress in July 2023.

2022-05-31 - Leonel Griego, a graduate student in the research group of Liviu Mirica, received the 2022 T.S. Piper Award, and Kenneth Madsen, a graduate student in the research group of Andrew Gewirth, received the Walter G. Klemperer Dissertation Award in Materials Chemistry.

2023-06-06 - The vice president for research at Northwestern University, who developed new mass spectrometry technology, wanted to provide students at Illinois with the same undergraduate opportunities that changed his life. The new scholarships also honor his mentor, Illinois chemistry Professor Steve Zimmerman.

2023-06-06 - Researchers led by chemistry Professor Nancy Makri have developed an illustration technique that displays quantum features in an easy-to-read diagram called a coherence map, and they are using these maps to study the quantum mechanisms that underlay photosynthesis.

2023-04-20 - Chemistry graduate student Marya Ornelas and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering graduate student Vanessa DaSilva both received C2 Outstanding Mentor Awards for their work with undergraduate students in the C2 — Chemical Science through Community program.

2023-06-02 - Morgan Kennebeck, a graduate in the Class of 2023, received the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry's Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry, and sophomore Aidan Lindsay received the ACS Division of Physical Chemistry's Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry.

2023-04-20 - As the inaugural editor of Device, a new applied physical science journal from Cell Press, Marshall Brennan will lead the publication in its quest to be the breakthrough journal to support device and application-orientated research, including applied physics, applied materials, nanotechnology, robotics, energy research, chemistry, biotechnology and biomedical sciences, photonics, electronics...

2023-05-31 - Seven bachelor's degree graduates and two doctoral degree graduates were recognized with awards at the Department of Chemistry's Convocation ceremony on May 14, 2023.

2023-05-30 - Students and postdoctoral researchers from the departments of chemistry and chemical and biomolecular engineering and the Molecule Maker Lab at UIUC met with Urbana middle school students to build solar cells, teaching them various STEM concepts.

2023-05-25 - Meet some of our Chemistry at Illinois Class of 2023 doctoral degree graduates and bachelor's degree graduates and learn their future plans and their secrets to success while students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

2023-05-23 - Amanda East, a graduate student in the Chan lab, was awarded the Murawski Award, and Robert Boyd, a graduate student in the Silverman lab, was awarded the Gary Schuster Mentoring Scholarship.