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  • A photo focusing mostly on a lab worker's blue safety gloves in a lab.
    Chemistry Teaching Labs receive Chelsea Santucci Greenovation Award for recycling efforts
    2022-06-15 - Led by Serenity Desmond, the assistant director of Teaching Labs for Chemistry, and Physical Science Technical Assistants Michelle Colombo, Justin McGlauchlen, and Alexis Waite, a program to repurpose previously hard-to-recycle items and divert them from landfills have garnered a Chelsea Santucci Greenovation Award.
     Posted: 2022-06-15
  • Head shot of Tepora Su'a on a tan background
    Tepora Su’a brings passion for chemistry, DEI to School of Chemical Sciences
    2022-06-08 - The daughter of Samoan parents and the first of seven children to attend college, Tepora Su’a knows firsthand the challenges of navigating higher education as a STEM major and first-generation college student. “I knew early on, that I wasn't going to go to college unless I got an athletic or academic scholarship - my family simply couldn't afford it,” said Tepora, who was born and raised in San...
     Posted: 2022-06-13
  • Graduate student Jason Cournoyer sits on a chair in a lab next to a bench and shelves filled with chemistry supplies/equipment.
    Jason Cournoyer receives Dr. Sandra Murawski Award for Mentoring Excellence
    2022-06-10 - Currently a third-year graduate student in the lab of Professor Angad Mehta, Cournoyer has continuously mentored undergraduate researchers.
     Posted: 2022-06-10
  • Portrait of Alex Shved in a blue lab coat with arms crossed standing in a lab on campus.
    Graduate student Alex Shved receives Gary Schuster Mentoring Scholarship
    2022-06-10 - In recognition of outstanding mentorship of undergraduates in research, chemistry graduate student Alex Shved has been awarded the third annual Gary Schuster Mentoring Scholarship.
     Posted: 2022-06-10
  • Head shot of Lisa Olshansky on a light blue background
    Lisa Olshansky selected for DOE Early Career Award
    2022-06-10 - Olshansky will study a new approach to converting sunlight into chemical potential energy with this support from the U.S. Department of Energy's Early Career Research Program, which is intended to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by supporting exceptional researchers at the outset of their careers.
     Posted: 2022-06-10
  • A student standing outdoors on the UIUC campus with a COVID testing tent site in the background holds a tube with blue liquid at the bottom, like the tubes used for collecting COVID saliva samples.
    SHIELD program a model for effective pandemic management, data show
    2022-06-09 - In a report published in Nature Communications, the team behind the campuswide collaboration, which included researchers from the Department of Chemistry, details the innovations in modeling, saliva testing and results reporting that helped mitigate the spread of the virus, and shares the data collected and lessons learned through the process.
     Posted: 2022-06-09
  • Andrew Zahrt stands in a blue lab coat in a chemistry lab with equipment in the background.
    Andrew Zahrt (PhD, '20) awarded an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship
    2022-06-08 - The latest class of Arnold O. Beckman fellows includes Illinois chemistry alumnus Andrew Zahrt, who graduated in August 2020 with a PhD in organic chemistry under the advisement of Professor Scott Denmark.
     Posted: 2022-06-08
  • Photo of the Alma Mater dressed in UIUC graduation regalia with Altgeld Hall tower in the background.
    Seven outstanding graduates honored with 2022 Convocation Awards
    2022-06-08 - The annual awards are presented to individual undergraduate and graduate students for various achievements, including academic excellence and outstanding research in the chemical sciences.
     Posted: 2022-06-08
  • From left, Wilfred van der Donk, stands next to Ralph Nuzzo and then Cathy Murphy in front of an orange screen with logos that say "Illinois" in white lettering.
    College of LAS celebrates Ralph Nuzzo, Wilfred van der Donk for election to NAS
    2022-06-08 - The in-person event honored the Illinois faculty members who were elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2022 and 2021, which included the two professors of chemistry.
     Posted: 2022-06-08
  • Portrait of Catherine Murphy seated with a scarf and a gray background
    Catherine Murphy wins Royal Society of Chemistry prize
    2022-06-06 - Faculty member and Head of the Department of Chemistry is named winner of the Centenary Prize for pioneering work with gold nanocrystals and excellence in communication.
     Posted: 2022-06-07
  • Head shot of Ralph Nuzzon outdoors on the UIUC campus with the Quad and buildings in the background
    Ralph Nuzzo named Kavli Prize Laureate in Nanoscience
    2022-06-01 - The Illinois Professor Emeritus of Chemistry is one of four 2022 Kavli Prize Laureates in Nanoscience being honored for contributions to the development of self-assembled monolayers on solid substrates and molecular-scale coatings to control surface properties.
     Posted: 2022-06-01
  • A black and white photo taken in 1901, which shows an early stage of the construction of the first couple floors of Noyes Laboratory. .
    A landmark for chemistry and science
    2022-05-31 - The history of the Department of Chemistry's Noyes Laboratory is rooted in fire, discovery, public service, and kindness.
     Posted: 2022-05-31
  • Photo of a Block I with the UIUC Quad in the background.
    New chemistry curriculum projects will launch through LAS Student Success Initiative
    2022-05-23 - The college issued a call for LAS Student Success Initiative proposals earlier this year and received a number of applications. Two projects in the Department of Chemistry will receive funding.
     Posted: 2022-05-23
  • Head shot of Hee-Sun Han
    Hee-Sun Han receives Amy L. Devine Award for commitment to student learning
    2022-05-19 - Alpha Omega Epsilon chose to recognize Professor Hee-Sun for her willingness to "go above and beyond" to ensure that her students are understanding the concepts she teaches in her chemistry class.
     Posted: 2022-05-19
  • Jeff Chan, left, stands outdoors on the engineering quad on the UIUC campus and side by side with Anuj Yadav, with arms folded; the Beckman Institute is in the background.
    Molecular probe links high-fat diet to nitric oxide levels, cancer development
    2022-05-16 - In a study led by chemistry professor Jefferson Chan, researchers at the Beckman Institute deployed a molecular probe to demonstrate a direct link between a high-fat diet and heightened nitric oxide levels, which can lead to increased risk of inflammation and cancer development.
     Posted: 2022-05-16

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