2020-09-11 - A sixth-year PhD candidate in the area of organic chemistry, Edzna Garcia shares her story of perseverance as a first-generation college student who realized in high school that she wanted to pursue an education in chemistry.

2020-09-08 - The $5,000 scholarships are awarded to undergraduates who have shown outstanding academic achievement and excelled in leadership, research and innovation as demonstrated by classroom performance, activities, essays, and hands-on experiences.

2020-09-04 - Graduate student Alison Wallum's commitment to inclusive excellence was recognized with the annual Women in Chemistry Inclusive Leadership Award, and graduate student Hannah Toru was also recognized with runner-up award.

2020-09-03 - He will take over as editor of the flagship publication of the American Chemical Society in 2021 and become the first JACS editor-in-chief to live outside of the U.S. and the first Latin American to lead the journal.

2020-09-03 - Faculty member is one of 10 recipients of the national 2021 A.C. Cope Scholar Award and was also named the 2020 KYOTO Rising-Star Lectureship Award Winner.

2020-07-10 - Josh Vura-Weis, a faculty member and the Department of Chemistry's associate head of major projects, was promoted in June 2020 to associate professor of chemistry.

2020-07-10 - An instructional faculty member in the Department of Chemistry, Christian Ray was promoted to teaching associate professor of chemistry.

2020-06-05 - The Department of Chemistry hosted a public virtual event on May 29, 2020, featuring faculty members Martin Burke and Yi Lu, who each gave presentations about their COVID-19 projects.

2020-08-14 - Chemistry at Illinois hosted a virtual meeting on July 30, 2020, allowing new head Cathy Murphy and previous head Martin Gruebele to have a conversation with alumni, friends and faculty about the future of the department.

2020-07-01 - Four Department of Chemistry graduating seniors in the Class of 2020 received convocation awards in May. Each award includes a $1,000 gift to the graduating student.  Andria Pace received the Reynold C. Fuson Award, which recognizes outstanding undergraduate research by a graduating senior. Reynold Clayton Fuson, known as “R.C.” Fuson, was a distinguished...

2020-07-30 - Chemistry Professor Nancy Makri and six graduate students were honored with 2020 teaching excellence awards and fellowships from the Department of Chemistry and School of Chemical Sciences.

2020-08-17 - The Department of Chemistry has lost a friend and supporter with the passing of Carolyn “Connie” Springborn who shared the same generous spirit as her husband, alumnus Robert Springborn (BS, '51). Together they created a legacy in the department that benefits generations of students.

2020-08-26 - Chemistry professors Martin Burke, Scott Denmark and Christina White and affiliate faculty members Huimin Zhao and Charles M. Schroeder are part of a multi-institutional team awarded a five-year $20 million grant by the National Science Foundation for the new NSF Artificial Intelligence Institute for Molecular Discovery, Synthetic Strategy and Manufacturing.

2020-08-19 - Chemistry professors Martin Burke and Paul Hergenrother helped develop the direct saliva test that has unique features, enabling fast and frequent testing on a large scale. They are now working together with many partners to make the testing method broadly available as soon as possible.

2020-08-18 - New professor brings his state-of-the-art research using defects in diamond for quantum-enhanced nanoscale microscopy to the Department of Chemistry and the Illinois Quantum Information Science & Technology Center.