2025-10-09 - Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting more than 2.9 million people worldwide. It occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath, the protective insulation...Posted:
2025-10-08 - When Nobel laureate Omar M. Yaghi (PhD, '90) was recently asked how he made the choice as a young scientist to pursue the idea of creating porous materials, he talked about two people in his life — his father and Walter Klemperer, his PhD advisor at the University of Illinois Urbana-...Posted:
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2025-10-03 - The Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) has received the 2025 ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Local Section Younger Chemists Committee. This distinction recognizes local section YCCs that demonstrate organizational stability, strong membership and participation, meaningful involvement with...Posted:
2025-10-02 - A fully renovated chemistry instructional facility in Noyes Laboratory has officially been dedicated the “Peter Beak Advanced Synthesis Laboratory” in memory of long-time chemistry Professor Peter A. Beak. Family, friends, and former colleagues of Prof. Beak joined university officials,...Posted:
2025-09-30 - Two research proposals in the Department of Chemistry have been selected to receive Discovery Fund awards. This new round of funding will support a project exploring how peptide hormone processing in the gut changes during the development of metabolic disorders. And the funds will also...Posted:
2025-09-18 - The superior strength and light weight of high-performance carbon and plastic composite materials have reduced the fuel consumption and harmful emissions of automobiles and airplanes and improved the efficiency of electric cars and wind turbine blades. But those same superior qualities make...Posted:
2025-09-15 - Two graduate students in the School of Chemical Sciences are recipients of Gender Equity in the Chemical Sciences Inclusive Leadership Awards.This award was created to recognize graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and...Posted:
2025-09-10 - Photosynthesis, or the ability of plants, algae and some bacteria, to convert light energy into chemical energy is inspiring one research team at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to improve synthetic electronics systems....Posted:
2025-09-08 - The manufacture of many things in our everyday lives, from clothing to electronics to vital medical devices, are dependent on petrochemicals derived from fossil fuels like crude oil and natural gas, finite raw materials whose extraction and use are harmful to the environment.For decades,...Posted:
2025-08-20 - The American Chemical Society has announced that Martin Gruebele, professor emeritus of chemistry, is the 2026 recipient of the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry.The 2026 ACS national award...Posted:
2025-08-21 - The American Chemical Society has selected chemistry Prof. M. Christina White as the 2026 recipient of the Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods. The 2026 ACS national...Posted:- 2025-08-12 - Two graduate students in chemistry have been recognized with awards from the American Chemical Society for their leadership in mentoring and research safety.Chang Jiang — Leadership in Mentoring Chang Jiang is a PhD student in chemistry advised by Jefferson Chan. Jiang also received the ...Posted:
2025-08-11 - Three faculty members in the Department of Chemistry have received promotions. Josh Vura-Weis has been promoted to full professor by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. And Hee-Sun Han and Lisa Olshansky have been promoted to associate professor and awarded tenure by the university....Posted:
2025-08-05 - As an Illinois undergraduate, Makenna Pinkham was afraid of failing Organic Chemistry I her sophomore year, but that fear quickly faded, and she started looking forward to the 8 a.m. class taught by Jordan Axelson, director of undergraduate studies, and senior lecturer.“Dr. Axelson did...Posted: