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  • Head shot of professor Philip Phillips on a blue background
    Philip Phillips, professor of chemistry and physics, part of "Black voices in physics" series
    2020-11-05 - Illinois chemistry and physics professor is one of 14 Black physicists interviewed by magazine, Physics Today, the flagship publication of the American Institute of Physics.
     Posted: 2020-11-05
  • Photo of Douglas Mitchell on an outdoor balcony overlooking campus
    Doug Mitchell's lasso peptide research leads to new company, Lassogen
    2020-11-05 - With $4.5 million raised so far, the start-up company Lassogen moves one step closer to demonstrating the power of lasso peptides for treating human diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders. 
     Posted: 2020-11-05
  • Four vials used for collecting COVID-19 saliva samples sit upright in a tray
    C&EN highlights COVID testing that Burke, Hergenrother helped develop
    2020-11-02 - Chemical & Engineering News recently highlighted the development of the COVID-19 screening system by a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign team, which includes chemistry professors Paul Hergenrother and Martin Burke. The...
     Posted: 2020-11-02
  • Head shot of Hye Kyung Timken
    Alumna Hye Kyung Timken honored with LAS Achievement Award
    2020-10-30 - A team leader at Chevron Company, Hye Kyung Timken (PhD, '87, Oldfield) is one of 10 alumni award winners from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences honored during LAS Impact 2020, a weeklong celebration of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences that began Oct. 26.
     Posted: 2020-10-30
  • Head shot of Lloyd Munjanja
    ACS honors Lloyd Munjanja for advancing diversity in chemical sciences
    2020-10-29 - The American Chemical Society's Committee on Minority Affairs has selected Lloyd Munjanja, the associate director of Graduate Diversity and Program Climate, as the 2020 recipient of the Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences.
     Posted: 2020-10-29
  • Head shot of Christian Ray
    Chemistry department "ahead of the curve" accommodating student needs
    2020-10-16 - Professor Christian Ray strives to create an inclusive classroom environment to help all students succeed, including those who face physical and other challenges by connecting them with support services coordinated by the Department of Chemistry and Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES).
     Posted: 2020-10-16
  • Picture of the Department of Chemistry Administrative Office sign
    Administrative Offices in Noyes certified gold in green office program
    2020-10-15 - The chemistry Administrative Office in Noyes certified silver in 2019 and is now the first office to reach gold certification in 2020 as part of the university’s Certified Green Office Program that was designed by The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
     Posted: 2020-10-15
  • Head shot of professor Steve Zimmerman
    Zimmerman appointed to university racism and social injustice committee
    2020-10-15 - Chancellor Robert J. Jones announced five committees that have been charged with identifying steps to create a campus free of structural and system racism and bias.
     Posted: 2020-10-15
  • Greg George, Ben Mosier and Rick Ford stand in front of their patented technology that improves taste of distilled spirits
    Alumni receive R&D 100 award for patented distilled spirit technology
    2020-10-14 - Greg George (BS, ‘82) and the late Benjamin Mosier (PhD, ’57, Laitinen) worked together for years on the innovative technology that has been recognized in the Process and Prototyping category by the R&D 100.
     Posted: 2020-10-14
  • Photo of lab items frosted over in a freezer
    Chemistry labs help university win energy savings challenge for third year
    2020-10-06 - The U of I was honored by the International Laboratory Freezer Challenge as one of the top universities at implementing cold-storage best management practices and reducing energy usage for a third straight year. Twenty-one labs on campus, including some Chemistry at Illinois labs, combined to save approximately 263 kWh/day, which is the equivalent energy use of nine average households.
     Posted: 2020-10-06
  • Illustration of a molecule
    Yi Lu, Xing Wang part of team launching Center for Pathogen Diagnostics
    2020-09-30 - As COVID-19 infects millions worldwide, the pandemic has underscored the need for cost-effective, accurate, and quick diagnostics, and the Center for Pathogen Diagnostics will seek to create new detection systems that address limitations of current technologies, while leveraging the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze disease trends, analyze sensor data, and predict...
     Posted: 2020-09-30
  • Head shot of Paul Hergenrother
    Discovery of cancer compound leads to global licensing deal
    2020-09-30 - Research in the laboratories of Paul Hergenrother and U of I biochemistry professor David Shapiro was the first to show that this compound can effectively target and kill certain cancer cells. It is now the subject of a new global licensing agreement between the pharmaceutical company Bayer AG and the cancer drug development company Systems Oncology LLC.
     Posted: 2020-09-30
  • Head shot of Prashant Jain
    Prashant Jain makes Science News list of 10 young scientists to watch
    2020-09-30 - The annual top 10 list features early- and mid-career scientists who are pushing the boundaries of scientific inquiry and demonstrating potential to shape the science of the future.
     Posted: 2020-09-30
  • Head shot of Professor Mei Shen
    Professor Mei Shen receives NSF CAREER Award 
    2020-09-01 - The award will enable Shen and her research group to create new electrochemical methods and microscopes to detect, measure, and visualize the presence of chemicals that are used as neurotransmitters that currently cannot be investigated by other methods.
     Posted: 2020-09-30
  • Head shot of Christina White
    Christina White's research into the "Holy Grail" of C—H activation is highlighted in Chemistry World series
    2020-09-29 - The publication's series focusing on eight "Holy Grails" of chemistry explains how the White research group's work is one of a group of discoveries that has “contributed to a blossoming of the field of C–H activation.”
     Posted: 2020-09-29

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