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.
Posted: 2020-08-26
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.Posted: 2020-08-26
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.Posted: 2020-08-19
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.Posted: 2020-08-18
2020-08-13 - Developed on campus and now available for download, the innovative Safer Illinois app provides users with personalized coronavirus-testing results and reminders of scheduled testing, along with a display of their current testing status that will serve as one of the mechanisms to gain entry to university facilities during the pandemic.Posted: 2020-08-13
2020-08-28 - The innovative saliva-based testing developed by the SHIELD team on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus is garnering national media attention as the FDA grants Emergency Use Authorization, and colleges and universities across the nation begin the fall semester.Posted: 2020-08-11
2020-08-10 - The long-term goal of this new program in the Department of Chemistry is to provide full fellowships for fourth-year graduate students. Alumnus Peixin He (PhD, ’85, Faulkner) and Xiaoming Chen have made the first donation.Posted: 2020-08-10
2020-08-04 - The Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry recognizes the research of Professor Liviu Mirica with the organization's 2020 Early Career Award.Posted: 2020-08-04
2020-08-03 - The Center for Advanced Study has appointed seven new members to its permanent faculty, including Professor Jeffrey Moore, the Stanley O. Ikenberry Endowed Chair in the Department of Chemistry.Posted: 2020-08-03
2020-07-22 - Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test scores were already optional for graduate school admission, but now the department has completely eliminated the scores from the process.Posted: 2020-07-22
2020-07-16 - Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have improved the technique of frontal polymerization, where a small amount of heat triggers a moving reaction wave that produces a polymeric material. The new method enables a wider range of materials with better control over their thermal and mechanical properties.Posted: 2020-07-16
2020-07-10 - Kaibo Feng and Mikiko Okumura are both in the group of 45 finalists from all over the world for the 2020 Reaxys PhD Prize.Posted: 2020-07-10
2020-07-10 - As the head of Technical Development Asia Pacific for BASF in Singapore, alumna Sindhu Easwara Menon leads the technical service and application development teams for plastics applications.Posted: 2020-07-10
2020-07-09 - Originally from Mumbai, India, Professor Prashant Jain’s path to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign began to take shape when he was a young boy with a natural curiosity for the world around him and a passion for reading that eventually led him to discover books and magazines about science, particularly physics and chemistry.Posted: 2020-07-09
2020-06-29 - Professor Rohit Bhargava's team at the Beckman Institute has developed new techniques that improve the noise associated with nanoscale chemical imaging using atomic force microscopy. The improvements will increase the versatility and precision of the instrument.Posted: 2020-06-29