2019-10-22 - Professor Martin D. Burke is a recipient of the 2019 Mukaiyama Award from the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan. The Mukaiyama Award was established in 2005 and is awarded annually to individuals 45 years old or younger, who have made outstanding contributions to synthetic organic...Posted:
2019-10-22 - Professor Scott Denmark, the Reynold C. Fuson Professor of Chemistry, has received the 2019 Ryoji Noyori Prize, sponsored by Takasago International Corporation and administered by the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan.Posted:
2019-10-16 - The year 1980 was a turning point for LAS alum Peixin He (PhD ’85, chemistry). By 1980, China had been opening up to the world, and Peixin He was coming to the University of Illinois as a visiting scholar through an exchange program between Fudan...Posted:
2019-10-11 - The Illinois Alumni Association will present their 2019 awards at a private gala during Homecoming Week, October 13-19, 2019. Among those recognized are an Illinois Chemistry alumnus and emeritus faculty member. Alumnus Dale Kempf (PhD, ’82, Beak) will receive the Alumni Achievement Award,...Posted:
2019-10-10 - A few months ago, a new term cropped up on Twitter to describe an all-too-common phenomenon at academic institutions: a dude wall. In science departments, these walls honor historical figures by portraying retired faculty, previous heads of an institution, or even just preeminent...Posted:
2019-10-02 - Professor Josh Vura-Weis was recently selected as the winner of the 2019 Inter-American Photochemical Society (I-APS) Young Investigator Award, sponsored by the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, which is published by Elsevier.Posted:
2019-09-30 - Iris Stovall, double Illinois alumna and longtime Department of Chemistry academic staff member, passed away on September 19, 2019. Dr. Stovall received her M.S. (1975) and Ph.D. (1978) from the University of Illinois in natural resources and environmental sciences, completing a postdoc at...Posted:
2019-09-26 - Elizabeth Murphy, an undergraduate in the Paul Braun group, is one of three winners in the Beckman Institute’s research image contest. The goal of the contest was to submit images that showed the intersection between art and science.Posted:
2019-09-20 - Professor Catherine Murphy, along with Dr. Haimei Zheng, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory, are this years' joint MRS Medal winners.Posted:
2019-09-17 - The Pauling Medal Award recognizes outstanding achievement in chemistry and is presented annually by the Portland, Puget Sound, and Oregon Sections of the American Chemical Society. The award is named after Dr. Linus Pauling, a native of the Pacific Northwest, because of the...Posted:
2019-09-13 - With the goal of advancing the understanding of the neurochemistry of addiction, the Neuroproteomics and Neurometabolomics Center on Cell-Cell Signaling at the University of Illinois, has had its funding renewed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse with a $6 million grant.Posted:
2019-09-12 - The Discovery Fund, established in 2018 and supported by a generous gift from chemistry alumni Ving Lee (Ph.D., ‘75, Rinehart) and May Lee (Ph.D., ‘76, Rinehart), provides funding for innovative research in the Department of Chemistry.Posted:
2019-09-11 - Lucas Hernandez, a fifth-year graduate student in the David Sarlah group, received the 2019 Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation.Posted:
2019-09-11 - Professor Greg Girolami and Dr. Vera Mainz organized a symposium celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table, held last week in conjunction with the American Chemical Society’s national meeting in San Diego.Posted:
2019-09-10 - Lauren Hagler, a beginning fifth-year graduate student in Steve Zimmerman’s group, is the recipient of the first annual Women in Chemistry (WIC) Inclusive Leadership Award.Posted: