2018-03-27 - This March, we recognize a few of the many individuals whose lives and work have inspired and promoted the development of women in the chemical sciences. When alumna Yulan Tong (MS, ’58; PhD, ’61) studied organic chemistry at Illinois in the late 1950s, she was the only woman in that...Posted:
2018-03-26 - Name: Timothy P. Moneypenny. Year: 3rd Year. Hometown: Akron, Ohio. Why Illinois? Awesome chemistry department and awesome people.Posted:- 2018-03-16 - The Department of Chemistry once again ranks sixth overall in US News and World Report 2019 graduate school rankings , and top ten in the analytical, inorganic, organic, physical, and theoretical areas.Posted:
2018-03-12 - Researchers say they can now produce a vast library of unique cyclic compounds, some with the capacity to interrupt specific protein-protein interactions that play a role in disease. The new compounds have cyclic structures that give them stability and enhance their ability to bind to their targets...Posted:
2018-03-12 - The American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Chemical Pioneer Award recognizes chemists and chemical engineers who have made outstanding contributions advancing the science of chemistry or impacting the chemical industry or the chemical profession.Posted:
2018-03-09 - Thomas B. Rauchfuss can add another award to his long list of accolades. He received the ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the...Posted:
2018-03-08 - Name: William H. (Bill) Pittman. Year/Degree: 1960 PhD. Hometown: Columbia, MO (childhood); Schenectady, NY (now). Why Illinois? Recommendation from my senior research adviser at the Univ. of MO, Dr. Niels C. Nielsen.Posted:
2018-01-31 - Professor Burke has been named University Scholar, a program that recognizes excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. Read more>>Posted:
2018-02-27 - Chemistry alumnus Ralph Gardner-Chavis (BS, '43) was one of 15 African Americans who worked on the Manhattan Project. They were featured this week in a story by Knox...Posted:
2018-02-26 - We are proud to announce that Renske van der Veen has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for her submitted proposal "Ultrafast Imaging and Spectroscopy of Cooperative Phenomena in Photomagnetic Nanomaterials."Posted:
2018-02-22 - Slichter passed away on Monday, February 19th in Boulder, Colorado, surrounded by his family. Martin Gruebele said "Charlie Slichter was a highly valued colleague not only in the Physics Department, but also in Chemistry. He collaborated with Illinois chemistry professor Herb Gutowsky in the 1950s...Posted:
2018-02-15 - Stephen Elledge (BS, '78) received a 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Elledge was honored at a gala on December 4, 2016, in...Posted:
2018-02-14 - Department head Martin Gruebele, the James R. Eiszner Endowed Chair in Chemistry, has received a 2018 TREE award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA).Posted:
2018-02-12 - In 1990, students and friends of Illinois chemistry professor and alumnus Harold R. Snyder (BS, ’31) established a fund in his memory to support a summer research program for undergraduates interested in organic chemistry.Posted:
2018-02-09 - A new state-of-the art hub for theoretical chemists at Illinois has been completed. The Center for Theoretical Chemistry modernizes space in Noyes Lab. “Bringing theoretical chemists together in one unified space is the key to the whole project,” said Benjamin McCall, professor of chemistry and...Posted: