2023-07-06
- A research team that includes chemistry Prof. Hee-Sun Han has developed a new method for delivering antioxidants to stem cells that is reliable, long-lasting and minimizes variation, allowing the cells to avoid degenerating over time. The method could help maintain cell cultures for therapeutic use.
Posted: 2023-07-25
- 2023-06-30 - Professor of chemistry is one of three scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign selected to attend the WLA Forum which will be held in Shanghai, China, on November 6-8, 2023.Posted: 2023-07-19
- 2023-07-11 - The high-tech company Tiptek LLC, which was founded in 2011 by Illinois chemistry alum Scott Lockledge (PhD, '90) and Illinois professors Joseph Lyding and Gregory Girolami, has received a Small Business of the Year award from the U.S. Department of Energy.Posted: 2023-07-11
- 2023-07-10 - An Illinois research team led by Professor M. Christina White has developed a method to mimic liver enzyme processes with chemical reactions, which could lead to the development of new drugs or the modification of existing ones to improve their efficacy and reduce side effects.Posted: 2023-07-10
- 2023-06-26 - The potentially groundbreaking new treatment was pioneered by scientists at Carle Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa, and the bio-tech company, cycstetic Medicines.Posted: 2023-06-26
- 2023-05-19 - The Chemistry at Illinois graduate, who is the Chief Inclusion Officer at Dow, delivered the keynote address during the Department of Chemistry's May 2023 Convocation Ceremony on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.Posted: 2023-06-20
- 2023-06-20 - The School of Chemical Sciences and the Department of Chemistry have recognized a group of faculty members, faculty instructors and graduate students for their commitment to excellence in the classroom in the 2022-23 academic year.Posted: 2023-06-20
- 2023-06-20 - In June, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation announced the selection of its 2023 class of Beckman Young Investigator Awardees from U.S. colleges and universities.Posted: 2023-06-20
- 2023-06-07 - The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Illinois named chemistry professor Nicholas Jackson a Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (LEAP) Scholar and named chemistry professor Joaquín Rodríguez-López an LAS Distinguished Professorial Scholar.Posted: 2023-06-13
- 2023-06-12 - Known for pioneering molecular research and efforts to test for COVID-19, chemistry Professor Martin Burke was honored as the May and Ving Lee Professor for Chemical Innovation during an Investiture ceremony at the Beckman Institute.Posted: 2023-06-12
- 2023-06-07 - With more than 45 years of experience in the chemical industry, including research for Dow Chemical R&D, earning seven U.S. patents, and as a business leader for Dow Plastics, Dr. Marinda Li Wu will be honored in the Opening Ceremony of the Asian Chemical Congress in July 2023.Posted: 2023-06-07
- 2022-05-31 - Leonel Griego, a graduate student in the research group of Liviu Mirica, received the 2022 T.S. Piper Award, and Kenneth Madsen, a graduate student in the research group of Andrew Gewirth, received the Walter G. Klemperer Dissertation Award in Materials Chemistry.Posted: 2023-06-07
- 2023-06-06 - The vice president for research at Northwestern University, who developed new mass spectrometry technology, wanted to provide students at Illinois with the same undergraduate opportunities that changed his life. The new scholarships also honor his mentor, Illinois chemistry Professor Steve Zimmerman.Posted: 2023-06-06
- 2023-06-06 - Researchers led by chemistry Professor Nancy Makri have developed an illustration technique that displays quantum features in an easy-to-read diagram called a coherence map, and they are using these maps to study the quantum mechanisms that underlay photosynthesis.Posted: 2023-06-06
- 2023-04-20 - Chemistry graduate student Marya Ornelas and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering graduate student Vanessa DaSilva both received C2 Outstanding Mentor Awards for their work with undergraduate students in the C2 — Chemical Science through Community program.Posted: 2023-06-05