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2014-09-30 - Paul Hergenrother, the Rinehart Professor of Chemistry, appears on the list of UIUC University Scholars named this year. Now in its 29th year, the University Scholars program recognizes excellence and provides $15,000 each year for three years to use to enhance each Scholar's academic career. To be eligible, faculty members must be Associate Professors or...

2014-09-30 - "NDSEG fellowships are designed to increase the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance. On average, about 10 percent of applicants are selected and this year 189 students nationwide received awards." James Christensen, Brad Nakamura, and Ian Robertson have been awarded prestigious National Defense Science and Engineering...

2014-09-18 - Theodore M. Vial, Sr., founding member and past president of Princeton Community Housing, died at home Wednesday, September 17, 2014. He was 93. Ted’s family is celebrating his life of service and conviction, his quiet good humor and generous spirit. Born in Ware, Iowa, Ted went to the University of Maryland-College Park, received a Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal as part of a glider...

2014-08-31 - R. C. Fuson Professor Scott Denmark has been selected to receive the 2014 Harry and Carol Mosher Award of the Santa Clara Valley section of the American Chemical Society.

2014-07-31 - Reid T. Milner Professor Deborah Leckband has been elected to the Biomedical Engineering Society Class of 2014 Fellows. Fellow status is awarded to BMES members who demonstrate exceptional achievements and experience in the field of biomedical engineering, and a record of membership and participation in the Society. Public recognition of Prof. Leckband...

2014-07-31 - Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Swanlund Professor of Chemistry, and So Hirata, Blue Waters Professor and Alumni Research Scholar in Chemistry, have been elected Members of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (IAQMS). Typically, only 3 to 8 scientists are elected to this prestigious academy annually, and there are only about 130 members worldwide.

2014-07-31 - Prashant K. Jain is one of seven recipients of the Beckman Young Investigator Award from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. This highly competitive award of $750,000 over four years is "intended to provide research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences,...

2014-07-31 - Alison Fout has been selected to receive a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award and grant of $400,000 from the National Science Foundation to support her research program.

2014-07-31 - Taras Pogorelov, Senior Research Scientist in the School of Chemical Sciences and Research Professor in the Chemistry Department, has been named as one of nine NCSA Faculty Fellows for 2014.

2014-07-31 - Antibiotic resistance is depleting our arsenal against deadly diseases and infections, such as tuberculosis and Staph infections, but recent research shows promise to speed up the drug discovery process.

2014-07-01 - Former Illinois Chemistry faculty member Fred Wall died on March 31, 2010, in San Diego; he was 97. He was preceded in death by his wife Clara, who died in November of 2009, and is survived by his daughter Elizabeth Wall Ralston. Fred had a distinguished career as a research chemist, teacher, and university administrator. Frederick Theodore Wall was born December 14, 1912; during high school, he...

2014-06-30 - The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has named Jeffrey S. Moore, the Murchison-Mallory Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois, an HHMI Professor.

2014-05-31 - Professor Martin Burke has received two notable prizes in recent months. The first is the 2014 Thieme IUPAC Prize in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. This prize is awarded to a scientist under 40 whose research has had a major impact in synthetic organic chemistry. It is presented every two years at the IUPAC International Conference on Organic Synthesis. Two Illinois faculty members have won the...

2014-05-31 - I am sad to report that our colleague Don Secrest died suddenly on Saturday, May 10, 2014, at the age of 82. Born in Akron, OH, on January 3, 1932, he attended the University of Akron where he obtained his BS degree in 1955.

2014-05-31 - The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology recently held an open competition to seed new interdisciplinary research directions in engineering and the physical, behavioral and, life sciences.