2015-05-31 - The 2015 Royal Society of Chemistry Applied Inorganic Chemistry Award winner is Yi Lu.Posted:
2015-05-31 - Technology in common household humidifiers could enable the next wave of high-tech medical imaging and targeted medicine, thanks to a new method for making tiny silicone microspheres developed by chemists at the University of Illinois.Posted:
2015-05-01 - The Journal of Physical Chemistry and the ACS Physical Chemistry Division have announced that Prof. Prashant K. Jain is this year's recipient of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C Lectureship Award.Posted:
2015-05-01 - Assistant Professor Brian Bellott (PhD 2010, Girolami) was recently awarded Western Illinois University's Award of Excellence in Mentoring. The award celebrates faculty who energetically support and mentor student research. Honorees are nominated by students....Posted:- 2015-05-01 - Congratulations to Christian Ray, who on April 7, 2015, received the 2014-2015 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Instructional Staff.Posted:
2015-04-30 - Thomas Allen is one of a few outstanding computational science PhD students nationwide selected to receive a 2015-2016 Blue Waters Fellowship. The fellowship provides financial support as well as an allocation of up to 50,000 node-hours on the powerful Blue Waters petascale computing system....Posted:
2015-04-18 - Dr. Gilbert P. Haight Jr., best known for his pioneering work in chemical education, died on Monday, April 17, 2015 of natural causes. Known to family and friends as "Gil", Dr. Haight spent his professional life as a professor of chemistry, exploring and perfecting the delivery of scientific...Posted:- 2015-04-02 - Giving new meaning to the term "sonic boom", University of Illinois chemists have used sound to trigger microscopic explosions. Using an "ultrasonic hammer", the researchers triggered tiny but intensely hot explosions in volatile materials, giving insight into how explosives work and how to...Posted:
- 2015-04-01 - Four scientists associated with the Department of Chemistry have been honored by their election to the National Academy of Sciences.Posted:
2015-03-01 - A new molecule-making machine could do for chemistry what 3-D printing did for engineering: Make it fast, flexible and accessible to anyone. Chemists at the University of Illinois, led by chemistry professor and medical doctor Martin D. Burke, built...Posted:
2015-03-01 - Douglas Mitchell is the recipient of the 2015 Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry. He is cited for his outstanding work in enzyme chemistry where the presence of enzyme action is unequivocally demonstrated. The award is in recognition of fundamental...Posted:
2015-03-01 - Kenneth Suslick, of the Bioimaging Science and Technology Group and chemistry professor at Illinois, received the Innovation Transfer Award at the 2015 Innovation Celebration. As a collaboration among the University of Illinois, Parkland College, and the community, the Innovation Celebration...Posted:
2015-03-01 - A new drug that prompts cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing healthy cells is now entering phase I clinical trials in humans.Posted:
2015-02-28 - Professor Ryan Bailey has been named to receive the 2015 Pittcon Achievement Award. The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon), is the largest meeting in the area of analytical chemistry; their Achievement Award recognizes “individuals for outstanding...Posted:
2015-02-28 - Assistant Professor of Chemistry Prashant K. Jain has received a 2015 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, which recognizes outstanding new faculty who excel in research, experience, and academic leadership.Posted: