2012-01-02 - Eleanor Clayton Cogan Sept. 22, 1909 - Dec. 27, 2011 Born in Chicago, IL to Thomas and Nora Clayton, Eleanor grew up in Dixon, in northern Illinois.

2011-12-31 - Congratulations to the following faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants who were ranked excellent by their students during the Spring 2011 course evaluation process. Professors and InstructorsGretchen Adams Peter Beak Martin Burke Scott Denmark Christian Ray Teaching Assistants Cynthia...

2011-12-31 - In conjunction with the Spring 2011 ACS Meeting in Anaheim, California, the Department of Chemistry will be hosting an Alumni and Friends Reception. All Alumni and Friends of the Department are invited to attend. Monday, March 28, 2011 5:00 - 8:00 pm Doubletree Guest Suites Anaheim Convention Center (Tuscany Room A) 2085 South Harbor Blvd....

2011-12-31 - The UN has declared 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry, placing UNESCO and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in charge of events. Read more at http://www.chemistry2011.org/

2011-12-31 - Dr. Kenneth Suslick has been named the recepient of of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.  Suslick, the Marvin T. Schmidt professor of chemistry, works at the forefront of chemical sensing. He developed an artificial “nose” capable of detecting harmful substances in the air. He has built a small optoelectronic device to “sniff out” poisonous gases, toxins and explosives. The device uses...

2011-12-31 - Kenneth Suslick, Marvin T. Schmidt Professor of Chemistry, recently led a team of researchers that demonstrated a quick, simple method to identify infectious bacteria by smell using a low-cost array of printed pigments as a chemical sensor.

2011-12-31 - Professors Cathy Murphy and John Hartwig were ranked in Thomson Reuters recently released data identifying the world's top 100 chemists over the past 10 years as ranked by the impact of their published researched. Professor Murphy was ranked #10 in materials science and #32 overall. Professor Hartwig was ranked #84 overall.

2011-12-31 - Professor Christina White along with members of her research group were recently featured in Chemical and Engineering News for their discovery of a small-molecule iron catalyst which has unusual reactivity previously only seen in nature.

2011-12-31 - Wilfred A. van der Donk, Richard E. Heckert Endowed Chair in Chemistry, was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Additionally, Dr. van der Donk was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). The American Academy of Microbiology now has more than 2,...

2011-12-31 - Richard Lampo (M.S. Chemistry, ’79), St. Joseph, Ill., recently won the R&D 100 Award, which each year selects the top 100 innovations worldwide. He was part of a team that developed an all-thermoplastic composite bridge made of waste plastic and automotive bumper scraps which includes a novel I-beam design. The first bridge, installed at Fort Bragg, N.C., can support loads...

2011-12-31 - Jeffrey Spencer (MS Teaching, 2011) has been chosen as a Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellow this year. The fellowship provides funds for professional development and classroom resources as well as serving as a professional development/ science teacher support base for people who were trained and worked as scientists that have made the decision to go into education.

2011-12-31 - James Lisy, Professor of Chemistry, has been named the recipient of a Humboldt Research Award. The award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future.

2011-12-31 - Dr. John Rogers, Professor of Chemistry and Founder Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the NAE is one of the highest professional honors an engineer can garner.

2011-12-31 - Dr. Scott Silverman has been chosen to receive the Campus Award for Excellence in Guiding Undergraduate Research. This is a highly competitive teaching award with several evaluation criteria, including having exhibited sustained activity in involving and guiding undergraduate students in research projects and having a positive impact on student scholarship or intellectual development. For a...

2011-12-31 - Professor Eric Oldfield will be awarded to the 2011 Avanti Award in Lipids for his pioneering research using NMR methods to investigate lipid membrane structure and for his work in drug discovery, targeting lipid biosynthesis. The award is given annually by the Biophysical Scoiety to an investigator that has made "outstanding contributions to our understanding of lipid biosynthetics."