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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 - 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...

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...

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 - 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...

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...

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 - 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...

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 - Congratulations to Greg Scott, Gruebele group, who received the 2011 Dissertation Award in Materials Chemistry.  Professor Cathy Murphy, Materials Area Head, is shown below presenting Greg with the award on April 28, 2011.    ...

2011-12-31 - Taking their cue from biological circulatory systems, University of Illinois researchers have developed vascularized structural composites, creating materials that are lightweight and strong with potential for self-healing, self-cooling, metamaterials and more.

2011-12-31 - Dr. Marinda P. Wu (Ph.D. '76, Drago)has been chosen to be President of the The American Chemical Society. The founder and president of Science is Fun! in Orinda, Calif., Dr. Wu will serve ACS president-elect for 2012.

2011-12-31 - Researchers have built a computer model of the crowded interior of a bacterial cell that – in a test of its response to sugar in its environment – accurately simulates the behavior of living cells.

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...

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...