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2007-12-31 - By the time someone is diagnosed with the deadly brain cancer known as glioblastoma multiforme, it is typically too late for treatment. Patients are usually dead within 12 months of the diagnosis. That's why LAS chemistry professor Ryan Bailey has initiated an ambitious effort to detect this and other types of cancers much earlier, when treatment is significantly more effective. To boost the...

2007-12-31 - Ryan C. Bailey, a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois, has been named a recipient of the 2007 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award.

2007-12-31 - Eleven faculty members of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

2007-10-31 - With more top ten rankings, it's easy to see why Chemistry at UIUC is leading the nation in research and education. With Analytical Chemistry ranked third in the nation, and Inorganic, Organic, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry each ranking between 6th and 8th in their respective areas, Chemistry at UIUC continues to be recognized as one of the premiere Chemistry programs in the United States.

2007-09-20 - Professor Ralph Nuzzo of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois was recently selected as a 2007 Fellow of AVS. Nuzzo received the award in Seattle on October 17, 2007 at the AVS Awards Assembly held during the AVS 54th International Symposium. The award citation reads: "For dis-covery, characterization, and development of self-assembled monolayers, materials that have...

2007-08-01 - On August 8, 2007, the National Science Board (NSB) authorized the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign a grant totaling $208 million, to be used over a 4.5 year period to develop the world's most powerful "leadership-class" supercomputer.

2007-06-19 - Martin Burke's group was recently highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News June 18, 2007 issue. Click here to read more.

2007-02-20 - An efficient way to make small molecules by repeatedly using just one coupling reaction to clip together pre-prepared chemical fragments is going commercial.

2006-12-31 - Professor Andrzej Wieckowski of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois was recently awarded the 2006 Gold Medal of the International Society of Electrochemistry.

2006-12-31 - Neil Kelleher will be awarded the 2006 Arthur F. Findeis Award for Achievements by a Young Analytical Scientist at the March National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Atlanta, Georgia.

2006-12-31 - John Hartwig will receive the ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Atlanta, Georgia in March of 2006.

2006-12-31 - Scott Denmark wins an Excellence in Chemistry Award, sponsored by Astra-Zeneca. Professor Denmark was made a 2005 Distinguished Lecturer.

2006-12-31 - Congratulations to Joseph P. Gerdt, who was awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. This national scholarship is awarded for academic merit and designated for students in science and mathematics who are planning to go on to graduate school. J. P. Gerdt is an undergraduate researcher in the Scott Silverman...

2006-12-31 - Professor Ryan C. Bailey of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois was recently awarded the 2006 Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award.

2006-12-31 - An innovative strategy of mixing lipids and nanoparticles to produce new drug and agricultural materials and delivery vehicles has been developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.