Six chemistry students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

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Six students in the Department of Chemistry have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.Current graduate students selected as NSF Graduate Research Fellows are Giuliana Rose Judge, Sophia Yuxin Liu, Abigail Rose Miller, Alexandru T. Niculescu, and Joshua L. Pack. And...

Christopher Cramer (PhD, ’88) is May 2026 Convocation speaker

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After 30 years as a chemistry professor at the University of Minnesota, Christopher Cramer was thoroughly enjoying his day-to-day mission as Vice President for Research at Minnesota when a tantalizing opportunity emerged in the private sector. “It was a remarkable opportunity,” said Cramer (Ph...

Chemistry images selected finalists in SCS Science Image Challenge

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The School of Chemical Sciences has announced the winners and finalists in the 2025 SCS Science Image Challenge. Three images submitted by researchers in the Department of Chemistry were selected as finalists.The three chemistry finalists are Noam Gamburg, an undergraduate student in the lab of...

Team simulates a living cell that grows and divides

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 By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell — from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell division — scientists have opened a new frontier of computer vision into the essential processes of life.The researchers, led by...
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