04/05/2024 - The Dr. Eugene Kent Borchart Memorial Award in Chemistry Fund recognizes outstanding graduating seniors in chemistry and memorializes Illinois chemistry alum Dr. Borchart whose generosity shaped his...
Giving News
03/05/2024 - After a 30-year career in science, culminating in upper management at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Allen Hartford (PhD, '71) has made a gift to Illinois chemistry that is providing undergraduate...
12/13/2023 - Family and friends of Chuanjing “Charlie” Xu (PhD, ’92) made a gift to Chemistry at Illinois, establishing the Chuanjing Xu Memorial Scholarship in his memory, because UIUC was instrumental in the Xu...
11/02/2023 - A native Yavapai from central Arizona, Carlos Montezuma was an Illinois chemistry major, who became the first Native American graduate of the University of Illinois in 1884 and one of the first...
10/16/2023 - The Jerry A. Walker Endowed Chair was established by Christine Walker in honor and memory of her late husband, Dr. Jerry A. Walker, who graduated Phi Beta Kappa with high honors and highest...
08/29/2023 - Retired from Procter & Gamble, Sandra Murawski gives back to Chemistry at Illinois to support the excellence in teaching and mentoring she experienced in her education and career.
06/06/2023 - The vice president for research at Northwestern University, who developed new mass spectrometry technology, wanted to provide students at Illinois with the same undergraduate opportunities that...
05/05/2023 - Gifts from University of Illinois emeritus professors Jiri Jonas and Ana Jonas provide critical support for science and medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, including in the...
10/25/2022 - A gift from Dr. T.M. (Terry) Balthazor (PhD, '75) ensures the future of the Balthazor-Senter Symposium on Frontiers in Organic Chemistry will continue and a separate gift ensures that early career...
10/06/2022 - Professor Nick Jackson leads the initiative that includes a summer research experience for undergraduate students and a new class for undergraduate and graduate students to learn how to "do" machine...
09/03/2021 - In honor of their PhD advisors, Dekai Loo (PhD, ’87, Beak) and Jianjian Zhang (PhD, ’89, Schuster) established scholarships as a way of passing on the support they received from their Illinois...
08/10/2020 - The long-term goal of this new program in the Department of Chemistry is to provide full fellowships for fourth-year graduate students. Alumnus Peixin He (PhD, ’85, Faulkner) and Xiaoming Chen have...
05/11/2020 - More than 60 years ago, Eunice S. Wu left her home in Taiwan for the United States to study chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, following in the footsteps of her father who...
10/16/2019 - The year 1980 was a turning point for LAS alum Peixin He (PhD ’85, chemistry). By 1980, China had been opening up to the world, and Peixin He was coming...
08/16/2018 - What does it take to have a positive impact on the human experience? It requires bold ideas and the freedom to pursue innovative solutions.
03/28/2018 - We are deeply saddened to share that alumnus and long-time Illinois Chemistry supporter Robert C. Springborn (BS, ’51) passed away on Sunday, January 21, 2018 in Naples, Florida.
03/27/2018 - This March, we recognize a few of the many individuals whose lives and work have inspired and promoted the development of women in the chemical sciences. When alumna Yulan Tong (MS, ’58;...
02/12/2018 - In 1990, students and friends of Illinois chemistry professor and alumnus Harold R. Snyder (BS, ’31) established a fund in his memory to support a summer research program for undergraduates...