11/12/2019 - The Moore group recently published a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society that describes a new way of synthesizing ring polymers. These polymers are usually difficult to prepare, and...
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11/08/2019 - Robert J. Jones, Chancellor, recently announced that chemistry affiliate faculty member, Susan A. Martinis, has agreed to become the vice chancellor for research and innovation.
11/01/2019 - Alumnus H. N. Cheng (PhD, ’74, Gutowsky) has been elected the 2020 American Chemical Society (ACS) President-Elect. Cheng obtained his BS from UCLA, followed by a PhD at the University of Illinois...
11/01/2019 - The Women Chemists Committee (WCC) and Younger Chemists Committee of East Central Illinois Chapter (YCC) were each recognized at the American Chemical Society’s fall 2019 national meeting with...
10/25/2019 - Dr. Daniel Dumett Torres of Professor Prashant Jain’s laboratory is the winner of the 2019 Physical Chemistry Dissertation Award, given to the best Ph.D. thesis in the area of physical chemistry each...
10/24/2019 - Professor Jonathan Sweedler, James R. Eiszner Family Endowed Chair in Chemistry and director of the School of Chemical Sciences, has the top spot on the Analytical Scientist’s 2019 Power List, which...
10/22/2019 - Professor Scott Denmark, the Reynold C. Fuson Professor of Chemistry, has received the 2019 Ryoji Noyori Prize, sponsored by Takasago International Corporation and administered by the Society of...
10/22/2019 - Professor Martin D. Burke is a recipient of the 2019 Mukaiyama Award from the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan. The Mukaiyama Award was established in 2005 and is awarded annually to...
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...
10/11/2019 - The Illinois Alumni Association will present their 2019 awards at a private gala during Homecoming Week, October 13-19, 2019. Among those recognized are an Illinois Chemistry alumnus and emeritus...
10/10/2019 - A few months ago, a new term cropped up on Twitter to describe an all-too-common phenomenon at academic institutions: a dude wall. In science departments, these walls honor historical...
10/02/2019 - Professor Josh Vura-Weis was recently selected as the winner of the 2019 Inter-American Photochemical Society (I-APS) Young Investigator Award, sponsored by the Journal of Photochemistry and...
09/30/2019 - Iris Stovall, double Illinois alumna and longtime Department of Chemistry academic staff member, passed away on September 19, 2019. Dr. Stovall received her M.S. (1975) and Ph.D. (1978) from the...
09/26/2019 - Elizabeth Murphy, an undergraduate in the Paul Braun group, is one of three winners in the Beckman Institute’s research image contest. The goal of the contest was to submit images that showed the...
09/20/2019 - Professor Catherine Murphy, along with Dr. Haimei Zheng, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory, are this years' joint MRS Medal winners.
