U Chemistry Distinguished Alumni Awards 2023 The Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah established the Distinguished Chemistry Alumni Awards in 2011 to recognize and honor our most prominent and successful alumni. We celebrated four of our outstanding alumni on October 23 and 24 in the Department of Chemistry. The awardees held seminars and […]
Read MoreBilly Wang grew up in Utah and attended the University of Utah in 2001. He got a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and an honors Bachelor’s degree in Finance, both in 2005. After he got his degrees he moved to New York City and did a couple of years doing investing at Goldman Sachs. After working […]
Read MoreElizabeth N. Bess, Ph.D. – Finding Catalysts of Gut Reactions: The Gut Microbiota in Disease Onset and Treatment Bess is a Professor at the University of California, Irvine. She received her bachelor’s degree in 2009 and her Ph.D. in 2015, both from the University of Utah. While a Ph.D. student, Elizabeth Bess conducted her research […]
Read MoreProfessor Lawrence Nathan, Ph.D. 1970 After graduating from the University of Utah Department of Chemistry in 1970, Professor Lawrence Nathan had 33 years of devoted career in chemistry at Santa Clara University, located in the heart of Silicon Valley in California. He retired in 2003 and currently holds the title of Professor Emeritus. Professor Nathan […]
Read MoreJerry Murry, PhD’94 and his family attended the 2023 Rose Bowl where No. 8 Utah took on No. 11 Penn State in the 109th Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena. Although the Rose Bowl didn’t end with the outcome, we all hoped for, everyone who attended had a tremendous time being in Pasadena among more than […]
Read MoreDistinguished Alum Rik Tykwinski was here from the University of Alberta to deliver his lecture, Still Chasing Carbyne. Rik Tykwinski is a physical organic chemist with a focus on structure-property relationships in conjugated molecules. He earned his PhD from the University of Utah with Peter Stang in 1994. He worked with Professor François Diederich as […]
Read MoreDouglas Henderson passed away of cancer on September 25, 2020. He was the son of Donald Ross Henderson and Evelyn Louise Scott and was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on July 28, 1934. His family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia when he was 9 and it was there that he grew up. He attended […]
Read MoreHumans of the U featured Chemistry’s Collins Kabaira and his inspiring story about how he overcame all the hurdles that come with immigrating to the U.S. as a young person. “There were days I didn’t think I would make it.” Read the full story below: “I’m originally from Zimbabwe. I went to Snow College for […]
Read MoreRead the recent Humans of the U story featuring Craig Hanson, former Student Veteran of the Year and TA of the Year for the Department of Chemistry: “When I first came to the U, I didn’t have much discipline or respect for myself or others. I was fortunate enough to find both in the Navy and […]
Read MoreJoseph Madsen received his undergraduate degree from the University of Utah in 1976. He then went on to earn an MD from Harvard Medical School in 1981. Between 1981 and 1983, he completed an internship followed by a research fellowship with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, then completed his residency in 1989 with […]
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