Awards – Department of Chemistry

Long Luo Receives Scialog Award for Automating Chemical Laboratories

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Research Corporation for Science Advancement,the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, and the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation have funded seven team proposals for collaborative projects pairing advances in automation and AI to key questions in fundamental research in the second year of the Scialog: Automating Chemical Laboratories initiative. RCSA Senior Program Director Andrew Feig, who leads the initiative, reminded participants […]

June 12, 2025

ISTP Project Received the 2025 Stanley C. Israel Great Lakes Region Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences

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Gina Frey, Ronald and Eileen Ragsdale Endowed Chair of Chemical Education, recently attended the American Chemical Society’s 2025 Great Lakes Regional Meeting, where she represented the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project (ISTP). At the meeting, ISTP was awarded the 2025 Stanley C. Israel Great Lakes Region Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences. Congratulations to […]

June 10, 2025

Henry S. White Named 2025 Rosenblatt Recipient

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Henry S. White, a world-renowned leader in the field of electrochemistry and distinguished professor chemistry, has been named the 2025 recipient of the University of Utah’s Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence. A former dean of the College of Science and chairman of the Department of Chemistry, White has demonstrated a deep commitment to student success and […]

May 5, 2025

Prof. Matt Sigman Receives Graduate School Distinguished Mentor Award

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The University of Utah Graduate School created the Distinguished Mentor Award to honor those who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the mentorship of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Nominations for this award are submitted by current and former graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, and members of the campus community, which are then reviewed by an […]

April 24, 2025

2025 Chemistry Awards

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On April 16, 2025, we held the annual Awards Ceremony to celebrate our students, faculty, and staff. It was a celebration of hard work and the outstanding contributions of the Department of Chemistry. Guest Speaker: Dr. Jessica R. Kramer, PhD Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, John and Marcia Price College of Engineering, University of Utah In […]

April 21, 2025

Bethany Buck Receives Faculty Fellow Award

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We are proud to share that our faculty member, Dr. Bethany Buck, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Faculty Fellow Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research! This award provides faculty members one semester of full release time from teaching and administrative tasks, allowing them to dedicate their time […]

April 16, 2025

Dr. Jennifer S. Shumaker-Parry Receives the University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award

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Congratulations to Professor Shumaker-Parry on being named recipient of the 2024-2025 University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award! Dr. Jennifer S. Shumaker-Parry is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Utah. She joined the Chemistry Department as an Assistant Professor in January 2005 before being promoted to Professor in 2016, and now also serves as […]

April 15, 2025

Dr. Tom Richmond Awarded Outstanding Research Mentor

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Congratulations to Tom Richmond, Ph.D., on receiving the 2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award for the Honors College! This award celebrates research excellence among all 18 colleges at the University of Utah and recognizes the importance of faculty members such as Dr. Richmond who are committed to their roles as mentors to student researchers. Faculty […]

April 9, 2025

Chemistry Students Place Third in Climate Solutions Hackathon

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Chemistry Students Place Third in Climate Solutions Hackathon The University of Utah’s Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy recently hosted their annual Climate Solutions Hackathon – an event where great minds come together to find creative solutions to a specific climate-related problem. This year’s hackathon was focused on finding solutions to the various aspects […]

March 26, 2025

Alum Stanton McHardy named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

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Alum Stanton McHardy named National Academy of Inventors Fellow The Department of Chemistry is proud to share and celebrate the outstanding achievements of alumnus Dr. Stanton McHardy, who has recently been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He completed his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at the University of Utah in 1996 and […]

March 26, 2025