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Professor Michael Morse Receives the 2021 College of Science Award for Fostering Undergraduate Research Excellence

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  Professor Morse recieved this award for his outstanding contributions to undergraduate research with the College of Science Award for Fostering Undergraduate Research Excellence. He will receive $20,000 to fund his research, including support for one or more enrolled undergraduate research assistants pursuing a degree in science or math. Research in Professor Morse’s group is directed […]

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May 20, 2020

Jeff Statler Recipient of The Parry Teaching Award

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The Parry Teaching Award was established by Rodney and Carolyn Brady for excellence in undergraduate teaching in the Department of Chemistry. “The award will be made to a faculty member who has demonstrated a special motivation and ability in stimulating the interest of high school and undergraduate college students in the study of, and research […]

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May 11, 2020

Connor Terry Weatherly Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

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Fellowship Connor Terry Weatherly, a senior in chemistry, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Conner has been working in Professor Henry White’s lab, and will be pursuing a Ph.D. in the years to come.  “Connor has been working in my lab for three years on the physics and chemistry of electron-transfer […]

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April 1, 2020

Study of Ice Wins Cozzarelli Journal Award

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A paper by chemistry professor Valeria Molinero and her collaborators, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in November 2019, has been honored with a Cozzarelli Prize, one of six awarded annually by the journal to papers “of outstanding scientific quality and originality.” The paper explores the smallest limits of ice, discovering that ice can’t form […]

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March 11, 2020

Minteer Receives Distinguished Research Award

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Professor Shelley Minteer is one of this year’s University of Utah Distinguished Research Awardees. Nominees are evaluated on the impact and significance of their career research and scholarly work to their field, as well as to the improvement and enrichment of the human condition. Dr. Minteer’s career has focused on using nature as an inspiration […]

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March 3, 2020

University of Utah Selected As a Beckman Scholars Program Awardee

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The University of Utah is honored to be one of this year’s Beckman Scholars Program Awardees. The Beckman Scholars program, funded by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, supports basic research in chemistry and the life sciences for undergraduate students at twelve insitutions. The University of Utah was selected after a panel of scientific experts […]

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February 24, 2020

Lawrence Thatcher Inducted Into The College of Science Hall of Fame

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Remarks by Dean Peter Trapa The College of Science Hall of Fame is a lifetime achievement award to honor individuals who have distinguished themselves in the community, their career, and their support of the College and the University of Utah. For a Hall of Fame recipient, these are the selection criteria: • An individual who […]

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February 19, 2020

Professor Peter Stang Named as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

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  University of Utah distinguished professor of chemistry Peter Stang and professor of pediatrics Anne Blaschke were two of 168 academic inventors named as Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors for 2019. Stang opened pathways in organic chemistry reactions and now explores ways to form molecules into self-assembled geometric shapes. Blaschke played key roles […]

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December 4, 2019

Shelley Minteer The New Poulter Chair in Biological Chemistry

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The announcement was made last week that Professor Shelley Minteer will be the inaugural chair of the Dale and Susan Poulter Chair in Biological Chemistry. Minteer’s career has focused on using nature as an inspiration and solution to chemistry problems, and using biology as inspiration for biosensing, energy storage, energy conversion, and electrosynthesis. The Minteer […]

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August 25, 2019