Monday, Mar. 31 & Tuesday, Apr. 1 with Evan Williams Professor J. Calvin Giddings was a graduate of Brigham Young University, earned his Ph.D. under Henry Eyring at the University of Utah in 1954, and did postdoctoral work at the University of Wisconsin. He joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 1957. Among […]
Read MoreMonday, Apr. 7 & Tuesday, Apr. 8 with W.E. Moerner & Julie Biteen George and Camilla Smith, generous long-time supporters of the University of Utah, funded the Henry Eyring Lectureship in Chemistry and the Bryant A. Miner Lectureship in Chemistry in 2016. These endowments memorialize two influential chemists in the Department’s history: Bryant A. Miner, […]
Read MoreMonday, Apr. 14 & Tuesday, Apr. 15 with John A. Gladysz & Janet Bluemel In 2016, the Department of Chemistry hosted the inaugural Robert W. Parry Lectureship in Inorganic Chemistry. This annual lecture recognizes Distinguished Professor Bob Parry, one of our most notable former faculty members. Prof. Harry delivered the first lecture. Gray, a world-class inorganic […]
Read MoreOn April 12th, 2025, the University of Utah Chemistry Department unveiled a statue of Utah’s most distinguished scientist, Henry Eyring. The statue – sculpted by Mark Degraffenried, cast under the direction of Brett Wright, and funded by the Semnani Family Foundation – stands proudly in the center of the atrium of his namesake building, commemorating […]
Read MoreIn 2016 , the Department of Chemistry hosted the inaugural Robert W. Parry Lectureship in Inorganic Chemistry. This annual lecture recognizes Distinguished Professor Bob Parry, one of our most notable former faculty members. The first lecture was delivered by Prof. Harry Gray, a world-class inorganic chemist from CalTech, a friend of Bob Parry’s, and […]
Read MoreA lifetime of devotion to family church and science. Edward (Ted) Marcus Eyring died on February 20, 2021, he was born January 7, 1931 in Oakland California to Henry Eyring and Mildred Bennion Eyring. He grew up in Princeton, New Jersey where he was the only LDS student at Princeton high school, and where […]
Read MoreCarlos M. Bowman received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Utah in 1957. While working in rocket fuel research early on in his career at the Dow Chemical Company, Bowman implemented the innovative use of computers in using thermodynamics to predict substance thrust capabilities for use in rocket propellants. In 1967 he […]
Read MoreIn the spring of 2009, the University was notified that $8M from the NIH had been awarded for construction of a major addition to the so-called “south tower” of the Henry Eyring Chemistry Building. At the time of the new NIH award it was clear that at least $10M additional [funds] would be required beyond […]
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