Student success has a lot to do with effective teaching and departmental policies that empower students of diverse backgrounds to discover and reach their full potential. iGen (people born after 1995) is the most diverse generation to enter higher education in our nation’s history, and so it is vital for educators to understand how students […]
Read MoreKurt Zilm completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Utah in 1981. Now Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Yale, Zilm’s research involves development of new NMR methods and their application to important problems in chemistry and materials science. Recent interests include the use of site specific solid state NMR relaxation measurements […]
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 MorePlease join the Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry for “A Celebration of the First 70 Years of Jack Simons” Symposium on Saturday, April 11th, 2015 from 9am to 5pm. The Symposium will feature presentations by top-notch theoretical chemists, including our own Ryan Steele and Michael Grünwald, as well as time for additional discussion with […]
Read MoreProfessor Marc Porter has been awarded the University of Utah Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award for 2018, a recognition he received due to his important contributions to research and scholarship in the field. The award comes with a $10,000.00 grant for research and creative pursuits, as well as special recognition and a dinner in his […]
Read MoreProfessor Rick Ernst, along with Benjamin Harvey at the U.S. Navy, were invited to supply the cover for Volume 2017, Issue 9 of the European Journal for Inorganic Chemistry (EurJIC), which featured a major result of their research: the first-ever recognition of C–C agostic interactions with a transition metal center. In an interview published on the Wiley […]
Read MoreOn March 25-26, 2017, The University of Utah hosted the first ever PAC-12 Lab Managers and Demonstrators Conference, a collaboration between PAC-12 universities with the purpose of improving lab management by working together and learning from each other. The idea behind the conference was to get the demonstrators and lab managers – the people involved in the […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah American Chemical Society Student Chapter held their Spring Festival on March 25, 2017 in the HEB common area. The free event allowed children and their families to learn, among other things, how to make ice cream with liquid nitrogen and how to create “ghost bubbles” through demonstrations on the role of […]
Read MoreA previous performance of the Faraday Lectures featuring the original duo, Dr. Ronald Ragsdale and Dr. Jerry Driscoll, will be broadcast on KUEN-TV9 several times in December. Don’t miss the show! Monday, Dec. 12 at 9:00 pm Saturday, Dec. 17 at 2:00 am and 2:00 pm Sunday, Dec. 25 at 7:00 am Or, you can […]
Read MoreSung Wan Kim received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry with Professor Henry Eyring in 1969. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and a Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering at the U. He was Director of the Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery from 1985-2006. Dr. Kim is a pioneer in drug delivery […]
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