(Photo by Kiffer Creveling) Last Saturday, there was only one place to see mini explosions and liquid nitrogen ice cream: the U’s second annual Chemistry Festival, hosted by the student chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Held outside of the Skaggs Biology Building, the event had tables of student-run demonstrations for young students and […]
Read MoreProfessor David Clemmer received his Ph.D. at the University of Utah in 1992. He spent a year in Japan as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow at the Himeji Institute of Technology and two years as a post-doctoral researcher at Northwestern University. He joined the Chemistry faculty at Indiana University in 1995. […]
Read MoreOn March 13, 2013 we celebrated the opening of the Thatcher Building for Biological and Biophysical Chemistry. The building is named in honor of the Lawrence E. and Helen F. Thatcher family, whose generous gift and those of many other donors made the new facility possible. For more information about the new building, please, click here. […]
Read MoreRichard D. Smith completed his doctorate degree under Jean Futrell in 1975. He is the Battelle Fellow and Chief Scientist within the Biological Sciences Division of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. His research interests span the development of advanced analytical methods and instrumentation, with particular emphasis on high-resolution separations and mass spectrometry and their applications […]
Read MoreMarilyn Alder Marquis received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of Utah, went to Berkeley for a month for graduate school, and then returned to Utah to study with Henry Eyring. Marilyn worked on dynamic mechanical testing of polyamides and the relationship between their rheological response and their chemical structure. While a graduate […]
Read MoreIn 2011, Peter Stang was awarded the National Medal of Science “for his creative contributions to the development of organic supramolecular chemistry and for his…record of public service.” He was then awarded the 2013 Priestley Medal from the American Chemical Society for his “cutting-edge research that has had far-reaching implications for many areas of science, […]
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 […]
Read MoreChemistry Faculty News in the Spring 2007 Alumni Newsletter Distinguished Prof. David M. Grant was honored Sept. 8, 2006 by having the Gauss Haus named after him. Earlier in 2006 a special issue of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry (Vol. 44, #3) was published honoring Dr. Grant on his 75th birthday and celebrating his many contributions […]
Read MorePeter Armentrout announced that he would be succeeded as Department Chair by Henry White. He also reported that the David M. Grant NMR Center had been dedicated. With justifiable pride Peter announced the addition of Dr. Ryan Looper to the faculty. Ryan had recently been a postdoctoral research associate with Prof. Stuart Schreiber at Harvard […]
Read MoreRobert Walter Parry 10/1/1917 ~ 12/1/2006 Robert W. Parry, 89, passed away December 1, 2006 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born October 1, 1917 in Ogden, Utah to Jeanette (Petterson) and Walter Parry. He graduated from Utah State Agricultural College in 1940 receiving a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He received a masters degree […]
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