Congratulations to Dr. Sanaz Habibi, recent Chemistry PhD graduate, on being awarded the 2025 Thomas G. Stockham Medal for Conspicuously Effective Teaching! The Stockham Medal for Conspicuously Effective Teaching is awarded to one university student a year in recognition of exceptional teaching achievement. Students are nominated by their faculty advisors or mentors and winners of […]
Read MoreCelebrating the 2025 Chemistry Graduates The Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah proudly congratulates our 2025 graduates on their exceptional achievements and academic milestones. On May 1st, the College of Science Commencement Ceremony brought together undergraduate and graduate students across several disciplines to honor their hard work, resilience, and dedication throughout their academic […]
Read MoreThe Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships announced that 12 University of Utah students have been selected as semi-finalists for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, this nationally competitive program supports academic exchanges between the United States and over 140 countries around the […]
Read MoreChemistry 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 […]
Read MoreChemist is fourth consecutive Churchill Scholar from the U Cameron Owen, Churchill Scholar Photo Credit: Dave Titensor/ University of Utah Jan. 22, 2019— Cameron Owen of Boise, Idaho, a senior majoring in chemistry and physics and minoring in mathematics, has received the prestigious Churchill Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge in the United […]
Read MoreWe are proud to annouce that Aria Ballance was the recipient of the 2024 Curie Club Outreach Award! This award will fund ($100-1,000) graduate students’ projects to bring chemistry to the community. As chemistry graduate students, we are passionate about this cool science, but sometimes, we fall short when engaging with the public. Think about […]
Read MoreLillee Casselman, an undergraduate student in the Saouma Group here at the U, was selected as the sole recipient for the undergraduate research award by the ACS division of inorganic chemistry. A little bit about Lillee and her project: “I started working in the Saouma Group spring 2021 and have been doing research with the […]
Read MoreTell us a little bit about you, what motivates and inspires you? As it relates to me as a chemist, my inspiration and motivations have always stemmed from nature and the environment. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania, exploring and playing in the woods, waterways and wetlands. I then went on to obtain my […]
Read MoreAric Potter, an undergraduate student in the Harris lab, wins an EAS Undergraduate Student Research Award at the Eastern Analytical Symposium in Plainsboro, NJ! Congratulations Aric!
Read MoreAt the recent SciX meeting held in Reno, Nevada in October, two exceptional students from our department recieved well-deserved awards for their impressive research contributions. We are excited to showcase the accomplishments of these individuals, as well as the research that earned them this award. Joshua Taylor, a graduate student in the Conboy group, presented: “Flipping […]
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