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Headshot photograph of Safia Jilani

Safia Jilani awarded Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

Photograph of the Sustainable and Green Chemistry Committee on the front steps of Smith Hall

SGC graduate students awarded UMN Systemwide Sustainability Collaborative Team Impact Award

Headshots of four chemistry graduate students: Beza Tuga, Erin Plasek, Rachel Rapagnani, and Shelby Auger.

Four Chemistry graduate students awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

2023 Goldwater Scholarship gold text on maroon background

Undergraduate junior Ethan Ashbrook named a 2023 Goldwater Scholar

Photograph of Rene Boiteau

Rene Boiteau joins Department of Chemistry faculty

Photograph of Jessica Hoover

Jessica Hoover joins Department of Chemistry faculty

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The Department of Chemistry publishes an annual printed newsletter, ChemNews, that highlights the department's achievements, faculty, student and staff awards, and prominent teaching and research. 

ChemNews 2020

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ChemNews 2018

ChemNews 2017

ChemNews 2016

ChemNews 2015

ChemNews 2014

ChemNews 2013

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ChemNews 2011 (January)

ChemNews 2011 (December)

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