Department News
Department News
Huarui Cui awarded Department's 2021 Best Thesis Award, Honorable Mention for University's Best Dissertation Award
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Huarui Cui, Ph.D., has received the Department of Chemistry’s Best Thesis Award for 2021 and was awarded Honorable Mention for the University-level Best Dissertation Award. Cui earned her doctorate working with Professor Will Pomerantz, researching BET bromodomain chemical probes, especially for BRD4.
Jared Anderson awarded Predoctoral Fellowship from ACS MEDI
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Jared Anderson, a 3rd-year chemistry graduate student working with Professor Daniel Harki, has received a 2022-2023 Predoctoral Fellowship from the American Chemical Society, Division of Medicinal Chemistry.
ACS Student Chapter selected for Commendable and Green Chemistry Awards
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The University of Minnesota (UMN) American Chemical Society (ACS) Student Chapter received special recognition for the 2020-2021 academic year, earning both Commendable and Green Chemistry Chapter Awards.
The Hoye group discloses “Radial hexadehydro-Diels-Alder reactions”
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Dan Lee, a 5th year graduate student in Professor Thomas Hoye’s research group, discloses a new synthetic strategy enabled by the hexadehydro-Diels-Alder (HDDA) reaction.
Students honored for Third-Year Talks at 20th annual Graduate Student Research Symposium
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Eight graduate students in their third years were selected as winners of the department’s 20th annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, sponsored by PPG. The winning speakers were selected by the guest and faculty judges.
Graduate student Chris Warkentin named REC Fellow by UMN Institute on the Environment
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Chris Warkentin has been awarded a $50,000 Renewable Energy Commercialization (REC) Fellowship. Warketin is a graduate student with Prof. Renee Frontiera. He is one of three new fellows announced for 2021-22
Four Chemistry Graduate and Undergraduate Students Recognized for Leadership and Service
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Two chemistry graduate students, Maetzin Cruz-Reyes and Rebeca Rodriguez, and two undergraduate chemistry majors, Meghan Cahill and Jeffy Jeffy are 2021 recipients of the President’s Student Leadership & Service Award (PSLSA).
Two outstanding graduate students receive Overend Award in Physical Chemistry
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Jiaxin Ning and Chris Warkentin have received the 2020-2021 Overend Award in Physical Chemistry. This award honors outstanding physical chemistry graduate student researchers.
Chemistry graduate student Rebeca Rodriguez honored with Josie R. Johnson award
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Chemistry graduate student Rebeca “Becky” Rodriguez has received the Spring 2021 Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award. Becky is the first recipient from the College of Science & Engineering in the 23-year history of the Josie R. Johnson award.
Five graduate students honored in NSF graduate fellowship competition
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Five Chemistry graduate students were recognized in the 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) this year.