Department News
Department News
Brianna Collins receives Phillips 66 fellowship
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Brianna Collins, a 4th-year graduate student working with Professor Jason Goodpaster, has received a 2021 Phillips 66 Fellowship for graduate research in an energy-related field.
UMN ACS Student Chapter makes connections happen
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With the separation caused by COVID, the University of Minnesota (UMN) Student American Chemical Society (ACS) Chapter is actively working to build connections at the University and across the country.
Department continues its work on diversity, equity, and inclusion
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The Department of Chemistry is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), making it a priority and establishing and supporting an active Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Committee—one of the first established on the University of Minnesota campus.
Alumnus William Nebergall inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame
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Alumnus William Nebergall was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in May 2019, honored for his ground-breaking work leading to the invention of stannous fluorite toothpaste.
Professor Pierre receives NIH grant to help people with chronic kidney disease
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Professor Valérie Pierre has received a five-year, $2 million National Institutes of Health National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grant to focus on "polymer supported phosphate-receptors for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia."
In memoriam: Alumnus George W. Parshall, Ph.D.
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Alumnus George W. Parshall, age 89, died Sunday, July 28, 2019, at Delaware Hospice in Milford.
Chemistry establishes Jeannette Brown Lectureship
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The Department of Chemistry has established the Jeannette Brown Lectureship, honoring the career of Alumna Jeannette Brown and her pioneering as a talented chemist in the pharmaceutical industry for 25 years, author, historian, and tireless leader and advocate for the inclusion and advancement of African American women in chemistry-related professional pursuits and careers.
Department creatively pivots instruction to meet the challenges of COVID-19 environment
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With uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and its sometimes quick-changing impacts, the Department of Chemistry kicked off the fall semester with meaningful learning experiences for students that include online and in-person classroom and laboratory teaching and learning. That planning also allows for a quick pivot to all online learning, if necessary. All of this has been done with the safety of students forefront in mind and meeting COVID-19 protocols.
Connie Lu promoted to professor
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Connie Lu has been promoted to full professor, effective fall 2020. She started with the Department of Chemistry in 2009 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2015.
Professor Siepmann named editor-in-chief of Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
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The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has named J. Ilja Siepmann, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota editor-in-chief of the Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data.