Department News
Department News
In memoriam: Alumna Julia E. (Rossini) Saunders, Ph.D.
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Alumna Julia E. (Rossini) Saunders has passed away from cancer. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Hamline University in 2004, and her doctorate in chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 2011, working with Professor Wayne Gladfelter.
Rebeca Rodriguez receives WCC Merck Research Award
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Rebeca "Becky" Rodriguez, a 4th-year graduate student working with Professor Christy Haynes, has received the prestigious and competitive Women Chemists Committee (WCC)/Merck Research Award, which recognizes research excellence.
Article on DMRG-PDFT selected for Chemical Science 'best of' collection
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Chemical Science has selected the article, “Density Matrix Renormalization Group Pair-Density Functional Theory (DMRG-PDFT): Singlet-Triplet Gaps in Polyacenes and Polyacetylenes," for its themed collection, Most Popular 2018-2019 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Articles.
'Metalloenzyme Mastery' features Professor Que
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A feature article, "Metalloenzyme Mastery," published in the July 29, 2020, edition of Chemistry World highlights the work of Regents Professor Lawrence Que Jr.
Using Slack and Zoom for graduate recruitment
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What happens when a global pandemic closes your campus, and you have 100 students coming for graduate recruitment weekend? You pivot, and in less than four days, create a meaningful virtual experience using Slack and Zoom.
‘Fool’s gold’ may be valuable after all
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In a breakthrough new study, scientists and engineers at the University of Minnesota have electrically transformed the abundant and low-cost non-magnetic material iron sulfide, also known as “fool’s gold” or pyrite, into a magnetic material.
Alumnus Richard Larson writes mystery novel
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Richard A. Larson, Ph.D., who earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1963, has written a science “in” mystery novel, “Degrees of Freedom.”
In memoriam: Alumnus John Joseph Fenton, Ph.D.
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Alumnus John Joseph Fenton, 81, of Fenwick Island, died on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at his home.
Students awarded 2020 Excellence Fellowships
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Six of the department's 4th-year graduate students have received 2020-2021 Excellence Fellowships, which were established through philanthropic contributions to support graduate students. This year's recipients are Brendan Graziano, Nathan Love, Noelle Olson, Claire Seitzinger, Yangzesheng "Andrew" Sun, and Xiaoxiao Yao.
Professor Goodpaster receives Machine Learning award
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Professor Jason Goodpaster has received a Machine Learning (ML) in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation for his research focused on "Machine Learning Models for Chemical Reactions."