Chemistry News Archive

Follow the links below for historical headlines listed on the UT Chemistry homepage.

• Undergraduates Brad O'Dell and Elizabeth Jacobs awarded Honors Program Research Grants to continue their research in the chemistry department.
• Xue Receives NSF Special Creativity Award
• "In Search of Old Fashioned Chemistry Experience" - PBS & Wired Science Special, video after the jump.
• Hach Scientific Foundation and the Department of Chemistry award Scholarship to future Chemistry Educators
• 2007 Honors Day Awards recognize outstanding research, service, teaching and academic achievements in chemistry.
• Dr. Rose Boll receives Phi Eta Sigma's Outstanding Faculty Member Award in recognition of excellence in teaching.
• Justin Reno, a junior undergraduate chemistry major, has been awarded a prestigious 2007 Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship to engage in research in the lab of Dr. Michael Best.
• Dr. Jaime Adcock is the subject of the February/March Innovative Technology Center's Faculty Spotlight. The ITC highlights a faculty who is on the leading edge of technology in the classroom. Read and view the article here
• Jinbo Cao, Graduate Student in Dr. Jan Musfeldt's research group will receive the Chancellor's Award for "Extraordinary Professional Promise in Research" for 2006.
• Chemistry Department glassblower, Art Pratt, highlighted in the Knoxville News-Sentinel. Read Fine Arts in Science.
• The University of Tennessee's Dr. Bruce E. Bursten, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and distinguished professor of chemistry has won the run-off election and become ACS president-elect. Official Announcement.
• The Department of Chemistry announces the establishment of the Eastham Endowment in honor of Dr. Jerry Eastham (Ph.D./M.D.) who served on the faculty from 1953-1992, for information on giving please contact the Department of Chemistry at (865) 974-3141 or the visit the Office of Development Giving Page.
• The research of Profs. Mark Dadmun, John Larese, Jan Musfeldt & Jimmy Mays is highlighted in the Fall 2006 edition of Scientia.
• Dr. Mark Dadmun has been awarded a 2 year Department of Justice grant on "Cultivating Methoda to Enhance the Quality of Aged Fingerprints Developed by Cyanoacrylate Fuming".
• Dr. Jeffrey Kovac's book titled The Ethical Chemist (Pearson Education, 2004) listed as a "must have" by the Fall 2006 ACS Graduate Education Newsletter.(see page 4)
• Dr. Georges Guiochon, Distinguished Scientist, received a 3 year NSF grant for $480,000 to continue his research on Fundamental Studies in Non-Linear Chromatography.
• Dr. Al Hazari highlighted in the Knoxville News Sentinel's "Science Made Simple" Guide.
• Dr. John Larese speaks about the Spallation Neutron Source in the Spring 2006 publication of Higher Ground the magazine of the College of Arts & Sciences.(article on pg. 18-19)
• Dr. Bin Zhao Earns NSF Grant for "Smart" Chemical Research
• Scott Borella, graduate student in the Kabalka research group, was chosen as one of 60 U.S. students to attend the 18th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Chemistry in Lindau, Germany beginning June 25, 2006.
• Honors Day Awards recognize outstanding research, service, teaching and academic achievements in chemistry.
• Britni Ratliff, a Senior in Chemistry, is named a Torchbearer - UT's Top Undergraduate Honor.
• Senior Chemistry major Lee Brogan awarded an academic achievement award at Chancellor's Honors Banquet April 11, 2006.
• Dr. Ron Magid named among the outstanding chemistry teachers in the ACS's Winter 2006 in Chemistry.
• Dr. Robert Hinde named to IUPAC Commission on Physicochemical Symbols, Terminology, and Units.
• Dr. Jimmy Mays receives DOE grant for hydrogen fuel cell research.
• Dr. Peter Zhang awarded 2006 NSF CAREER Award.