News and Highlights

Wednesday, 16 March 2022

Fatima Fakhreddine and Matt Worden Named Affordable Education Champions

Professor of Instruction Fatima Fakhreddine and Assistant Professor of Instruction Matt Worden been named Affordable Education Champions by the UT Natural Sciences Council in partnership with UT Libraries. Affordable Education Champions are student-nominated instructors who increase access and equity by selecting free or lo...

Tuesday, 08 March 2022

Zak Page Receives PMSE Young Investigator Award

Congratulations to Zak Page for being selected as an ACS PMSE Young Investigator awardee. Zak will present his work at a symposium at the fall national ACS meeting in Chicago.

Monday, 07 February 2022

Promising Drug Candidate Licensed to Cancer Therapeutics Company

AuraTEX, a gold-based cancer drug developed by University of Texas at Austin researchers, has been licensed exclusively to OncoTex Inc., a cancer therapeutics company. In 2020, UT Austin chemists Jonathan Sessler and Jonathan Araumbula (now CEO of OncoTex), published a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society showing that AuraTex preve...

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Xiuling Li named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Professor Xiuling Li was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This is a distinguished honor in the scientific community and includes scientists, engineers, and other innovators across a number of disciplines.   https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-honors-outstanding-scientific-contributors-2021-aaas-...

Wednesday, 06 October 2021

Chemistry Graduate Student Awards Showcase 2021

Dear Colleagues and Friends, I am delighted to present the Chemistry Graduate Student Award Showcase for 2021 to acknowledge and celebrate the major fellowships and awards received by our graduate students over the 2020-2021 academic year.  We are so proud of our students, both for their individual successes and their contributions to our depa...