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Arthur Chavez wins 2023 President's Outstanding Staff Award
Senior Procurement Officer, Arthur Chavez has been named the winner of a 2023 President's Outstanding Staff Award. This prestigious honor comes with a cash award and Arthur will be recognized by the President of the University at a ceremony in late s...
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Dr. Paul Barbara Memorial Service
Dr. Paul Barbara's memorial service is scheduled for December 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Please see the files below for more information and a relevant campus map. Barbara Memorial Service Notification Campus Map for UTXKelly Wiggins (Bielawski Group) invited to attend Polymer Research Symposium
Kelly Wiggins, a 3rd year graduate student in the lab of Professor Chris Bielawski, has been invited to attend the Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, which is sponsored by the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) and cosponsored by the ACS Society Committee on Education (SOCED), Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) and the Division ...Dr. Paul Barbara 1953 - 2010
Chemistry Professor Paul F. Barbara, 57, one of The University of Texas at Austin's most prominent scientists, died on Oct. 31 due to complications following cardiac arrest. Barbara held the Richard J. V. Johnson Welch Regents' Chair in Chemistry. He received many awards and accolades throughout his career, beginning with a Presidential Young ...Professor Allen J. Bard elected Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society
Dr. Allen Bard has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) in a recent Board voting. The CCS describes the Honorary Fellow title as their highest honor awarded to only 100 distinguished chemists who have contributed significantly to advances in chemistry. http://www.ccs.ac.cn/#Department seeks Analytical Teaching Lab Coordinator
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin is seeking an Analytical Teaching Lab Coordinator. Job responsibilities include planning, coordinating, and teaching analytical methods in a laboratory setting, assisting faculty with improvement of undergraduate curriculum, acquisition of new instrumentation and the ...Alumnus receives 2010 award in Magnetic Resonance from the Eastern Analytical Society.
Alumnus receives 2010 award in Magnetic Resonance from the Eastern Analytical Society. Dr. Cecil Dybowski has received the 2010 award in Magnetic Resonance from the Eastern Analytical Society. Dr. Dybowski received his B.S. in Chemistry with hours from UT in 1969 and his Ph.D. from Dr. Charles Wade (UT Chemistry faculty member 1967-81) in 1973. ...Professor Krische Receives GlaxoSmithKline Award
Professor Michael J. Krische has been chosen as the recipient of the 2011 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Chemistry Scholars Award. Professor Michael J. Krische will receive this award jointly with Professor Eric N. Jacobsen of Harvard University at an symposium sponsored by GSK next Fall. Congratulations Mike!Nobel Laureate Dr. Alan Heeger Visits the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC)
Dr. Alan Heeger, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics at the University of California – Santa Barbara, visited EFRC faculty and students at The University of Texas at Austin on September 13, 2010. Dr. Heeger presented a seminar titled “Plastic Solar Cells: Self-Assembly of Bulk Heterojunction Nanomaterials by Spontaneous Phase Separation” to a g...New Faculty Position Available
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. Special attention will be given to applicants whose research interests target major interdisciplinary efforts in chemical biology, synthesis...Freshman Reading Round-Up
Across campus on the day before fall classes begin, professors and freshmen gather at the Freshman Reading Round-Up to talk about books they have read over the summer. It is an opportunity to read a great book, meet outstanding faculty members and get acquainted with a small group of fellow freshmen. Professor David Laude, a member of the Academy o...Brent Iverson Named Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Chair
Brent L. Iverson, University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Professor, has been named chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry by Executive Vice President and Provost Steven W. Leslie and Dean Mary Ann Rankin, College of Natural Sciences. The new chairman’s appointment begins September 1, 2010 an...UT Austin's Nanoscience Building Named after President Emeritus Faulkner
The University of Texas at Austin's nanoscience building has been named the Larry R. Faulkner Nano Science and Technology Building by the UT System Board of Regents in recognition of former President Faulkner's leadership in bringing the university's nanotechnology program to national prominence. The 82,463-square-foot Nano Science and Technology ...American Chemical Society names 2010 Fellows: Jim Boggs and Department Alumni Honored
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has named the 2010 class of ACS Fellows, an honor bestowed upon 192 distinguished scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and made important contributions to ACS, the world's largest scientific society. The 2010 Fellows will be recognized on Aug. 23 during the Society's natio...Dan Dreyer Wins Aldrich Chemistry Graduate Student Innovation Award
Sigma Aldrich is pleased to announce the 2010 winners of the annual Aldrich Chemistry Graduate Student Innovation Award (GSIA) program. Dan Dreyer, a member of the Christopher Bielawski group has received this higly competitive award this year. In this sponsorship, selected universities are invited to nominate their outstanding graduate students pe...Family Creates Endowed Scholarship to Honor Cecil Harrison Hale
Approximately $25,000 in gifts and pledges will create the Cecil Harrion Hale Endowed Scholarship. Family members Mrs. Connie H. Wise, Mr. Bryan M. Hale, and Mr. Chris A. Hale have made key pledges to make the scholarship possible. Cecil Harrison Hale Cecil Harrison Hale died August 31 in Austin. He was born on a farm June 12, 1919, at Crossroa...The Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Sweeps the Regents Teaching Awards
The Board of Regents of the UT System has selected four Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty to receive the 2010 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award. This is an unusual accomplishment for a single department considering that only 38 awards are given systemwide. It demonstrates the quality of teaching students' receive from our facu...Highly Efficient Solar Cells Could Result from Quantum Dot Research
Conventional solar cell efficiency could be increased from the current limit of 30 percent to more than 60 percent, suggests new research on semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of Texas at Austin. Zhu and his colleagues report their results in this week’s Science. The scientists have discover...Dr. Jeffrey E. Barrick Joins Faculty
Dr. Jeffrey E. Barrick will be joining the faculty of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in January of 2011. Barrick grew up in Lubbock, Texas and is excited to be returning to the state. Among other things, he fondly remembers the sunny days and many weekends spent in small towns in West Texas at University Interscholastic League (UI...Three Students Receive Graduate School Continuing Fellowships
Three Students Receive Graduate School Continuing Fellowships The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is proud to announce that three of our graduate students have received 2010-2011 Continuing Fellowships. The students are Stephanie Taylor, Biochemistry (Christian P. Whitman group); Christopher Grant, Chemistry (Michael Krische group); and D...News
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Celebrating the 2024 College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Honored Graduates
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Two UT Scientists Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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New Advanced Quantum Science Institute Will Bridge Basic Research and Applied Science
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Cancer Prevention, Screening and Research Programs Expanding With CPRIT Support
