Lydia Fries has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for 2020-21. As a junior in chemistry, Lydia intends to obtain a Ph.D. in either organic chemistry or electrochemistry. She has done research in both Matt Sigman’s and Shelley Minteer’s groups, and Lydia is an author on two papers with both professors. She has worked on a […]
Read MoreRonald Ragsdale passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at his home in Draper, Utah. He came as an assistant professor in 1963 and was promoted to full professor in 1972. He will be warmly remembered for his extensive and passionate teaching as well as for establishing the annual Faraday Lectures back in 1981. The […]
Read MoreJames M. Sugihara, first Ph.D. recipient at the University of Utah and long-time faculty member in Chemistry, passed away on Nov. 12, 2019. He was 101. Sugihara holds an important place in the University’s history, as well as Utah’s history. In 1942, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when Sugihara was just 24, he […]
Read MorePlease join the Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry for “A Celebration of the First 70 Years of Jack Simons” Symposium on Saturday, April 11th, 2015 from 9am to 5pm. The Symposium will feature presentations by top-notch theoretical chemists, including our own Ryan Steele and Michael Grünwald, as well as time for additional discussion with […]
Read MorePresident Watkins has authorized the appointment of Valeria Molinero as the first Jack and Peg Simons Endowed Professor of Theoretical Chemistry. The appointment began on July 1, 2018, and has been established with a generous gift from Jack and Peg Simons and in recognition of Jack’s outstanding contributions to theoretical chemistry. Annual donations will accelerate this […]
Read MoreIn 2016, the Career and Professional Development Center began recognizing faculty members who contribute to students’ career development and exploration throughout the year. “Our work cannot be confined to the Career Center if we are to make the greatest impact on our students’ future lives,” said Kelly Dries, associate director for Counseling Services & Operations […]
Read MoreProfessor Marc Porter has been awarded the University of Utah Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award for 2018, a recognition he received due to his important contributions to research and scholarship in the field. The award comes with a $10,000.00 grant for research and creative pursuits, as well as special recognition and a dinner in his […]
Read MoreRachel Cantrell, member of the Ryan Looper Lab, is not only a gifted chemistry student, but a skilled sharpshooter, and has been competing in Olympic-style pistol competitions for over 7 years. “I decided to continue marksmanship during college because it serves as a way to ground myself.” She says. “While I love to study and […]
Read MoreOn March 25-26, 2017, The University of Utah hosted the first ever PAC-12 Lab Managers and Demonstrators Conference, a collaboration between PAC-12 universities with the purpose of improving lab management by working together and learning from each other. The idea behind the conference was to get the demonstrators and lab managers – the people involved in the […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah American Chemical Society Student Chapter held their Spring Festival on March 25, 2017 in the HEB common area. The free event allowed children and their families to learn, among other things, how to make ice cream with liquid nitrogen and how to create “ghost bubbles” through demonstrations on the role of […]
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