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From the Chemistry Department

Chemistry and Biochemistry majors elected to Phi Beta Kappa

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry congratulates the 21 Chemistry and Biochemistry majors who were recently elected to Phi Beta Kappa at its spring meeting. Upon joining, they will be inducted into the national honor society at The University of Texas at Austin chapter's fall reception on Sunday, December 7th in the Texas Union Ballroom, ...

Dr. Katherine Willets receives Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research announced Oct. 17 it will award approximately $12.1 million in grants to 39 scientists and engineers who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program. The program is open to scientists and engineers at research institutions across the United States who ...

Hail and Farewell

The Faculty gathered on September 17, 2008, in the Old Library to celebrate the accomplishments of fellow faculty, to send off outgoing Chairman Stephen F. Martin, and to welcome incoming Chair Richard M. Crooks. New faculty were welcomed and retiring faculty were given warm thanks for their service to the Department and University. Please view the...

Chemistry & Biochemistry Receives "Everybody WINS" Award

The Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry was given the "Everybody WINS" award by Women in Natural Sciences (WINS) for 2008. The award is given annually to the department that most successfully uses current best practices to recruit and retain women and underrepresented minority faculty. According to Dr. Lynne McAnelly, program director of WINS...

Congratulations to Harrington Fellow Amy M. Rhoden Smith

Incoming graduate student Amy M. Rhoden Smith has received the prestigious Harrington Fellowship. The Harrington Graduate Fellows Program supports gifted and ambitious graduate students at The University of Texas, who in turn, will share their knowledge and success with future generations. In 1985, Mrs. Sybil B. Harrington conceived the idea of a f...