News and Highlights

Monday, 15 June 2020

Alumna Olja Simoska Receives Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral Fellowship

The American Chemical Society has awarded the Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral Fellowship to alumna Olja Simoska. Olja received her PhD from UT Austin in 2019, under the supervision of Keith Stevenson and Jason Shear. She is currently a postdoc in Shelley D. Minteer's group at the University of Utah. For her Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral ...

Tuesday, 09 June 2020

Advancing Diversity and Inclusivity in the Department of Chemistry

We, as a department, strive to create a community that embraces diversity and inclusivity in all aspects of education, research, service, outreach, and mentoring. We are reeling from the recent events that have shaken our nation. In addition, we emphatically renounce the perspective conveyed in a recent article in Angewandte Chemie that disparaged ...

Tuesday, 09 June 2020

Collection Published in Honor of Eric Anslyn

In honor of Professor Eric Anslyn's 60th birthday, ChemComm (Chemical Communications) published a collection of articles titled, "The Mechanics of Supramolecular Chemistry." The collection was edited by Professor Tony James, Professor Jonathan Sessler and Professor Bruce Gibb.  

Monday, 11 May 2020

Scientific Glassblower Adam Kennedy Featured in The Alcalde

Department of Chemistry scientific glassblower Adam Kennedy is featured in The Alcalde article "Glass Bender." Kennedy is UT Austin's only scientific glassblower.  Photo by Matt Wright-Steel 

Monday, 11 May 2020

Richard M. Crooks Festschrift

To recognize Dick Crook's achievements in electrochemistry and his enthusiastic support of the electrochemistry community, four former students and colleagues organized a Special Collection published in ChemElectroChem on the occasion of a milestone birthday. Congratulations to Dick!