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From the Chemistry Department
GSSPC Receives NIH Grant for Symposium
The Spring 2014 Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee (GSSPC) from UT Austin was awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R13 grant for their upcoming symposium at the 247th ACS National Meeting. The NIH R13 grant supports high quality scientific conferences that are relevant to the public health and to the scientific missions of the p...Students Awarded at Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium
A group of UT Chemistry and Freshmen Research Initiative (FRI) undergraduate students gave research presentations at the Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium held at Rice University on October 25-26. The symposium provides students an opportunity to interact with distinguished faculty and win prizes for outstanding presentations. ...Christopher Bates wins DSM Science and Technology Award Americas 2013
Congratulations to Christopher Bates, a graduate student in the Willson Group, on receiving the DSM Science and Technology Award, Americas 2013. The DSM Science and Technology Awards are part of the DSM Bright Science Awards program. They seek to recognize and reward outstanding young researchers for innovative research with clear application poten...Josephine Cunningham and Nicholas Brenes Receive NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Graduate Fellowship
Congratulations to graduate students Josephine Cunningham and Nicholas Brenes, of the Crooks Group, on receiving fellowships through the NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Graduate Fellowship Program, a program funded by NASA's Office of Education Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP). The graduate fellowship seeks to support th...
