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From the Chemistry Department
Emma McInturff wins Aldrich Graduate Student Innovation Award
Sigma Aldrich has announced that Emma McInturff has been selected to receive a 2012 Aldrich Chemistry Graduate Student Innovation Award (GSIA). The GSIA award consists of a monetary award to support the student’s research efforts and a travel allowance to attend a scientific meeting. Additionally, the awards program culminates with a symposiu...Eight Chemistry and Biochemistry Undergrads Receive Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarships
Congratulations to Wenrui Chai, Leslie Chang, Ricardo Garza Jr., Bruce Kuan-Yee Hua, Ryan Lannan, Hyunwoo Lee, Naveen Mehta, and Tyler West on receiving 2012-2013 Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarships (UEPS). The UEPS program was created in 1973 to make available substantial scholarships for outstanding students at The University of Texas ...John Brantley awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
John Brantley, a second year student in the Bielawski Group has been awarded a 2012 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited US in...Graduate student, Cory Nelson, invited to 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Cory Nelson, a graduate student in Professor Xiaoyang Zhu’s research group, received an invitation from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science to attend the 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Physics in Lindau, Germany. This summer, more than 25 Nobel Laureates and 550 young researchers from across the globe will meet to excha...
