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September 25, 2012

Brian Holm places first at Water Ski National Championships

Brian Holm, Program Operations Manager of the Chemistry Machine Shop recently placed first in the Men’s 5 Jumping event of the 70th annual GOODE Water Ski National Championships.


September 21, 2012

CENTC receives NSF reauthorization for $20 million

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant over five years in reauthorizing the Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis based at the University of Washington, Department of Chemistry.


August 6, 2012

Three chemistry faculty elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences

Three UW Department of Chemistry faculty members are among the 37 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing scientific achievements.


July 24, 2012

Alvin Kwiram named 2012 ACS Fellow

Alvin Kwiram, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, has been named a 2012 Fellow of the American Chemical Society.


July 20, 2012

Lecturer Openings in General and Introductory Organic Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry is looking to fill full-time Lecturer positions in general chemistry and introductory organic chemistry.


June 14, 2012

Science paper explores proton-coupled electron transfer in metal oxide nanoparticles

A recent publication in Science by Professor James Mayer and coworkers explores the transfer of electrons and protons in titanium and zinc oxide nanoparticles. This new research indicates that the usual description of these reactions as electron transfers is incomplete – that the reactions can be more accurately described as proton-coupled electron transfers.


May 17, 2012

Dustin Maly named a 2012 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

Assistant Professor Dustin Maly has been named a 2012 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.


April 15, 2012

David Ginger wins 2012 Microscopy Society of America Burton Award

Professor David Ginger received the Microscopy Society of America Burton Medal for 2012.


April 7, 2012

Xiaosong Li selected for the ACS Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry

Assistant Professor Xiaosong Li received the 2012 ACS COMP OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from the Computers in Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society.


April 2, 2012

Daniel Gamelin receives 2012 Inorganic Nanoscience Award

Daniel Gamelin, the Harry and Catherine Jaynne Boand Endowed Professor in Chemistry, received the 2012 Inorganic Nanoscience Award by the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry.



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