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16 May 2013
Northwestern Chemistry Making Gold Green
Scientists in the Stoddart group have discovered an inexpensive and environmentally safe way to isolate gold from raw materials using cornstarch instead of the commonly used poisonous cyanides.
15 May 2013
Micromeritics Instrument Grant Awarded to Chemistry
Micromeritics’ Grant Committee has selected Northwestern Chemistry as the recipient of an HPVA-100 High-Pressure Volumetric Analyzer to support research on the design and synthesis of MOFs and porous organic polymers.
10 May 2013
Professor Mirkin to Receive 2013 Linus Pauling Medal
The ACS Puget Sound, Oregon, and Portland Sections of the American Chemical Society awarded Chad Mirkin the 2013 Linus Pauling Medal Award for his outstanding contributions to chemistry that have merited national and international recognition.
May 6 2013
Recent NU Chemistry Grad Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
Gokhan Barin, a recent graduate of the Stoddart group, and current postdoctoral fellow in the Hupp group, has been awarded the prestigious Miller Research Fellowship at UC Berkeley in the fall.
May 6 2013
Professor Seideman Receives the 2013 Mildred Dresselhaus Award
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI) has awarded Tamar Seideman the 2013 Mildred Dresselhaus Award for her outstanding work in theoretical and numerical research.
May 3 2013
Professor Marks Ranked Among Top Local Inventors
Tobin J. Marks is currently ranked fifth among all Chicago-area inventors with 126 U.S. patents since 1980, according to recent results published in Crain's Chicago Business.
30 April 2013
Startup by Research Professor Farha Featured by Entrepreneur Magazine
Entrepreneur Magazine chose Research Associate Professor Omar Farha’s startup as one of the top three green startups.
Weekly Bulletin
Events
UCC Distinguished Speaker: Stephen Kent
May 22, 2013 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Organic Seminar: Ivan Aprahamian
May 23, 2013 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Organomimetic Chemistry of Aromatic Boron- and Fluorine-Rich Molecules
May 24, 2013 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Organic Seminar: Brandon Ashfeld
May 30, 2013 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Marple-Schweitzer Lecture
May 31, 2013 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Distinguished Summer Lectures in Inorganic Chemistry: Jeffrey R. Long
June 5, 2013 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
About the Department
Established in 1884 and located on the shore of Lake Michigan in Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University's Department of Chemistry is a center for global excellence in undergraduate and graduate education and research in chemistry. We have a long-standing commitment to collaborative research in the fundamentals of chemistry as well as exploring multidisciplinary connections in nanotechnology, energy sciences, catalysis, life processes, biological chemistry, material science, drug development, chemical and biological engineering, and environmental science. Our department has innovative faculty and outstanding students. We currently have 29 world-renowned, 100% research active chemistry faculty including eight members of the National Academy of Sciences and one Knight-Bachelor. READ MORE
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