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Gilman Scholarship Program
08/24/2020 - Are you interested in study abroad, but concerned about the cost? The Gilman International Scholarship Program provides awards of $5,000 (plus up to...
Feeling Overwelmed and Looking to Get “Unstuck?”
04/08/2020 - ATTEND RECOGNITION, INSIGHT, AND OPENNESS (RIO) ONLINE! These times are not easy. Classes have switched online, we’ve been told to maintain social distance, and life is very different than it was...
11 chemistry students have won National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowships
05/17/2018 - Thirty-two University of Illinois students have won National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships including 11 students from the Department of Chemistry. Four of the additional 21...
Prashant Jain and his colleagues achieve two-electron chemical reactions using light, energy, gold
05/15/2018 - Professor Prashant Jain and his colleagues report they can use light to drive two-electron chemical reactions, enhancing a method for converting CO2 into hydrocarbons....
Study shows how bacteria guide electron flow for efficient energy generation
05/14/2018 - Researchers Sangjin Hong, Yuhang Wang, Chang Sun, Emad Tajkhorshid and Robert Gennis determined the structure of a supercomplex of enzymes many bacteria use to generate energy....