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Sagnik Chakrabarti wins 2025 T.S. Piper Award for Outstanding Inorganic Ph.D. Thesis
Graduate student Sagnik Chakrabarti was selected as the recipient of the 2025 Theron Standish Piper Award for Outstanding Inorganic Ph.D. Thesis in the Department of Chemistry.In a special presentation to the department on May 13, 2025, Chakrabarti presented his thesis, "Low-valent Nickel and...
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General Chemistry innovation proposal wins grant funding
A proposal for providing general chemistry students with resources and instruction to help improve their math fluency has been awarded funding through the Provost’s Initiative on Teaching Advancement (PITA).The proposal was submitted by Elise McCarren, director of the Chemistry Merit Program, and...
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Investiture celebrates two chemistry faculty members
In chemistry, the right combination of essential elements can lead to scientific discoveries that impact the world.Drawing a comparison, Rosa Milagros Santos, associate provost of faculty development at Illinois, described as “essential elements” the generosity of individuals who support faculty...
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Chemistry graduate student selected for DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
 A first-year graduate student, Eliza Asani truly enjoys chemistry, but you won’t find her in the lab. As a computational chemist, she spends most of her time in front of a computer.That would have surprised Asani several years ago when she was a freshman at the University of Alabama in...
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Nicholas E. Jackson named a 2025 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has announced the selection of Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2025, including Illinois chemistry faculty member Nicholas E. Jackson.The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty...

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Spotlight: Noyes, William Albert (1857-1941)

William Albert Noyes was born on November 6, 1857, on a farm near Independence, Iowa, the youngest son of Spencer W. Noyes and Mary Noyes. In 1875 he entered Grinnell College, where he enrolled in classical studies, reading chemistry on the side, teaching full-time in country schools during the winter quarters, and graduating with AB and BS degrees in 1879. He taught and studied analytical chemistry at Grinnell until January, 1881, when he entered Johns Hopkins to work under Ira Remsen. Although he performed water analyses to pay his expenses, he still received his PhD degree in one and a...