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The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the following prizes for outstanding work by graduate students. These awards, announced each spring, recognize outstanding contributions to research by doctoral students and carry a $1,000 prize. The awards were restructured in Academic Year 2022-23 after a few years hiatus and are funded by endowments made possible through philanthropic support of faculty, friends, and alumni. All UW Chemistry Ph.D. students that have completed their General… Read more
The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the following prizes for outstanding work by graduate students. These awards, announced each spring, recognize doctoral research and carry a $1,000 prize. The awards were established in Academic Year 2021-22 and are funded by endowments made possible through the philanthropic support of faculty, friends, and alumni.
George H. Cady Prize for Best Thesis in Inorganic Chemistry
Ben Mitchell earned his Ph.D. in 2023 for his work… Read more
The College of Arts & Sciences celebrates undergraduate and graduate students from across all four divisions, who are recognized for making the most of their time at the UW.
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Thank you for joining us this Husky Giving Day and opening the door to discovery for undergraduate students in the Department of Chemistry!
Husky Giving Day is a time when we really can all come together. Members of our community who participated represent diverse demographics including GOLD alumni (graduates of the last decade), alumni who have celebrated the golden anniversary of their graduation, alumni with degrees outside of chemistry or biochemistry, UW staff and faculty, first-time… Read more
Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 4, Husky Giving Day, the University Washington's annual one-day giving campaign. Join us in supporting the people, programs and causes you care about most. Together we can change the world.
Please help us fund a summer stipend for an undergraduate researcher through the Chemistry Scholarship Fund on April 4 by visiting our Husky Giving Day page to make… Read more
Eddie Melton jumped into the 2023 UW Combined Fund Drive (CFD) campaign with enthusiasm and ease. You would never know it was their first time as a coordinator—a volunteer role to promote the UW CFD in the Department of Chemistry. Eddie created opportunities for both employees and students to become involved in the campaign, sent engaging emails, and created fun flyers to post around the department.
Eddie had specific events they wanted to put on during the campaign season and they executed… Read more
The UW’s Clean Energy Institute is speeding the development of next-generation technology and supporting the experts who will create it.
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Read the feature in University of Washington Magazine, March 2024.
Chemistry PhD student Ricardo Rivera-Maldonado is mentioned as a collaborator and Associate Professor of Chemistry Cody Schlenker is quoted.
Admitted students and families can engage with the College of Arts and Sciences through several department and program specific events over the next few weeks.
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Dan Jaffe (Ph.D. 1987) is Professor of Environmental Chemistry at the University of Washington in Bothell. His research on outdoor air pollution is often in the news, and recently, his work on indoor air pollution was… Read more
Alexandra Velian has been selected as a 2024 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry. These two-year, $75,000 fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.
Velian’s research program targets the design of new materials that contribute to decarbonization, clean energy and quantum information technologies. A special… Read more