The Department of Chemistry will honor 50 years of being a stand-alone department at Illinois State on October 22. The public is invited to a day of events, kicking off with the CheMagic Show at 10:30 a.m. in Felmley Hall Annex, room 133. Emeritus Chemistry Professors Jim Webb and Otis Rothenberger will bring their nationally
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Mitchell awarded $210,000 NSF grant for organic chemistry work
Andy Mitchell has been awarded a $210,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help students create new compounds in the laboratory.
CAS boasts eight Bone Scholars
Eight students with majors in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) have been named 2016-2017 Robert G. Bone Scholars at Illinois State University. They are William Darrow, chemistry and mathematics; Jackie Durnil, communication sciences and disorders; Alexis Econie, sociology and communication; Nora Fredstrom, health sciences and chemistry; Adrianne Howe, psychology; Lauren Koszyk, music and
Six win 2015-2016 CAS Excellence Awards
Six members of the College of Arts and Sciences were presented with 2015-2016 Excellence Awards at the Dean’s Fall Address and Awards Ceremony on September 13. Professor Maria Schmeeckle, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, won the John A. Dossey Award for Outstanding Teaching by a tenured faculty member. Professor Allison Harris, Department of Physics, won
Ferrence named American Chemical Society Fellow
Professor of Chemistry Gregory Ferrence has been selected as a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Video, photo gallery from Illinois Summer Research Academy
The Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (CeMaST) is hosting 65 high school students July 11 to 15 for the 2016 Illinois Summer Research Academy (ISRA) at Illinois State University.
Summer Research Academy draws students from across Illinois
Sixty-five high school students from across the state (and a few from out-of-state) will take part in the 2016 Illinois Summer Research Academy (ISRA), July 10-15, at Illinois State University.
Solving the crime lab conundrum: Technology could bring lab to crime scene
When Illinois State Chemistry Professor Christopher Mulligan hears someone say it’ll be a week or two before test results come back from some faraway laboratory, unlike most people, he goes beyond just asking the hard question, “Why?”
Video: Redbird Scholar explains new periodic table elements
On June 8, the names of the four new elements—nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson—on the periodic table were revealed.
Student first undergraduate to serve on national Committee on Chemical Safety
Nora Fredstrom, an Illinois State University dual major in chemistry and safety, has been selected to serve on the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) national Committee on Chemical Safety.