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Penn Chemistry Lunar New Year Celebration

Feb 9, 2024

Penn Chemistry students, postdocs, staff, and faculty gathered in the Pit on Friday, February 9 to celebrate the Lunar New Year. We had treats from all over the globe.

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Transformative Gift from Roy & Diana Vagelos

Jan 25, 2024

The University of Pennsylvania announced today that P. Roy and Diana Vagelos have made a gift of $83.9 million to fund science initiatives across the School of Arts & Sciences. This commitment is the largest single gift ever made to the School and among the largest in Penn’s history.

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Marsha I. Lester Honored with Special Issue of JPC-A

Jan 25, 2024

The Marsha I. Lester "Festschrift" issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A has been released. Co-edited by several of Marsha's alumni and colleagues, the special issue features almost 20 articles on the core areas of her research.

The special virtual issue can be found here.

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Penn Chemistry REU Program Deadline Approaching

Jan 10, 2024

The Department of Chemistry at Penn offers a summer REU program entitled Novel Techniques and Applications in Catalyst Research Development and Molecular Dynamics” at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemistry (CatResDev)!

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Three Chemistry Staff Honored

Dec 11, 2023

Three members of the Chemistry Department were honored with School of Arts & Sciences Staff Recognition Awards. They were honored at a ceremony on Thursday, December 7. 

  • Candice Adams, Chemistry Undergraduate Coordinator

  • Michelle Hutchings, Managing Director, VIPER Program

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John Wood Symposium

John Wood Receives Penn Chemistry Distinguished Alumni Award

Nov 10, 2023

John L. Wood (GR'91), Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor, Chemistry Department Chair, and Co-Director of Synthesis & Drug-Lead Discovery Lab at Baylor University, received the 2023 Penn Chemistry Distinguished Alumni Award. Prof. Wood was honored with a symposium featuring talks by Brian Stoltz (CalTech), David Spiegel (Yale), and Alison Narayan (Michigan). 

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Penn Chemistry Staff Receive Bonus Awards

Nov 10, 2023

Three Penn Chemistry staff were honored with annual School of Arts & Sciences Staff Recognition Bonuses.

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PMoS Researchers Visit Penn

Philadelphia Museum of Art Researchers Visit Department

Oct 14, 2023

Drs. Kate Duffy and Aleks Popowich, scientists in the Conservation Division at Philadelphia Museum of Art, joined Dr. Charles Ross and Prof. Dave Chenoweth to tour the Penn Chemistry Department Core Facilities (MS, NMR, X-Ray) to discuss core use, expert analyses, and collaborative projects. We hope to have them back to discuss their work and how analytical sciences are used in museums.

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Karen Goldberg Elected ACS Fellow

Aug 1, 2023

Karen I. Goldberg, Vagelos Professor of Energy Research and Director of the Vagelos Institute of Energy Science and Technology, has been elected to this year’s class of American Chemical Society Fellows.

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