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New Beginnings: Chemistry Alumni Board
In 2013, a group of Chemistry Department faculty, students and alumni met to discuss reviving the department's newsletter, and an outgrowth of that effort to re-establish communications among current and future alumni was the Chemistry Alumni Board (CAB) which held its organizational meeting on Saturday, October 11, 2014.
New Faculty 2014: Meet Chad Risko
The Department of Chemistry is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Chad Risko to its faculty! This podcast is part of a series highlighting the new faculty members who joined the College of Arts and Sciences in the fall 2014 semester.
This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard.
UK Offers a Sweet Lesson in Candy Chemistry
Trick or treat! The Department of Chemistry is offering local children a sugar-coated chemistry lesson a full week before Halloween.
New Faculty 2014: Meet Peter Kekenes-Huskey
The Department of Chemistry is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Peter Kekenes-Huskey to its faculty!
This podcast is part of a series highlighting the new faculty members who joined the College of Arts and Sciences in the fall 2014 semester.
This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard.
UK Chemists Tackle Battery Overcharge Problem
Research from the Department of Chemistry will help batteries resist overcharging, improving the safety of electronics from cell phones to airplanes.
Chemistry's John Anthony Named ACS Editor's Choice
A paper by John Anthony, professor in the University of Kentucky Department of Chemistry and faculty member of the Center for Applied Energy Research, has been recognized as the American Chemical Society's Editors' Choice.
New Faculty 2014: Meet Kenneth Graham
The Department of Chemistry is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Kenneth Graham to its faculty!
This podcast is part of a series highlighting the new faculty members who joined the College of Arts and Sciences in the fall 2014 semester.
This podcast was produced by David Cole.
Butterfield to Receive Mentoring Excellence Award from Major National Society
Allan Butterfield will be receiving the Society of Free Radical Biology and Medicine’s Mentoring Excellence Award at the society's national conference in Seattle, Nov. 19-23.
A&S Hall of Fame 2014 - Dr. George H. Scherr
George H. Scherr is a bacteriologist, researcher and inventor, currently residing in Highland Park, Ill. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Queen’s College in 1941 – majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry – and studied chemistry at Princeton University before pursuing graduate study at the University of Kentucky. Scherr graduated from UK with a master’s degree in 1949 and a doctorate in 1951 in microbiology, focusing on bacteriology and cytogenetics.
