News items about the department as a whole, e.g., lectureships, new staff, etc.
Focused Research Program Faculty Awarded NSF EAGER Grant
Via Gina Mantica: Organic materials that convert electricity into light are greener than the more common inorganic materials often used in light emitting diodes, or LEDs. But organic materials for large scale display and lighting applications are more challenging to develop due to the cost and energy required for their production. Artificial intelligence can help […]
Fall 2021 Advising
Please be on the lookout for e-mails from your advisees looking to schedule registration advising appointments. Fall 2021 registration dates are April 18th for rising Senior/Juniors and April 25th for rising Sophomores and any spring admitted Freshmen.
Giving Day on April 7th
BU’s annual Giving Day will be on Wednesday, April 7th. Please share the link to Chemistry’s giving page on your social media: https://givingday.bu.edu/campaigns/chemistry-department#/
Congratulations to Binyomin!
Congratulation to Professor Binyomin Abrams for winning the 2021 Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching and Technology. This award recognizes the faculty member that best exemplifies innovation in teaching through the use, development, or adaptation of technology. The award reflects Binyomin’s outstanding teaching and innovative use of technology to engage and […]
March 2021 Faculty Meeting
The faculty meeting will be held remotely this Friday, February 26th at 12:20 PM. Please join through the following Zoom Link!
Professor Elliott Published in Nature Communications: Enzymatic Discovery Cools a ‘Hot’ Intermediary
Enzymatic Discovery Cools a ‘Hot’ Intermediary In the world around us enzymes perform the wizardry of allowing reactions that should occur, to do so in a timely fashion. Enzymes that transform hydrogen peroxide often generate a highly reactive, ‘hot’ intermediate along the way, which will transform another molecule in a startling feat of chemistry. In […]
BU Chemistry NSF-REU Program Awarded Three-Year Renewal of Funding
BU Chemistry is pleased to announce a three-year renewal of funding for our NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program. This summer program, hosted by the Chemistry Department, provides students from primarily undergraduate institutions with opportunities to work in advanced research laboratories. Of the 33 students who participated in the program over the past three years, […]
Professor Kamenetska Awarded Prestigious 3 Year Air Force Young Investigator Research Program Grant
We are excited to announce that the Boston University Chemistry Department’s newest faculty member, Professor Maria Kamenetska, was recently awarded an Air Force Young Investigator Research Program Grant (AFOSR-YIP) for her novel work on robust DNA conductance and force signatures for detecting protein binding to DNA with base-pair resolution. With the creation of the BU […]
Department of Chemistry 2017-2018 AY Outstanding Student Awards
We were pleased to announce the Department of Chemistry student award winners for the 2017-2018 academic year at the Orientation BBQ. For those who may have missed it, here are the award winners. Sugata Ray Memorial Award for International Students: Nathchar Naowarojna (Liu Lab) This award was established by the Ray family in memory […]
2018 GROW (Greater Boston Research Opportunities for young Women) Poster Session
As they finished out the sixth and final week of the 2018 GROW (Greater Boston Research Opportunities for Young Women) program, the 12 summer interns present their capstone to the six weeks of research conducted during a Poster Session held on Friday, August 10th in the Science Metcalf Building Lounge located on the first floor from 2:00 – 4:00 […]