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Home » Archives for May 2024

May 2024

Archives for May 2024

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2024 Honors Day

May 14, 2024 by Jennifer Brown

On Thursday, May 2nd the Department of Chemistry held its annual Honors Day event. Honors Day is an opportunity to recognize student, faculty, and staff excellence via awards and fellowships. This year the Dr. Robert A. and Phyllis F.J. Yokley Endowed Fellowship was awarded for the first time. Dr. and Mrs. Yokley traveled from their home in North Carolina to join the celebration and meet the first winner of their fellowship. Distinguished alumnus Dr. Subu Natesan, CEO and President of AstraGlass Innovations, delivered the opening address.

Honors Day Awardees

Outstanding PhD Candidate Awards

Shahzad Akram (not pictured)
Bukola Ogunyemi

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Awards

Lydia Lang
Vernon Stafford

Charles W. Keenan Award

Zack Hulsey

Three people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them
Four people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them
Three people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them

Jerome Eastham Fellowship in Organic Chemistry

Dillon McBee

Graduate Fellowship for Achievement in Inorganic Chemistry

Adam Hand

Judson Hall Robertson Graduate Award in Analytical Chemistry

Kevin Siniard

Three people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them
Three people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them
Three people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them

Eugene John Barber Fellowship in Physical Chemistry

Jeffrey Laub

Dr. Robert A. & Phyllis F.J. Yokley Endowed Fellowship

Dakota Landrie

Gleb Mamantov Graduate Chemistry Scholar

Miranda Limbach

Three people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them
Five people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them
Three people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them

ACGS Awards

ACGS Member of the Year

Brandon Sanders
Amarachi Sylvanus
Christy Witcher (not pictured)

James F. Green ACGS Service Award

Crystal Armstrong
Jennifer Brown

Four people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them
Four people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them

Carol Moulton ACGS Service Award

Linda Sherman (not pictured)

Staff Awards

Outstanding Service Awards

Eric Mercer
Matt Tomm

Two people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them
Two people pose for a photo at an awards ceremony with a UT backdrop behind them

Faculty Awards

Zeigler Professorship

Mark Dadmun (not pictured)

Slide on a screen showing Chemistry Honors Day
People eating and talking at the event
People eating and talking at the event
A man speaking with a photo of the Torchbearer statue behind him
A man talking behind a table
A thank you slideshow
Someone holding a small dog on their lap
Men shaking hands
A woman holding an orange UT tote bag

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Photo of a poster session

2024 Undergraduate Awards

May 7, 2024 by Jennifer Brown

On Saturday, April 27th the 3rd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium took place in Mossman Hall, with undergraduate students participating in poster and oral presentation competitions. Following the symposium, chemistry undergraduates, family and friends attended the accompanying awards dinner where symposium awards and undergraduate scholarships were distributed. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

Undergraduate Research Symposium Award Winners

Poster Award Winner

Maryam Ahmed

Poster Award Winner

Grayson Cobb

Oral Presentation Winner

Kendra Day

Oral Presentation Winner

Makayla Hedges

Scholarship Award Winners

C.W. Keenan Outstanding General Chemistry Student Award

Vu (Lynn) Nguyen

Phillip & Mary Reitano Award

Rahil Parikh

Dr. Lucy E. Scroggie Scholarship

Caleb Russell

Halbert and Anne Carmichael Scholarship

Bailey Dvorak

C.A. Buehler Chemistry Scholarship

Makayla Hedges

Additional Awards (not pictured)

ACS-Hach Land Grant Scholarship

Nathan Stimpson

CRC Press General Chemistry Award

Reed Heflin

Melaven-Rhenium Scholarships

Bailey Dvorak
Chloe Earls
Alexandria Wood

Filed Under: News, Uncategorized, undergraduate

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