During the afternoon of October 24, 2019, the Chemistry Department celebrated the 100^th birthday (on December 9) of William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr., who is perhaps our most illustrious graduate.  Lipscomb grew up in Lexington, graduated in 1941 from the University of Kentucky with a major…

22nd Annual Lyle Ramsay Dawsone Lecture with guest lecturer N.R. Armstrong was held Friday, October 12th, 2018. Armstrong, a Regents Professor of Chemistry, Biology and Optical Science at the Univeristy of Arizona, spoke on the topic of Interface Science of Emergiung Solar Cell Technologies. …

The College of Arts and Sciences’ teamed up with the College of Education to welcome middle and high school teachers to campus for the STEMCats Teaching Workshop. Teachers interacted with faculty during the daylong workshop sponsored by HHMI in sessions including: Volcanoes, CrossCutting…

2018 Regional Undergraduate Poster Competition

2018 Chemistry Graduation and Student Awards Ceremony!

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky organizes an annual Symposium on Chemistry and Molecular Biology.  This Symposium was established in honor of Anna S. Naff, a University of Kentucky graduate, through the generous support of…

Moments from the Lyle Ramsey Dawson Lecture Friday, October 27th, 2017.

Chemistry Faculty Poster Session

September 8, 2017, 4-5pm, Chem-Phys-114

Description: Each fall, faculty and their group members present a poster on active projects in their research groups. From coordination complexes for cancer treatment to nanocomposites for solar cells,…

First place: Christina Farwick, Thomas Moore College - #11 2nd place: Kayvon Ghayoumi, University of Kentucky - #14 Honorable Mention: Taylor Downs, Rose-Hulman Institute…

The 2017 Graduation Celebration & Student Awards Ceremony. Friday May 5th 2017.

For a list of graduates, awardees, and more, please see the 2017 Graduation Celebration Program…