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Chemistry graduate student Sena Noaman was selected to participate in the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry, which took place from June 29 to July 4, 2025.
Congratulations to all our graduates!
On June 12, 2025, the UW Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry honored our newest graduates with a joyful ceremony at the Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
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The University of Washington Department of Chemistry is joining the PNW community for #GivingTuesday on December 3, 2024!
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Dear Friend of Chemistry,
It’s been an eventful start to the new academic year on campus! We recently hosted our annual colloquium on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, a newer tradition we have quite a bit of fun with.
What are your group’s dissertation defense traditions?
Keller group
Sarah L. Keller, Duane and Barbara LaViolette Endowed Professor of Chemistry:
One year, on a lark, I made a cake that illustrated a graduate student’s research project and used it as a visual aid during my introduction of their dissertation defense.
