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Congratulations to the three graduate students in the Department of Chemistry who were awarded 2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, and to the four students who received honorable mentions. This year was a highly competitive year, and we are proud of this recognition of our students' research endeavors!
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces… Read more
Congratulations to Dylan Lai, Hao Nguyen, Shawn Panh, Omeed Yazdani, and Tara Young, who have all been named to the 2025 Husky 100!
The Husky 100 honors one hundred UW undergraduates and graduate students in all areas of study who actively connect what happens inside and outside of the classroom and apply what they learn to make a difference on campus, in their communities, and for the future. Through their passion, leadership, and commitment, these students inspire all of us to shape our own… Read more
From campus to wherever you call home, we welcome you to learn from and connect with the College of Arts & Sciences community through public events spanning the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. We hope to see you this May. Innovation Month April 30 | An Evening with Christine Sun Kim (Public Lecture)...Featured
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Alshakim Nelson, professor of chemistry and Bernard and Claudine Nist Endowed Faculty Fellow, and his research team use 3D-printing technology to develop new materials with potential real-world applications in medicine, engineering, and sustainability. Continue reading on UW College of Arts & Sciences News
Professor Xiaosong Li was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his contributions to the development and application of time-dependent quantum theory and relativistic electronic structure theory, and for advancing educational pathways and diversity in STEM.
Li conducts research at the intersection of physics, chemistry, materials science, mathematics and scientific computing, and he has developed widely used computational software. A UW faculty… Read more
Five University of Washington researchers have been named AAAS Fellows, according to a March 27 announcement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 471 newly elected fellows from around the world, who are recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements in science and engineering.Featured
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Established in October 2000 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates Cambridge Scholarships are awarded on a student’s intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of others. Tristan Jafari, pursuing his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, was… Read more
by Victoria Pang ‘25
About Tara
Growing up in Sammamish, WA, Tara initially wanted to pursue computer science or physics. She found the biology classes in her school unintuitive, prioritizing the memorization of facts instead of conceptual understanding. However, it all came together in her first year of high school when her interest in biology piqued thanks to her chemistry classes. Through chemistry, biology became a more exact science, and everything clicked. Learning… Read more
Dianne Xiao has been selected as a 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry. These two-year, $75,000 fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.
Assistant Professor Dianne Xiao’s research program designs new porous materials to address unsolved challenges in clean energy and chemical sustainability.… Read more
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David L. Taylor
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Gerald Berkelhammer
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Robert Roy Kintner
’57, Cedar Rapids,… Read more