Student Success

Kamaya Ronning wears her hair in two braids hiking in the mountains
Featured Undergraduate: Kamaya Ronning
(January 14, 2025)
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Six students receive Levinson Emerging Scholar Awards
(November 13, 2024)
Makenna Carnahan
Featured Undergraduate: Makenna Carnahan
(November 8, 2024)
Adrian Guerrero poses in a chemistry lab wearing googles, a blue lab coat, and purple nitrile gloves.
I am First-Generation: Adrian Guerrero
(November 8, 2024)
Jacob Russell wears a plaid collared shirt and a short beard. Jacob is pictured near a cherry blossom tree.
I am First-Generation: Jacob Russell
(November 8, 2024)
Eileen Son presents a poster
Featured Undergraduate: Eileen Son
(October 25, 2024)
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Meet the 2024-25 WRF Fellows in chemistry and biochemistry
(September 30, 2024)
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Capturing Success: Oral Histories of PhD Students
(August 21, 2024)
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Scholarships, Awards & Honors: Undergraduate Students
(August 21, 2024)
A graduate partakes in the PhD hooding ceremony.
Degrees Awarded Summer 2023-Spring 2024
(August 20, 2024)
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2023-2024 Chemistry Scholarship and Book Award Recipients
(May 14, 2024)
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Excellence in Graduate Research Awards 2023-24
(May 3, 2024)
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Prizes for Best PhD Thesis 2023
(May 3, 2024)
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2024 Husky 100
(May 1, 2024)
Annabella Li wears a v-neck sweater with horizontal blue stripes, facing the camera, with green grass, a tree, and a split rail fence in the background.
Annabella Li wins Goldwater Scholarship
(April 22, 2024)
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Four Biochemistry and Chemistry Students among 2023-24 cohort of Levinson Emerging Scholars
(November 13, 2023)
Abby Burtner gives a sheepish thumbs up after accidentally boiling a protein gel which exploded causing blue dye to splatter all over the fume hood.
Student Experience: Abby Burtner
(November 1, 2023)
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Dawg Daze Digest: Planetarium Shows, Art Tours, Trivia, Information Sessions and more!
(September 7, 2023)
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Theresa Gozzo Recognized for Excellence in Teaching
(July 12, 2023)
Anna Finch with long brown hair and bangs, wearing a purple sweater, smiling at the camera, with a tree behind her.
Anna Finch named President's Medalist
(July 11, 2023)
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Fellowships, Awards & Honors: Graduate Students
(June 30, 2023)
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Scholarships, Awards & Honors: Undergraduate Students
(June 30, 2023)
PhD graduates dressed in UW regalia sit in a row at the commencement celebration for the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Degrees Awarded Summer 2022-Spring 2023
(June 30, 2023)
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Tara Young Named an Astronaut Scholar
(June 19, 2023)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Awards
(May 26, 2023)
Robin Cheung with short dark hair and glasses wears a dark sport coat and light blue collared shirt. He stands in Red Square with Suzzallo Library behind him.
Robin Cheung chosen as 2023 Gonfaloniere for UW Commencement
(May 24, 2023)
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Chemistry students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
(May 19, 2023)
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Five biochemistry students among 2022-23 cohort of Levinson Emerging Scholars
(April 28, 2023)
Caitlin Cain holds a wooden plaque for her CACA Student Excellence Award. She is wearing a sweater with black and white horizontal stripes and black jeans. She is standing outside in front of a short brick wall and shrubbery.
Caitlin Cain wins award from Chinese American Chromatography Association
(April 27, 2023)
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Five undergraduates named to the 2023 Husky 100
(April 24, 2023)
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2022-2023 Chemistry Scholarship and Book Award Recipients
(February 7, 2023)
Ricardo Rivera-Maldonado
Rivera-Maldonado wins award for bilingual climate science fact sheet
(November 30, 2022)
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Anika McManamen awarded the University of Washington Graduate School’s 2022 Distinguished Thesis Award 
(October 17, 2022)
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ACS Undergraduate Awards for the 2021-22 academic year
(August 24, 2022)
Lucinda Liu wearing a graduation cap and gown standing behind a lectern
In Their Own Words: Class of 2022
(August 23, 2022)
Diversity, Inclusion, Equity
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Awards
(July 12, 2022)
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Top Scholars in Chemistry for the 2021-22 academic year
(July 6, 2022)
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Undergraduate Research Awards
(June 15, 2022)
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Chemistry students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
(June 2, 2022)
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Prizes for Thesis and Research
(May 20, 2022)
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Five Biochemistry and Chemistry Undergraduates named to the Husky 100
(May 2, 2022)
Chemistry Study Center
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
(April 29, 2022)
Catherine Chia
Biochemistry major Catherine Chia named Freshman Medalist
(March 10, 2022)
Portrait of Tam'ra-Kay Francis outside near a pond, with curly hair
BlackPast-PR2ISM Science Communication Interns contribute STEM content to BlackPast.org
(February 16, 2022)
Photos of the three 2021 BlackPast interns
BlackPast Interns Celebrate Black Scientists
(February 9, 2022)
Bagley Hall and the Chemistry Building and Drumheller Fountain
2021-2022 Chemistry Scholarship and Book Award Recipients
(January 27, 2022)
Tim Trinklein
Tim Trinklein wins 2021 Richard D. Sacks Award
(January 10, 2022)
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In Their Own Words: Undergraduate Students
(August 19, 2021)
Rachel Huchmala in the Quad during the peak bloom of the cherry blossoms
In Their Own Words: Graduate Students
(August 19, 2021)
Headshot of Tammi van Neel with long hair and pierced nose
Tammi van Neel receives HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
(August 4, 2021)