UMSL Chemist is our annual magazine of departmental and alumni news. The Spring 2024 edition is available electronically (PDF). This will be mailed to all alumni, friends and donors but that will be an electronic version only. If you have news of Chemistry Department Alumni or just want to get in touch, email the editor, Professor Lol Barton.
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We are delighted to announce that th 25th Annual Robert W. Murray Lecture will be presented by Professor Carlos J. Bustamante Professor of Chemistry, Physics and Molecular and Cell Biology The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Professor in Biophysics:, at the University of California –Berkeley, who will speak on Monday, October 7, 2024
The 37th Annual Distinguished Alumni Lecture for 2023-24 (PDF) was presented by Robert Stockland
Sixty Years of Great Chemistry were celebrated on April 13, 2024, in an event organized by the Chemistry Alumni Council. Michael Finkes BS 1973, MS 1978, emceed the event in which each of the six decades between 1963 and 2023, in the department and in current affairs, were described. Professor Barton oversaw 1963-1972, Richard Hoyt BA 1976 did 1973-1982, Steve Kolodziej BS 1987, PhD 1992, did 1983-1992, Jean (Huhmann) Vincent BA 1992, PhD 1996, did 1993-2002, James (JB) Carroll BS 2008, PhD 2013 did 2003-2012, and Professor Dupureur oversaw 2013-2023. About 60 alumni, students and faculty were in attendance on the third-floor rotunda of the student Millenium Center. Some photographs are available here,
An event: A Celebration of the life of Charles W. Armruster was held on the 3rd floor Rotunda of UMSL Millenium Student Center at 3:00-5:00 pm on Sunday, 23 April 2023.
Alumni Reception honoring the 50th Anniversary of the class of 1973
Alumni Reception, organized by the Chemistry Alumni Council and the Alumni Association in the Solarium of the Science complex where both 1969 and 2019 chemistry graduate photos are available - where one can see department photos from all the Chemistry Alumni Council events.
The UMSL Alumni Association has awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award to alumni who have achieved distinction in their career, community service or both. Selection is based on the nominee's overall accomplishments and contributions. The Distinguished Alumni Award exemplifies the success of UMSL alumni in the community, the state and the nation.
A former student from the Department of Chemistry at UMSL delivers this annual lecture, which is followed by a reception. This forms part of the regular departmental seminar program and is typically scheduled for the first Monday in May as the final seminar of the academic year. The lecture follows presentation of the Annual Departmental Awards.
