{"id":10565,"date":"2025-08-11T15:54:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/webid2-test-lsweb\/?page_id=7459"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:06:39","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/about\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border has-dates\"><li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/from-the-chairs-desk\/\">From the Chair\u2019s desk:<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-17T14:00:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">December 17, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Greetings to you all!What a wonderful semester this has been and a great start to the new academic year. I continue to be amazed and blessed by the diligent and excellent efforts of so many. It is so satisfying to be part of this team! Kristen MurphyChair, Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry This fall, we are happy &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/graduate-student-news\/\">Graduate Student News<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-17T13:59:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">December 17, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">New Graduate Student Welcome We are happy to welcome six new graduate students for the spring semester, Amanda Captain, Uttam Gomes, Jhoanna Molina, Nethyanji Premananda, Nikole Tamayo, and Munisaa Younus. We\u2019re excited to have them join our Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry Department and look forward to their contributions to the Department as well as research and &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/undergraduate-student-news\/\">Undergraduate Student News<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-17T13:58:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">December 17, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Chemistry Club Corner American Chemical Society Students is a club with open membership to students taking chemistry courses and those majoring in chemistry related fields. Activities are tailored to students by organizing study sessions, a science-related volunteer opportunity per semester, guest speakers from offices around campus for resource outreach, and social events. Come meet fellow &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-news\/\">Department News<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-17T13:57:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">December 17, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Promotions Dr. Xiaohua Peng, who joined UWM in 2009, was recently promoted to full professor. Her research explores innovative ways to design tumor-targeted cancer therapies and bioorthogonal theranostic systems, with support from the National Institutes of Health. Her team recently made an exciting discovery \u2014 combining an H\u2082O\u2082-activated prodrug with vitamin C achieved complete tumor &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/chancellor-gibson-greets-with-biochemistry-major-shaun-harrington\/\">Chancellor Gibson Greets with Biochemistry Major Shaun Harrington<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-25T14:30:20-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">November 25, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Chancellor Thomas Gibson meets with biochemistry major Shaun Harrington in the Arnold research lab on campus, in the latest installment of the Chancellor Gibson Greets video series. Harrington found his passion for research at UWM. Hear how he got started in the lab \u2014 and why opportunities like the Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/prof-leggy-arnold-awarded-grant-by-the-national-institute-of-environmental-health-science\/\">Prof. Leggy Arnold Awarded Grant by the National Institute of Environmental Health Science<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-06-16T09:30:01-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">June 16, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Congratulations to Prof. Alexander (Leggy) Arnold who was awarded an R21 award for $416,696 by the National Institute of Environmental Health Science for their project \u201cMedical countermeasures to chlorine exposure based on GABA(A) receptor targeting&quot;. The proposed research will demonstrate the therapeutic efficacy of one or more gamma aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABA(A)R) modulators &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/2025-uwm-university-staff-outstanding-service-in-a-single-year-award\/\">2025 UWM University Staff Outstanding Service in a Single Year Award<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-06-09T09:16:02-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">June 9, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry&#039;s Department Administrator, Kevin Blackburn, has been selected to receive the 2025 UWM University Staff Outstanding Service in a Single Year Award. Kevin, along with other faculty, academic staff, university staff, and retired faculty and staff, will be honored with their special recognition at the 2025 UWM Employee Excellence Awards ceremony. The ceremony &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/chemistry-building-honored-in-2025-mayors-design-awards\/\">Chemistry Building honored in 2025 Mayor&#8217;s Design Awards<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-05-22T10:33:12-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">May 22, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">UW-Milwaukee&#039;s new Chemistry building was honored in 2025 Mayor&#039;s Design Awards. Read the full UWM Report article.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/profs-blecking-and-murphy-selected-for-spring-2025-student-success-collaborative\/\">Profs. Blecking and Murphy selected for Spring 2025 Student Success Collaborative<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-04-03T15:17:48-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 3, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Profs. Blecking and Murphy were selected to participate in the Spring 2025 Student Success Collaborative advancing student success in the classroom. Their focus will be on Chemistry 100 and 102 with opportunities to increase student engagement and success. Only a select group of courses were invited to be part of this initiative. Read more here.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/congratulations-to-our-outstanding-uwm-department-of-chemistry-biochemistry-students\/\">Congratulations to our outstanding UWM Department of Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry students!<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-04-01T11:23:56-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 1, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">We are thrilled to announce that three of our students have excelled in the campus-wide competition for the prestigious Graduate School Fellowships: \ud83c\udfc6 Md Nazmul Hasan &#8211; Winner of the Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship (DGSF) \ud83c\udfc6 Stephen Nkwocha &#8211; Honored with the Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) \ud83c\udfc6 Frederick Adom &#8211; Recipient of the Advanced Opportunity &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-james-krogh-memorial-graduate-student-support-awards\/\">Announcing the winners of the 2025 James Krogh Memorial Graduate Student Support Awards<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-04-01T11:22:36-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 1, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">We are honored to recognize the legacy of\u00a0James A. \u201cJim\u201d Krogh, a brilliant mind who deeply valued education and lifelong learning. Jim earned his B.S. in Chemistry in three years from Dominican College in Racine. He continued his academic journey at the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Milwaukee, where he obtained his M.S. in Organic Chemistry &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/uw-innovation-grant-award-is-awarded-to-prof-anja-blecking-prof-alexander-arnold-and-dr-anna-benko\/\">UW Innovation Grant Award is awarded to Prof. Anja Blecking, Prof. Alexander Arnold, and Dr. Anna Benko<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-01-10T16:34:31-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">January 10, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Prof. Anja Blecking, Prof. Alexander (Leggy) Arnold, and Dr. Anna Benko were awarded the UW Innovation Grant for their proposal, CHARGE STEM &#8211; Creating a new, equitable pathway for high school graduates and students who discontinue a STEM program to enter the local STEM workforce. &quot;Of the grant applicants, the review teams and I feel &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-c-link--arrow size-p-md\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sociology\/category\/news\/\">Read All News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read All News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1272,"featured_media":0,"parent":10564,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-10565","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chemistry &amp; 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