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🍁 The #NUChemistry Fall Newsletter is out! 🍁
Catch up on recent press, research highlights, event recaps, faculty & student awards, and photos from recent department events.

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#NUChemImpact #ResearchImpact
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Each Tuesday, faculty come together over lunch to share research, spark ideas, and build cross-disciplinary collaborations. It looks like our #NUChemistry 1/4 zips are becoming part of the tradition. 💜

Who is wearing their 1/4 zip to tomorrow's faculty lunch? 🙋
#Collaboration #FacultyExcellence
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🎉 Congratulations to the 15 #NUChemistry faculty named 2025 Highly Cited Researchers by @clarivate.com!

Their work in medicine, water purification, energy & cancer research continues to shape discoveries that impact lives worldwide.

#FacultyExcellence #HighlyCited2025 #Chemistry
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Congrats to Chair @omarfarha.bsky.social, named one of @crainschicago.bsky.social 2025 Notable Leaders in Sustainability! 🌿

His leadership across #NorthwesternChemistry and Numat Technologies is driving innovation in carbon capture and clean energy.

🔗 www.chicagobusiness.com/awards/omar-...
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Purple pride goes global! 💜

Chair @omarfarha.bsky.social is taking #NUChemistry energy beyond campus — building collaborations, celebrating innovation, and inspiring connections.

📸 Tag @nuchemistry.bsky.social to join the fun!
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Tomorrow! 🎉 Prof. Richard Kaner (UCLA) joins #NorthwesternChemistry to receive the 2025 Fred Basolo Medal hosted by @omarfarha.bsky.social

Don’t miss his talk: “Energy Storage and Other Applications of Graphene.” - 4:30 p.m. | Tech LR3

#InorganicChemistry #EnergyStorage
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Congratulations to James Gaynor, named a 2025 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering! 🚨
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
And of course our amazing grad students who revived this show in 2024!
October 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
1990's images with Eberhard Zwergel!
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
1940's with L. Carroll King!
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
🎃 The #NUChemistry Halloween Demo Show is back!

A tradition dating to the 1940s, revived by our amazing grad students—for the 2nd year in a row! 👩‍🔬🧪

📅 Oct. 30 | 🕕 6–7 PM | 📍 Tech LR3
👻 Costumes encouraged + prizes!
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4nrwYIa

Great historical photos in comments!

#HalloweenShow
October 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Show your NU Chemistry pride! 💜🧪

The Fall Merch Shop is open through Oct 24—with fan favorites and new fall styles.

🎁 Perfect holiday gifts for Wildcats everywhere!

👉 bit.ly/NUChemMerch
October 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thrilled to see Farha Group member Duaa Ansari’s stunning science imagery featured in 'Nautilus' for her submission to the NUANCE “Art of Science” contest! 🧪🎨
#Chemistry #Art @omarfarha.bsky.social

🔗 nautil.us/a-nano-sized...
October 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Congrats Courtney Smoljan on being named 'Distinguished Graduate Researcher; by NU Chemical and Biological Engineering!

Her work shows how the collaborative spirit at #Northwestern — between omarfarha.bsky.social and randallsnurr.bsky.social — drives innovation.

#GradExcellence #NUChemistry
September 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Today we honor the staff whose dedication powers every experiment, every collaboration, and every breakthrough at #NUChemistry. Your hard work makes innovation possible. #LaborDay #TeamScience
September 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🎉 Congrats to Songi Han named the Mrs. Urmila Agrawal IISc Distinguished Visiting Chair Professor! This professorship honors women leading frontier research in science & engineering. #WomeninSTEM #FacultyExcellence

🔗 odaa.iisc.ac.in/urmila-agraw...
August 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thanks to all who celebrated our department chair, Omar Farha, at the Inorganic Nanoscience Award Symposium yesterday. A fantastic showcase of chemistry! #ACSFall2025 #NUChemistry
August 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Tuesday at #ACSFall2025 (Pt 4)
August 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tuesday at #ACSFall2025 (Pt 3)
August 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tuesday at #ACSFall2025 (Pt. 2)
August 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tuesday at #ACSFall2025! 🔬

Don’t miss the Inorganic Nanoscience Award Symposium honoring @omarfarha.bsky.social + sessions on:
✨ Plasmonic alloys (@dayneswearer.bsky.social‬)
✨ Covalent organic frameworks (@dichtel.bsky.social‬)
✨ DNA nanostructures (@iinanonu.bsky.social‬)

Details below 💜👇
August 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
#NUChem Monday Sessions at #ACSFall2025 (Pt. 5)
August 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#NUChem Monday Sessions at #ACSFall2025 (Pt. 4)
August 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#NUChem Monday Sessions at #ACSFall2025 (Pt. 3)
August 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#NUChem Monday Sessions at #ACSFall2025 (Pt 2)
August 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM