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If you are in the University Honors Program, we encourage you to consider enrolling in the Honors sections of General Chemistry CHEM 1147Q (Fall) and CHEM 1148Q (Spring). Here is why: Is it too hard? Will it hurt my GPA? You may have heard that Honors General Chemistry is more difficult than the regular sections. […]

Saturday April 18, 2026 UConn Chemistry Building Room A-203, 11:00 AM Schedule of Events Short talks from: “When DNA Goes Wrong: How Cells Bypass Damage and Maintain Stability“,  Srijana Dasgupta, UConn PhD “Exploring the new frontier of therapeutic nucleic acid characterization”, Sarah Wetherell, UConn PhD Candidate Remarks on Ashis as a: Person (biography) – Chandan Saha…

Reasons to take Honors Organic Chemistry There is an exciting opportunity for you when it comes to taking CHEM 2443 (Organic Chemistry II) in the Fall. I run a section that is a little different to the others. It is a Section for Honors and non-Honors students. For those of you not in the Honors […]

The Department of Chemistry hosted a series of quantum-themed outreach events this fall, sharing the excitement of quantum science with both high school teachers and students across Connecticut. On October 9, 2025, we hosted an ECE Chemistry Teacher Workshop focused on quantum materials. 25 Early College Experience (ECE) high school teachers spent the day on […]

ECE MELD Spring 2025: High School Students Engage in Hands-On Chemistry at UConn More than 240 students from 12 high schools – Rocky Hill High School, O.H. Platt High School, Enfield High School, Berlin High School, The Woodstock Academy, University High School of Science and Engineering, Jonathan Law, Joseph Foran high school, Daniel Hand high […]

With profound sorrow, we announce the unexpected passing of Dr. Ashis Basu on March 13, 2025. A Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Dr. Basu imparted his knowledge to many generations of students, guiding them through the complexities of sophomore organic chemistry and graduate-level biological chemistry. His gentle demeanor and steadfast, principled judgment earned him […]

CASE Class of 2025 Includes 12 UConn Faculty Members ​The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) has named 12 UConn faculty members to its Class of 2025, representing one-third of the 36 new inductees. Among them are Dr. Jie He and Dr. Jing Zhao, both professors in the Department of Chemistry . CASE, established […]

Angeles-Boza  Synergy between the clavanins as a weapon against multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae  Naing, M. D., Juliano, S. A., Angeles-Boza, A. M.  RSC Med Chem 2024, 15, 2160-2164    Basu  8-OxodGuo and Fapy•dG Mutagenicity in Escherichia coli Increases Significantly when They Are Part of a Tandem Lesion with 5-Formyl-2′-deoxyuridine  Dasgupta, S., Gao, S., Yang, H., Greenberg, […]

Dr. Kerry Gilmore was featured in UConn Today in an article titled, “Want to Contribute to Scientific Research? There’s An App – and a Network – for that.” What we are trying to do is to open up access to being able to do research. Read the article here: https://today.uconn.edu/2024/04/want-to-contribute-to-scientific-research-theres-an-app-and-a-network-for-that/

Dr. Mark Peczuh was featured in UConn Today as the new Department Head for UConn Chemistry. In the article, the seasoned chemist discusses the study of ‘stuff,’ raves about his department’s faculty, and pits AI against Taylor Swift. To read the full article please visit, https://today.uconn.edu/2024/03/meet-new-head-of-chemistry-mark-peczuh/.