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Bookmark this page to keep up with the latest news, events, and developments taking place at the Department of Chemistry.
Our Seminar Series hosts guest speakers who present on a variety of topics, thanks to the support of Friends of Chemistry and GreenCentre Canada.
You can also catch up with everything that's happened over the past year (or more!) through our QChem Chronicles.
Date Published: Dec 06, 2024
Prof. Graeme Howe Spotlighted on Introducing Profile Following Debut Article as Submitting Corresponding Author in Angewandte Chemie
Date Published: Dec 05, 2024
Congratulations to Our Recipients of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Undergraduate Excellence Award!
Date Published: Aug 15, 2024
The American Chemical Society has named Prof. Cathy Crudden an ACS Fellow
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September 2025
September 5th
Title: Grad Orientation
Host: Department of Chemistry
September 10th at 2:30 p.m. on Zoom
Speaker: Sam Pellock - University of Washington
Title: Computational design of novel hydrolases
Host: G. Howe
September 19th
Dr. Stan Brown Lecture
Speaker: Kendall Houk - UCLA
Title: Evolution of Physical Organic Chemistry: Advances in Computations, Pericyclic Reactions, and Pericyclases
Hosts: G. Howe & A. Evans
September 26th
Speaker: Bruce Arndtsen - McGill University
Title: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DRIVERS IN METAL CATALYZED COUPLING REACTIONS
Host: A. Evans
October 2025
October 2nd at 2:00 p.m. in CHE202
Speaker: Chulbom Lee - Seoul National University
Title: Alkyne Functionalization via Metal Vinylidene-Mediated Catalysis
Host: A. Evans
October 3rd
Organic Reactions Inc. Lecture
Speaker: Zhenfeng Xi - Peking University
Title: Dinitrogen N2 Activation and Functionalization For Nitrogen-Carbon Bond Formation
Host: A. Evans
October 10th
PhD Departmental Seminar
Speaker: Venika Ekanayake - PhD Student
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October 17th
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October 24th
Speaker: Don Weaver - University Health Network
Title: Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease at the Molecular Level
Host: D. Beauchemin
October 31st
Speaker: Angela Lyon & Jason Hendry - Queen's University
Title: How to Bring Your Chemical Invention to the World
Host: D. Beauchemin
November 2025
November 7th
PhD Departmental Seminar
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November 14th
Frost Lecture
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