Bill Evans recently was recognized with the highest award of the European Rare Earth and Actinide Society (ERES), namely the LeCoq Boisbaudran Award, named after the person who discovered gallium, samarium, and dysprosium. This was awarded at the latest International Conference on f Elements (ICFE) in Manchester England on September 6. 

Evans has now won all of the international awards for rare-earth metal chemistry including the Spedding Award of the Rare Earth Research Conference and the Terrae Rarae award of the German rare-earth metal conference.

Despite the day’s oppressive heat and humidity, on August 27 over 200 people attended the New Swan Science Faire with AirUCI, a cross-disciplinary, multi-sensory exploration of air, fire, smoke, ice, and clouds through atmospheric science and Renaissance theater.

Department of Chemistry professor Kieron Burke was selected as a recipient of the 2026 ACS National Award Pariser Award in Theoretical Chemistry Program. This program of the American Chemical Society recognizes talented individuals in the chemical sciences who are being acknowledged for their outstanding achievements in chemistry across various fields in the discipline. 

Congratulations Kieron!

The UCI BMS Symposium in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, hosted by Department of Chemistry Professor Sergey Pronin, celebrates the science of organic synthesis and its role in both fundamental studies of chemistry and practical applications in the pharmaceutical industry. Through the long-standing generous support from Bristol Myers Squibb, the Symposium brings to campus leading scholars in the field of synthetic organic chemistry, including our 2026 BMS Lecturer, Professor Sarah Reisman from California Institute of Technology.