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This campus-wide honor recognizes extraordinary contributions to UMD's teaching mission.

This three-year award is given to the most promising individuals who have recently been granted both tenure and promotion to associate professor.

Dr. Wainman was recognized for his accomplishments at an award ceremony in April 2026 on the Twin Cities campus.

Chemistry and biochemistry students were recognized for their achievements and seniors were congratulated as they approached their last finals week. 

Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) provide students with opportunities to explore unanswered scientific questions.

Melissa Maurer-Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was awarded the UMD Chancellor’s Distinguished Research/Creative Activity Award for 2024-2025 in the less

An accelerated program on the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) campus allowing students to complete both their undergraduate degree and PharmD in a shortened amount of time is growing in popula

Lucas Busta, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at U of MN Duluth, has been honored as a 2025 Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement

Alumna keeps waterways clean from the helm of WLSSD.

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry hosts visiting professor Dempsey Hyatt from Adelphi University in Garden City, NY.