The Department of Chemistry Business and Academic Offices will close on Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:00 PM. We wish everyone in the Chemistry community a relaxing holiday season

Chemistry Stories: Lawson Climate and Sustainability Awards recognize two Chemistry Students: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/lawson-...

Chemistry Stories: Voula Kanelis wins 2026 CSC - Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Lectureship From CIC: uoft.me/c3J

Chemistry Stories: Andrew Beharry wins 2026 CSC - X-Chem Research Excellence Award: uoft.me/AwardsBeharry

Chemistry Stories: Von Lilienfeld to edit new journal, PRX Intelligence: uoft.me/VLPRXIntelli...

Special Chemistry Seminar: Visiting Scholar Professor Kevin Gardner will discuss “Drugging one of nature's switches: Studying HIF to develop novel inhibitors,” on Friday, December 12, at 3:00 PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Colloquium: Professor David Armstrong of University of Toronto, Mississauga will discuss “Active Learning Pedagogies Across the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum,” on Friday December 12, at 10:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Special Chemistry Seminar: Max Reed will present an FOE Public Seminar on “Studies of the Physical Basis of Engineered Photoswitchable Protein-Protein Binding,” on Thursday, December 11, at 1:00 PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Analytical Seminar Series: Shriya Gulati will present original graduate research on “Utilizing Sperm-Bound Proteins for DNA Isolation in Sexual Assault Samples,” on Thursday December 11, at 11:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Special Chemistry Seminar: Jon Babi will present an FOE Public Seminar on “Electronic Functionalization and Dimensional Control of Peptoid Nanosheets,” on Tuesday December 9, at 1:00 PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

#UofT marks National Day for Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women with a memorial at Ziibiing Pavilion as well as events hosted by U of T Engineering. uoft.me/c2E

Chemistry Stories: Elements of Success: Matthew Chow: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/element...

Chemistry Stories: Andre Simpson wins Ricardo Aroca Award HTTPS://UOFT.ME/SIMPSONAROCA

Special Chemistry Seminar: Colton Johnson will present an FOE Public Seminar on “Studies Towards the Synthesis of C6-Oxidized C19-Diterpenoid Alkaloids and the Asymmetric Allylation of α-Alkoxy Enones,” on Friday December 5, at 2:00 PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Sign up now for the 4th annual WICTO symposium, Connecting Through Chemistry, held February 7 2026. This full-day event will feature an exciting lineup of activities and opportunities! bit.ly/4oERwNj

Special Chemistry Seminar: Smik Patel will present an FOE Public Seminar on “Algebraic Tools for Quantum Simulations of Electronic Structure,” on Friday December 5, at 12:00 PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Analytical Seminar Series: Timothy Salomons will present Original Graduate Research on “Combating Protein Adsorption Loss in Single-Cell Proteomics,” on Thursday December 4, at 11:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

#UofT geochemist Barbara Sherwood Lollar draws on billion-year-old water discovery to aid green energy transition 💧 uoft.me/rwib

Chemistry Stories: Doug Stephan publishes new Primer on Frustrated Lewis Pairs: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/doug-st...

Chemistry Stories: Catalyzing Chemistry: Alex Tomut: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/catalyz...

Special Chemistry Seminar: Sophie Kelley will present an MSc Public Seminar on “Improving the Yield of the Bis-Tetramer Forming Click Reaction through Modulating the Reaction Interface,” on Monday December 1, at 12:00 PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

COLLOQUIUM: Professor Travis Dudding of Brock University will discuss “Foundations to Frontiers: From Cyclopropeniums to Site-Selective Fluorination,” on Friday November 28, at 11:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Chemistry Stories: First Merck-U of T Lectureship a Success: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/first-m...

Analytical Seminar Series: Abigail Richards will present original graduate research on “A Dual-Component Biosensor System for a Quantitative Assessment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” on Thursday November 27, at 11:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Environmental MSc Seminar: Anna Kirkland will present “The Identification of Ozonolysis Products from Bisphenol Analogues and their Binding to Estrogen-Related Receptor Gamma,” on Tuesday November 25, at 1:00 PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Physical Seminar Series: Praveen Jayakumar will present original graduate research on “What Makes Some Unitary Transforms of Many - Body Hamiltonians Efficient?,” on Tuesday November 25, at 11:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Chemistry Stories: Elements of Success: Karolina Słomińska: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/element...

Inorganic Seminar Series: Armaan Goraya will present original graduate research on “Beyond Classical Olefin Additions: Alternative FLP Deprotonation Reactivity with Olefins and Acrylates,” on Monday November 24, at 1:30 PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Special Chemistry Seminar: Jack Lin will give an FOE Public Seminar, “Ligand Design in Constructing Reactive Transition Metal Complexes,” on Tuesday November 25, at 1:00 PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Organic Seminar Series: Come hear eight amazing organic chemistry talks on Monday November 24. Seminars run from 9:30AM to 4:30PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Chemistry Stories: U of T chemistry pioneer J. Bryan Jones honoured with Endowed Fellowship www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-che...

Chemistry Stories Eugenia Kumacheva wins E.W.R. Steacie Award www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/eugenia...

COLLOQUIUM: Professor Liheng Cai from University of Virginia, speaking on “Bottlebrush Polymers, Networks, Biomaterials, and Tissue Mimics,” on Friday November 21, 2025, at 10:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Analytical Seminar Series: Professor Sanela Martic from Trent University will present “Diverse Stories of Electrochemistry,” on Thursday November 20, 2025, at 11:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Special Chemistry Seminar: Isla Wrightson will present an FOE Public Seminar “Shifts in the Molecular Biogeochemistry of Soil Organic Matter under Long-Term Changes in Litter Quality and Quantity in Temperate Forests” on Wednesday November 19, 2025, at 11:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Matt DaCosta will present original graduate research: “A Powerful Carbanion from the Smallest Nano-Diamond: The Synthesis of bis-2-Adamantyl Magnesium” on Monday November 17, 2025, at 1:30 PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Special Chemistry Seminar: Professor Naomi S. Ginsberg of University of California, Berkeley, will ask: “How do emerging functional materials form, transform, and transport energy at the nanoscale?” on Monday November 17, 2025, at 10:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Chemistry Stories Art Contest 2025 – Announcing the Winners www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/art-con...

COLLOQUIUM: Professor David Nagib of Ohio State University will deliver the 2025 Pharmaron Lecture on “Harnessing Radical and Carbene Polarity in Organic Synthesis,” on Friday November 14, 2025, at 10:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Environmental Seminar Series: Professor Roxana Suehring of Toronto Metropolitan University discusses “Opportunities for source identification of microplastics using non-targeted chemical fingerprinting,” Tuesday November 11, at 1:00 PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Physical Seminar Series: Rees Hughes will present original graduate research on “Dynamic Trap Emission from Single CdSe Quantum Dots,” on Tuesday November 1, 2025, at 11:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Chemistry Stories Elements of Success: Arko Aalok Sarkar www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/element...

Congrats to @aspuru.bsky.social (AC director, #UofT professor + #NVIDIA senior director), who has been named a #AI2050 Senior Fellow by #SchmidtSciences. Alán is one of 28 researchers who will receive >$18 million to advance research in beneficial #AI. Read: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/alan-as...

Analytical Seminar Series: Jared King will present original graduate research on “The Effect of Heterogenous Alkaline Phosphatase Kinetics on the Formation of Calcium Phosphate Nanostructures,” on Thursday November 6, 2025, at 11:00. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Chemistry Stories: Celebrating Chemistry's newest PhD and MSC recipients www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/fall-co...

Chemistry Stories: Catalyzing Chemistry: Meet Ghazal Sayad-Haghighi www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/catalyz...

The Department of Chemistry Business and Academic Offices will close on Friday, October 31st at 3:00 PM. Happy Halloween to you all — stay safe, enjoy the treats, and Go Blue Jays Go! !

Let's Go Blue Jays! World Series watch parties draw a crowd to #UofT's St. George campus ⚾️ uoft.me/bX9

Visiting Scholar: Professor Youhei Takeda of Osaka University will discuss “Triplet-Harvesting Organic Emitters Based on a Dibenzo [a,j] phenazine Core,” on Tuesday November 4, 2025, at 11:00 AM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars

Biological Seminar Series: Come hear twelve amazing chemistry talks on Friday October 31. Seminars run from 9:00AM to 4:30PM. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars