2024

In the News
Summers, who holds a Ph.D. from Harvard, has more than three decades of drug discovery and pharmaceutical research management experience.
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Denison Magazine
Featured in the 2014 magazine, Perez is making a difference in the lives of fellow immigrants.
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Awards & Honors
Biochemistry major Abigail Engler ’25 has been awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious undergraduate awards for STEM majors.
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2023

Alumni
As a scholar, athlete, and musician, Jesse Felker will bring a broad student perspective to the Denison Board of Trustees.
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2022

Awards & Honors
The Provost’s Academic Excellence Award recognizes seniors exhibiting an extraordinary level of intellectual engagement and academic achievement.
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2021

Featured News
The National Science Foundation has awarded Denison $650,000 to enable talented low-income students to pursue majors and careers in STEM fields.
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Alumni
Chemistry and mathematics double major Amanda Peiffer '16 has been awarded her doctorate in chemical biology from the University of Michigan.
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Awards & Honors
Megan Nicole Wong, biochemistry bachelor of science major, was selected as a 2021 President's Medalist.
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2020

In the News
"Understanding things on an atomic level truly allows you to better understand how the world and the body works," says Asso Prof Rachel Mitton-Fry.
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Internships
Summer scholar research projects completed in the chemistry department in Summer 2020.
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Awards & Honors
Harper “Hoke” Wallace '20, a Biochemistry major, has won a Provost’s Academic Excellence Award for extraordinary academic achievement.
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Staff News
Biochemistry major Katherine Lindsay '20 was awarded a Battelle grant of more than $4,000.
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International Scholarships
Denison's Harper “Hoke” Wallace ‘20 awarded a Fulbright Student Grant to enroll in a two-year master’s program in cognitive science in Paris.
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2019

Awards
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry wished the Class of 2019 well and celebrated achievement of all our students.
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Featured News
Denison University has been awarded a grant of $275,000 to fund a new model that welcomes and supports underserved students in the sciences.
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Awards & Honors
Three Denison students were awarded full-tuition scholarships for their junior and senior years.
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Awards & Honors
Two Denison students were awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarships for their scientific research.
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In the News
Dr. James Summers '77, former chemistry major at Denison, is a scientific advisor to Cerevance, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company.
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In the News
A specialist in Alzheimer’s research, Dr. James Summers '76 has been appointed to the board of research company Mission Therapeutics.
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Featured News
Hoke Wallace ‘21 is one of only about 60 presenters to share research at the Posters on The Hill program in Washington D.C.
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In the News
Phantom of the Opera, 30 years old, is a re-imagined spectacle, starring Herb Porter '13 as iconic Raoul at the story's center.
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In the News
Biochemistry major Dr. Jason Bell '97 is an ophthalmologist with Cincinnati Eye Institute, and several times noted as a "Top Doctor" in Cincinnati.
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Student News
Students help children affected with cancer by organizing a Camp Kesem, a national organization that creates free summer camps.
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Service & Awareness
Denison students want to host a Camp Kesem for children of parents with cancer. They need your vote to make it happen.
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2018

Recognition & Accolades
“Advanced Materials,” a premier scientific journal, featured an article by a Denison professor and student on the cover of its May, 2018 edition.
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Student News
The National Science Foundation has awarded graduate research fellowships to two Denison students, Patrick Banner and Madeline Van Winkle.
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Field Trips
Denison Chemistry and Biochemistry majors present undergraduate research at the American Chemical Society National Meeting.
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2017

Announcements & Updates
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry welcomes new and old faces in our classrooms and labs and looks forwards to a great semester.
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Awards & Honors
Chemistry and Biochemistry students have a lot to be proud of this academic year.
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Awards & Honors
Join us for our annual alumni speaker and student award presentations.
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