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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
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November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Chemistry Stories: First Merck-U of T Lectureship a Success: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/first-m...
Announcement of a Chemistry department news story, with a photo of principal interviewee(s) and a QR code leading to Chemistry Stories at UofT.
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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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
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November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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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
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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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
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November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Chemistry Stories: Elements of Success: Karolina Słomińska: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/element...
Announcement of a Chemistry department news story, with a photo of principal interviewee(s) and a QR code leading to Chemistry Stories at UofT.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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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
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November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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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
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November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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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
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November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Chemistry Stories: U of T chemistry pioneer J. Bryan Jones honoured with Endowed Fellowship www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-che...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Chemistry Stories Eugenia Kumacheva wins E.W.R. Steacie Award www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/eugenia...
Announcement of a Chemistry department news story, with a photo of principal interviewee(s) and a QR code leading to Chemistry Stories at UofT.
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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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
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November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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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
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November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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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
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November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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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
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November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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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
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November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Chemistry Stories Art Contest 2025 – Announcing the Winners www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/art-con...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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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
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November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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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
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November 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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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
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Chemistry Stories Elements of Success: Arko Aalok Sarkar www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/element...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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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
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November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Chemistry Stories: Celebrating Chemistry's newest PhD and MSC recipients www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/fall-co...
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Chemistry Stories: Catalyzing Chemistry: Meet Ghazal Sayad-Haghighi www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/catalyz...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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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! !
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October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM