Congratulations to our 2025 @chenected.bsky.social #AIChE #Boston NSEF Award Winners!

1st Place: Jihpeng Sun, University of Michigan
2nd Place: Gabriel Sánchez-Velásquez, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3rd Place: Noah Arnold, Clemson University

NSEF Division Plenary starts now! Come see Yuzhang Li and Michael Wong's award-winning talks at the Sheraton Boston Commonwealth @chenected.bsky.social
#AIChE #ChemE #ChemicalEngineer

Come meet our 2025-2026 NSEF Leadership at this week's AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers Meeting in Boston! with @lorraineleon.bsky.social @ardemisprime.bsky.social
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We had a fantastic 22B Bionanotechnology plenary yesterday featuring Nathalie Pinkerton (NYU), Kyle Lampe (UVA), and Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard). @nsef-aiche.bsky.social @chenected.bsky.social

Always a fantastic session!

Will the Senate Save NIH? Rescuing biomedical research is every bit as important as saving Medicaid.

It seems that only the science community is noticing that NIH and NSF budgets are cut 40% and 55% in the budget bill, respectively. If you live in Maine, West Va, Pennsylvania, Alabama, or Louisiana, CALL YOUR SENATOR as they could make a difference. See below.

prospect.org/politics/202...

Brian Wilson: NPR's interviews, concerts and appreciations The Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, leaving behind a storied legacy as one of pop music's greatest songwriters and producers. Here are NPR's best interviews, concerts and appreciations of the late artist.

The Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, leaving behind a storied legacy as one of pop music's greatest songwriters and producers. Here are NPR's best interviews, concerts and appreciations of the late artist.

I’m so sorry to hear this. You could tell she was really loved.

Eun Ji Chung Elected as a 2025 AIMBE Fellow - USC Viterbi | School of Engineering The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering recognized Chung for her extensive body of research in nanobiomaterials for drug delivery, diagnostics, and tissue restoration for disease...

Huge congratulations to @thechunglab.bsky.social - who has just been elected a 2025 @aimbe-official.bsky.social Fellow. viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/03...

All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House | CNN Politics The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.

The While House pauses all federal grants and loan disbursements.

For researchers, this means that work already completed and charged to federal grants (NSF, NIH, etc) will not be reimbursed by the federal government until further notice.

www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...

You can also read the editorial of a collection in Communications Chemistry that I recently co-edited with @lorraineleon.bsky.social and @spruijtlab.bsky.social

We got very cool papers, and it aligns well with the interests of the group

www.nature.com/articles/s42...