A former undergraduate student in the Department of Chemistry, Barbara Skinner, received this year’s Heroes of Chemistry Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS). This award is one of the most prestigious awards for chemists, and probably the most prestigious for chemists working in the pharmaceutical industry. Skinner received the award for her contributions to AbbVie’s psoriatic arthritis (Crohn’s disease) drug Rinvoq. You can see the announcement here.