Welcome to Phil Lambda Upsilon – Rho Chapter

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln started the Rho Chapter of Phi Lambda Upsilon in 1922. The members of the Rho Chapter are graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and are elected on the basis of their academic achievement and potential. Members include exceptional students from both pure and applied fields of chemistry.

The Rho chapter members participate in many activities both during the school year and summer "break". Our chapter sponsors and coordinates annual family-orientated ‘End of the Summer’ picnics, as well as, Holiday dinners. These events are very well attended and bring a sense of goodwill and boost the morale in the department. Along with these activities, members sell Halloween candy-grams and Valentine’s Day carnations to boost spirits mid-semester. The group also serves the department by recycling office paper once a week and awarding travel grants to students attending national meeting. In addition, our chapter sponsors the PLU-Rho Chapter Lectureship which brings in noted chemists. This year, we instituted a new service project in the department. Our goal is to provide household items to incoming graduate students. This service project depends upon both donations (from faculty, staff, and students within the department), as well as, annual allotment of funds from the National PLU Grant.