Ben Thomas, MChem Chemistry student, has won the “Bowen Cup” and Royal Society of Chemistry Prize for Analytical Chemistry. The Bowen Cup was inaugurated by Dr Humphry Bowen in 1988 and is awarded annually together with the RSC prize to the student gaining the top marks in part 2 Analytical Chemistry. The Chemistry Department at Reading is allocated a Royal Society of Chemistry prize as recognition of the quantity and quality of its analytical chemistry teaching. The picture shows Ben receiving the Bowen Cup from Professor Laurence Harwood, Professor of Organic Chemistry.