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News and Events
| Apr 25, 2008 |
Katrine Gorham from the Blake group returned Sunday from the first phase of the
NASA ARCTAS airborne project, one of the largest environmental science campaigns ever conducted to study the impact of air pollution on the Arctic's atmospheric chemistry and changing climate.
[ http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?&type=photo&photo_id=08JOakm72978S&pn=4&tid=01Qs0ca3xQgUF>http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?&type=photo&photo_id=08JOakm72978S&pn=4&tid=01Qs0ca3xQgUF ] |
| Apr 18, 2008 |
Dr. Elias J. Corey, the 1990 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, will present the inaugural Isis Pharmaceuticals lecture entitled "Studies on Catalytic Enantioselective Synthetic Methods" on May 8 at 3:30pm at the Crystal Cove Auditorium. This event is sponsored by the Departments of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UCI, and is generously funded by Isis Pharmaceuticals.
[ http://www.chem.uci.edu/files/Corey_brochure_pamphlet.pdf ] |
| Apr 15, 2008 |
Olivia Ryder, an undergrad in the Finlayson-Pitts group, received a student poster award at the National ACS meeting last week in New Orleans. She was one of four winners for her section, and the only undergrad! Theresa McIntire has been her hands-on mentor in the lab. The title and authors/coauthors of the poster were: "Ozone Oxidation of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Silicon Oxide Thin Layers on Silicon and Zinc Selenide Surfaces", O. Ryder, T. M. McIntire, A. S. Lea, P. L. Gassman and B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, April 6-10, 2008. [ http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=857&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1 ] |
| Mar 26, 2008 |
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts is this year's recipient of the Richard C. Tolman Medal awarded by the Southern California ACS. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to chemistry in Southern California. An award ceremony and dinner is scheduled by the ACS for May 7 at the University Club. [ http://scalacs.org/?page_id=94 ] |
| Mar 13, 2008 |
Congratulations to Ara Apkarian who was presented with the Charles R. Bennett Service Through Chemistry Award, by the Orange County Section of the American Chemical Society, on Wednesday, March 19. [ http://membership.acs.org/o/orange_county/calendar2.htm ] |
| Mar 05, 2008 |
3pm, CalIT2 Auditorium:
Professor Samir Zard will present the 2008 Novartis Lecture, entitled, “A Quest for New Reactions: Some Interesting Perspectives for Organic Synthesis”. The event will also include a seminar presented by the 2008 Moore Awardee, Juan Diaz (Weiss Group). [ http://chem.ps.uci.edu/~novartis/ ] |
| Mar 03, 2008 |
Please join me in congratulating Bill Evans for his being awarded the 2008 Spedding Award. The website for this award says "This prestigious award is given in recognition of excellence and achievement in research centered on the science and technology of rare earths." This is the top award in Bill's specific field and is given only every three years.
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| Feb 26, 2008 |
Congratulations to Alan Heyduk for receiving an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship.
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| Feb 12, 2008 |
Filipp Furche is the recipient of the "Outstanding Young German Scientist Award" for the year 2008, given by the Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry. [ http://alpha.ch.huji.ac.il/public_html/lectures.htm ] |
| Feb 12, 2008 |
Filipp Furche is awarded a Lecturers Scholarship (Dozentenstipendium), by the German Chemical Industry Fund. The award is given to only four outstanding young chemists annually, and is for a duration of five years.
[ http://fonds.vci.de ] |
| Jan 22, 2008 |
The film "Forgotten Genius" will be screened and followed by a discussion led by Dr. Liz Jarvo, as part of the 24th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium. This film documents the extraordinary life of Percy Julian, a pioneering synthetic organic chemist. 7-9pm, Rosa Parks House (1018 Arroyo Vista Housing), co-sponsored by the Rosa Parks and Chemistry Houses.
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| Jan 03, 2008 |
It is with great pleasure to announce that Suzanne Blum has received an NSF Career Award (inorganic). Please join me in congratulating Suzanne.
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| Nov 30, 2007 |
Congratulations to Kieron Burke, who was elected APS fellow by the Division of Condensed Matter Physics , "For his seminal contributions to the development and application of the density functional theory of ground and excited electronic states, and electronic dynamics in condensed matter." This is limited to no more than ˝% of the members.
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| Oct 29, 2007 |
We are pleased to announce that Don Blake, Rob Corn, Scott Rychnovsky, and A. J. Shaka have been awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Congratulations! [ http://aaasmember.sciencemag.org/ ] |
| Aug 07, 2007 |
Nicole White, graduate student in the Overman group, has been
selected to receive an
ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship sponsored by Organic Reactions. This fellowship is for the 2007-08 academic year.
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| Jul 03, 2007 |
The new scanning and distribution service, "Rapid Return - Electronic Exam Return: Save Time, Space, and Money" was selected to receive the Larry L. Sautter Silver Award for Achievement in University Computing for 2007. This program was pioneered by Ramesh Arasasingham, Greg Weiss, and Domingos Begalli. [ http://www.ucop.edu/irc/itlc/sautter/welcome.html ] |
| Jul 03, 2007 |
Please join me in congratulating Larry Overman, for being awarded the
2007 Nagoya Medal Prize (Gold Medal). The Medal is awarded to an outstanding organic chemist and is a very prestigious award. Great job Larry.
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| Jun 06, 2007 |
Congratulations to Professor Dave Van Vranken
for being awarded the UCI Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education award.
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| May 17, 2007 |
Please join me in congratulating Benny Gerber, who was recently elected Foreign Member of the
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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| May 14, 2007 |
James N. Pitts, Jr. is the recipient of the 2007 Carl Moyer Award given by the Coalition for Clean Air, for his "Scientific Leadership and Technical Excellence".
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