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Seen at the Reunion
Reunions 2016 (and maybe thoughts of a rainy Rose Parade) have brought lots of alumni back to campus. You can see who’s coming to the Reunion here. Among the visiting chemists … Harry Traulsen ’11 and Grant Trenary ’11 made their way up … finish reading Seen at the Reunion
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Grants Support New Faculty Research
All three of the new chemistry faculty who have been hired in recent years have successfully garnered financial support from outside the college for their research projects. If you missed it, here’s a rundown:
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Another happy law school graduate: Prof. Juliane Fry
The fact that the hallway outside Julie Fry‘s office is festooned with research posters might lead one to think of her as a one-dimensional research scientist, but that has never been the case.
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Becky Phillips ’10 Receives Teaching Award
Becky is currently pursuing her graduate studies in IPiB (integrated program in biochemistry) in Ivan Rayment’s laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A few days ago she learned that she had received the program’s 2016 Denton Award for Graduate Student Excellence … finish reading Becky Phillips ’10 Receives Teaching Award
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Periodic Table 103, Bulletin Board 0
Late one night several seniors entered the student lounge intent upon some long-unfinished business: to replace the seldom used bulletin boards with a hand-painted Periodic Table of the Elements.
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Support Our Seniors
It’s the last week of classes for Spring 2016. Senior theses are due on Friday after which the campus will celebrate, as it does every year, with a raucous Thesis Parade, and a not-to-be-missed Renn Fayre. But… until then, seniors … finish reading Support Our Seniors
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Rockin’ the House with Virginia Hancock ’62
54 years ago, in the spring of 1962, a Reed chemistry student named Virginia Oglesby submitted a senior thesis titled, “The Synthesis of Heterocyclic Imidochlorides.” This week marks the end of yet another thesis season, but for Virginia (now Hancock), it celebrated the … finish reading Rockin’ the House with Virginia Hancock ’62
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D is for Dog
The number of pooches in the chemistry building is booming once again which raises a perennial pet question: do chemists show their affection differently than other dog owners?
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Jeff Koplow ’90 Returns as Division Speaker
Jeff will visit Reed on Tuesday and Wednesday this week (Apr 5-6) as the 2015-16 guest speaker for the Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences. Jeff, who is a Research Scientist/Engineer at the Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, CA), received the … finish reading Jeff Koplow ’90 Returns as Division Speaker
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The Quilting Legacy of Prof. Maggie Geselbracht
The middle of spring break, a time to pause, and take a deep breath before the dash to Thesis Parade. One year ago, during Spring Break 2015, our building underwent a quiet, but profound, change. Just a few months earlier … finish reading The Quilting Legacy of Prof. Maggie Geselbracht
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