Category Archives: Alumni

Ring the alarm. The Borg are coming. According to C&ENews (7 Mar 2016, p. 9, “Is UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry in danger?“) the administration of UC Berkeley is considering doing away with its venerable College of Chemistry and Chemical … finish reading Kris McNeill weighs in on UC Berkeley name change

Prof. Mark Ptashne (Memorial Sloan-Kettering) knows a thing or two about genes. You might even say he wrote the book. Two books even: A Genetic Switch (now in its 3rd edition) and Genes & Signals (written with Alexander Gann). Mark is also … finish reading Mark Ptashne ’61 Eliot Awardee & Lecturer

Marty Mulvihill (BS Reed, PhD Berkeley) is stepping down from the position he created five years ago at UC Berkeley: Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry (BCGC). Marty takes a thoughtful look at his green chemistry experiences … finish reading Marty Mulvihill ’02 Looks Back

Derek graduated from Reed in 2007 with a license to run the Reed nuclear reactor and a BA in Chemistry/Physics, but three years later he had placed his feet on entirely different path: studying for a MD/PhD in the Genomics and … finish reading Derek Oldridge ’07 Hunting for Cancer’s Causes

Luke Kanies ’96 and his wife, Cindy, first met in a Reed seminar during his junior year. As she tells it, “he always had something to say about everything.” His outspoken ways in the classroom made her seek out the … finish reading Luke Kanies ’96 Shepherds Puppet Labs towards IPO

The Sandia National Labs reported (12 Nov 2015) that Jeff Koplow has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Innovator in Residence Fellowship by the SunShot Initiative, a DOE enterprise to make solar energy fully cost-competitive with traditional energy … finish reading Jeff Koplow ’90 receives SunShot Innovation Fellowship

It’s election season once again, but I don’t mean the one you’re thinking about. The American chemical Society is holding elections for its Board of Directors. One of the candidates for Director-at-Large is Mary Jo Ondrechen, ’74. You can find … finish reading Mary Jo Ondrechen ’74 seeks ACS office

Two features in the March issue of the Reed Magazine caught my eye. First, Interstellar Odyssey (p. 24) mined what was once my favorite literary vein: science fiction. If I remember correctly, my first big read was Verne’s 20,000 Leagues … finish reading Alumni News from Reed Magazine, March 2015