Category Archives: Faculty & Staff

Don’t Trust Charlatans: Earth is Heating Up

Posted on August 12, 2009 by alan

This title introduced an op-ed piece in last Friday’s Oregonian (Aug 7, 2009) by professors Arthur Glasfeld and Julie Fry. The two chemists explained in straightforward terms how the vast weight of scientific evidence and scientific opinion supports global warming … finish reading Don’t Trust Charlatans: Earth is Heating Up

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Happy Birthday, Reed Aleksander Hicks

Posted on July 21, 2009 by alan

Randy Hicks, a longtime fixture in the Chem 101/102 labs, the Chem 102 end-of-year fireworks display, and one of two discoverers of the Periodic Table of the Cupcakes, wrote to me last summer (yikes!) from his (then) new location in … finish reading Happy Birthday, Reed Aleksander Hicks

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Jodi O’Donnell takes root at Siena

Posted on May 19, 2009 by alan

Another “news” story from 2007 that nearly got lost in the changeover from the old computer system to the current one was the transplant of our visiting professor Jodi O’Donnell to Siena College. She spent two lovely years with us, … finish reading Jodi O’Donnell takes root at Siena

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Maggie Geselbracht chairs ACS symposium

Posted on April 10, 2009 by alan

Prof. Maggie Geselbracht organized a symposium in the Division of Inorganic Chemistry at the 237th national meeting of the American Chemical Society held in Salt Lake City, March 22-26. The symposium was called “Undergraduate Research at the Frontiers of Inorganic … finish reading Maggie Geselbracht chairs ACS symposium

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I.O.N.i.C. goes hard-copy

Posted on January 10, 2009 by alan

A few days ago, I posted a picture of VIPEr tattoos, a physical manifestation of IONiC, the Inorganic Online Network of Inorganic Chemists started by Maggie Geselbracht and several collaborators across the nation. It seems, though, that a merely online … finish reading I.O.N.i.C. goes hard-copy

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Julia Chamberlin ’03 and Maggie Geselbracht share tattoos

Posted on December 30, 2008 by alan

Paging through the Autumn ’08 issue of the Reed Magazine, I came across a photo (p. 47) containing two smiling faces that I knew well: Julia, currently a 4th year graduate student at Northwestern University and her (Reed) thesis advisor, … finish reading Julia Chamberlin ’03 and Maggie Geselbracht share tattoos

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