Congratulations NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipients

Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships: Gregory Hartt, Samuel Tartakoff, Kathleen Richert, Joseph Carlson, Amanda Weber, Amanda MacMillan and Aurora Pribram-Jones. Additionally, the following students are commended for receiving an Honorable Mention in the same program: Megan Fieser, Sarah Cook, Nicholas Sizemore, Aaron Johnson and Gavin Bascom. Thank you to all of the faculty who encouraged their students to apply and to Lori Greene in the Research Development Office for her help.

Congratulations to grad Nicole Richards

Congratulations to grad Nicole Richards of the Finlayson-Pitts group, whose poster "Nitrate Ion Photolysis in Thin Water Films in the Presence of Bromide Ions" won an award at the ACS meeting in Anaheim.

Victor Mak receives ACS Research Fellowship.

Victor Mak, an undergraduate in Professor Ken Shea's lab, received an ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Professor Chris Vanderwal named Chancellor's Fellow

Professor Chris Vanderwal has been named a Chancellor's Fellow. Congratulations!

Karl Bedke wins the Hal Moore Award for Achievement in Organic Chemistry.

Jeff Cannon receives Bristol-Myers Squibb Minority Fellowship Award

Congratulations to graduate student Jeff Cannon of the Overman lab, who is this year's recipient of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Minority Fellowship Award.

Jessica Arter selected to attend prestigious Lindau meeting of Nobel Laureates and young researchers

Congratulations to Jessica Arter, graduate student in the Weiss lab, for being selected to attend the prestigious Lindau meeting of Nobel Laureates and young researchers. Jessica joins about 50 other graduate students from the US at this meeting.

Fool's gold catches eye of solar energy researchers

Iron pyrite — also known as fool's gold — may be worthless to treasure hunters, but it could become a bonanza to the solar industry.

The mineral, among the most abundant in the earth's crust, is usually discarded by coal miners or sold as nuggets in novelty stores.

Matthew Beaver first recipient of the Award for Outstanding Thesis Defense in Organic Chemistry

Congratulations to Matthew Beaver for being chosen as the first recipient of the Award for Outstanding Thesis Defense in Organic Chemistry. Matthew was selected among organic area graduate students at UC Irvine who defended their thesis during the 2009-2010 academic year. Honorees for the award are selected by fellow graduate students and the award is given based on the quality of the research conducted and pedagogical value of the student's thesis defense.

Can artificial antibodies fight real diseases?

The current issue of Discover Magazine lists "The Top Science Stories of 2010". Professor Ken Shea's work on artificial antibodies was one of those stories. (Can artificial antibodies fight real diseases?). Congratulations Ken!

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