Department of Chemistry
Department News 2006

• Dr. Shigeru Amemiya to Receive the NSF Career Award. [12/30/2006]
  
  
• Petro Maksymovych Receives the Eugene P. Wigner Fellowship [12/30/2006]
  
  
• Petro Maksymovych Receives the 2006 Morton M. Traum Surface Science Division Award [12/29/2006]
  
  
• Department of Chemistry Staff Recognized at University Ceremony [12/17/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Ken Jordan Named as AAAS Fellow [11/17/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Alex Star Announces New Nanoscience Course [11/17/2006]
  
  
• 2007 Workshop to Recognize the Work of Dr. Ken Jordan [11/17/2006]
  
  
• The University Times Features Dr. Ted Cohen and his 50 Years with the Department of Chemistry. [11/6/2006]
  
  
• University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry Receives an "Outstanding" award from the American Chemical Society [10/18/2006]
  
  
• Career Workshop Scheduled for October 28th. [10/16/2006]
  
  
• Dr. John Yates joins Dr. J. Karl Johnson to Publish a New Textbook. [10/8/2006]
  
  
• 19th Annual Faraday Lecture [10/8/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Megan Spence Named as a Recipient of the 2006 Eli Lilly Analytical Chemistry Grant. [10/8/2006]
  
  
• Science 2006 Features Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Roger Kornberg [10/8/2006]
  
  
• The Research of Dr. Sandy Asher Featured in the Chronicle for Higher Education [10/8/2006]
  
  
• From Matter to Life: Chemistry?!' Title of Oct. 18 Pitt Lecture by Nobel Prize Winner Pitt Department of Chemistry hosts two-day Bayer Distinguished Lectureship Series, featuring Jean-Marie Lehn, winner of 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [10/7/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Kay Brummond Named as the Recipient of the 2006 Akron ACS Award [10/3/2006]
  
  
• 2006 Distinguished Alumni Awardees Honored [10/3/2006]
  
  
• Pitt Expands Nanoscience Faculty [9/20/2006]
  
  
• New Chemistry Depatment Faculty and Staff were welcomed at a reception given in their honor on September 9, 2006 on the Ashe Balcony in the Chevron Science Center. [9/20/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Alex Star and Dr. Minhee Yun Receive a Joint NSF Award to Teach a Nanoscience Course. [9/12/2006]
  
  
• Joshua G. Pierce Selected to Receive an ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship. [9/12/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Dennis Curran Selected as the 2006 ACS Pittsburgh Award Recipient. [9/4/2006]
  
  
• Two Former Students Win the Thomas Elva Edison NJ R&D Council Award [9/4/2006]
  
  
• 2006 Safford Awardees Named [7/31/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Bodie Douglas Publishes a New Book [7/12/2006]
  
  
• Kristi O'Neal (Graduate Student in the Weber Group) Selected to Meet Laureates in Germany [7/12/2006]
  
  
• Nelson Group Work Highlighted in C&E News [6/20/2006]
  
  
• Nancy Czaicki Receives the Beckman Scholarship [6/16/2006]
  
  
• Katherine Stone Wins ACS Physical Chemistry Poster Award [5/14/2006]
  
  
• Professor Dennis Curran Receives the Morley Award [5/11/2006]
  
  
• The 27th Annual High School Olympics were held on May 3rd, 2006 [5/10/2006]
  
  
• Congratulations to our 2006 Undergraduate Graduating Class [5/2/2006]
  
  
• Clayton MaGill named Pitt's first Churchill scholar [4/27/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Nat Rosi Joins the Department of Chemistry Faculty [4/24/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Yoshiyasu Matsumoto Receives Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work in Chemistry [4/17/2006]
  
  
• Sarah Russick Wins Baranger Award [4/7/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Ken Jordan Named as the David P. Craig Visiting Professor [4/3/2006]
  
  
• Graduate Student Christina Motzko Receives ACS Award [3/31/2006]
  
  
• Honors Organic Chemistry II Student Wins 2006 Goldwater Fellowship [3/22/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Michael Trakselis Joins the Department of Chemistry Faculty [3/7/2006]
  
  
• Dr. David Earl Joins the Department of Chemistry Faculty [3/3/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Lillian Chong Joins the Department of Chemistry Faculty [2/23/2006]
  
  
• Deadline is 1 March for Receipt of REU Applications [2/20/2006]
  
  
• Carnegie Science Center's Summer Internship for Undergraduates [2/20/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Rob Coalson is being awarded the Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award [2/15/2006]
  
  
• Dr. Sandy Asher Named a Distinguished Professor [2/15/2006]
  
  
• Dr. George Bandik is being awarded the Chancellor's Distinguished Public Service Award [2/15/2006]
  
  
• IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference, October 22-25, 2006, Gyeongju, Korea [2/13/2006]
  
  
• Nano Materials Conference Announced for September 18-20, 2006 [2/13/2006]
  
  
• Pitt Department of Chemistry to Host the Annual Tripartite Symposium on April 12, 2006 [2/13/2006]
  
  
• Faster Method for Detecting Disease-Causing Mutations Developed by Professor Alex Star [1/27/2006]
  
  
• Departmental Sponsored Workshop: Computational Chemistry for Chemistry Educators [1/17/2006]
  
  
• The Work of Dr. Ken Jordan Featured in a Cover Story of Chemical & Engineering News [1/6/2006]