Latest News
January 2012
Congratulations to Catherine Oertel for receiving the NSF early career grant.
NOVEMBER 2011
Congratulations to Professor Whelan. She was selected for a Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. The Dreyfus Foundation makes about half-dozen of the Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar awards each year to promising scholars in the chemical sciences at predominately undergraduate institutions at an early stage in their academic careers. The competition each year is strong, and, based on a written proposal and institutional nomination, the recipients are recognized for their accomplishments in scholarly research with undergraduates and their commitment to teaching.
Professor Whelan Receives Cancer Research Grant CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to Ben Jakubowski '11, who has been awarded the Friends of the Library Research Award for 2010/11, for the research paper he produced in Chemistry 361 (Bioanalytical) last semester, entitled "Controversies in “-omics” diagnostics development."
The award committee said of the submitted paper:
"The Research Award Committee found your paper exemplary in all categories considered: range of resources used, thoroughness and creativity in the use of resources, and attention to accuracy and detail. Not only did your paper demonstrate research excellence, we found it engaging and a real pleasure to read."
October 2011:
It's almost Fall Break...time to order those Chemistry T-shirts. ORDER FORM They will be printed and available in time for those December Gifts!
July 2011
Oberlin College offered a free workshop for high school chemistry teachers, made possible by a grant from the Alcoa Foundation. Led by faculty from the department, the workshop featured morning classroom sessions and afternoon lab activities on the topics covered. Topics included chemical equilibrium and Acid-base equilibrium, covalent bonding, oxidation-reduction reactions, and reaction kinetics. The teachers represented public and private schools from throughout northeast Ohio.
May 2011:
Honors Presentations will be Monday May 16th and May 17th from 10-noon, room A255. Morning refreshments will be at 9:45am in front of A255, Science Center.
Awards for 2011
1st year awards
CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award: sponsored by the CRC Press and awarded to 1st year students for high achievement in chemistry.
Erin Adair, Gabrielle Schroeder, Molly Martorella , Sophia Tinger, Michael McDonald
2nd year awards
Frank Fanning Jewett Prize: awarded to 2nd year students for unusual promise in chemistry (4 semester, $500/semester book prize).
Adam Birdsall , Yihui Chen, Melanie Malinas
Junior awards
Harrol and Virginia Baker Scholarship: awarded to an outstanding chemistry or biochemistry major for his/her senior year ($5000 each).
Adam Darer, Alison O'Connor, Inyang Udo-Inyang
William B. and Helen Miller Scholarship: awarded to a worthy chemistry or biochemistry major for his/her senior year ($1000).
Joseph Hamilton
The Norman C. Craig ('53) Endowed Chemistry Scholarship Fund: awarded to a worthy student who is majoring chemistry or biochemistry with an outstanding academic record ($2000 each).
Micah Ellowitz
Analytical Chemistry Award: sponsored by the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society and awarded to an outstanding analytical chemistry student.
Benjamin Altheimer
Graduating senior awards
Harry N. Holmes Prize: awarded to senior chemistry or biochemistry majors for high achievement in chemistry ($1000 each).
Kevin Hu Benjamin, Jakubowski
David A. Evans ('63) Chemistry Prize: awarded to a chemistry major, with a preference for a student interested in organic chemistry ($500).
Nathaniel Kadunce
Merck Index Award: awarded to an outstanding senior chemistry or biochemistry major with interests in medicine or biological chemistry.
Emmanuel Magara
Hypercube Scholar Award: sponsored by Hypercube, Inc. and awarded to an outstanding senior chemistry or biochemistry major interested in computational chemistry.
Hannah Fuson
American Chemical Society Certified Bachelor’s Degree: awarded to students who complete the rigorous ACS undergraduate curriculum.
John Andreoni, Joshua Greenfield, Christine Moore, Nathaniel Kadunce, Gordon MacCallum, Erik Hernandez
Sigma Xi has inducted these students:
Matt Chaves, Clay Easterday, Hannah Fuson ,Joshua Greenfield, Kevin Hu ,Benjamin Jakubowski, Simone Koster
Junior: Alison O’Connor
Phi Beta Kappa:
Alexandra Gould (Biochemistry and Biology), Kevin Hu (Biochemistry), Benjamin Jakubowski ( Chemistry and Mathematics ), Jesse Yukimura (Chemistry and Viola)
Juniors: Alison O'Connor (Chemistry and Environmental Studies), William Towne (Biochemistry)
March 2011:
CONGRATULATIONS to Matthew Chaves, Nathaniel Kadunce (Chemistry) and Jennifer Schloss (Physics) for their award winning presentations at the Meeting-in-Miniature.
