Chemistry Department

Six Indiana University Bloomington undergraduates are the recent recipients of prestigious scholarships. All six students are enrolled within IU Bloomington's College of Arts and Sciences.
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David R. Williams, the Harry G. Day Chair and professor of chemistry at Indiana University Bloomington, will deliver the 2008 Distinguished Faculty Research Lecture, in which he will discuss the efforts of his laboratory group to explore the chemistry of recently discovered natural products from the marine world and how substances from those products may be transformed into new treatments for disease.
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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded Indiana University Bloomington chemist Dongwhan Lee its 2008 Sloan Research Fellowship, a coveted $50,000 early-career grant. The fellowship is intended to enhance the careers of young faculty members in chemistry, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience and physics.
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Indiana University Bloomington chemists have designed an organic molecule that binds negatively charged ions, a feat they hope will lead to the development of a whole new molecular toolbox for biologists, chemists and medical researchers who want to remove chlorine, fluorine and other negatively charged ions from their solutions.
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Three years after its construction began on the Indiana University Bloomington campus, Simon Hall officially opens its doors with a dedication ceremony tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 16. The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. outside Simon Hall, 915. E. 3rd St. (north of Myers Hall and west of Jordan Hall).
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Jamie L. Stalker, M.D., medical director of Argonne National Laboratory, is the 26th Joan Wood Lecture Series honoree. Stalker will present "Flexibility and the Fickle Finger of Fate: A Peculiar Path from Musician to Medical Director," on Oct. 3, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., in Myers Hall 130 on the Indiana University Bloomington campus.
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