Events
- 2012 SURC Conference
2012 SURC Conference – April 12 and 13, 2012
- Chemistry Scholarship Golf Tournament
Chemistry Scholarship Golf Tournament – April 20, 2012
- 4th Annual Chemistry Spring Awards Banquet
4th Annual Chemistry Spring Awards Banquet – April 26, 2012
- 2nd Annual Lester S. Andrews Graduate Research Symposium
2nd Annual Lester S. Andrews Graduate Research Symposium – May 14 and 15, 2012
News
- National Meeting Travel Grant Received
The MSU Chemistry chapter of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS) has received a National Meeting Travel Grant for the 243th ACS National Meeting being held in San Diego, CA. Congratulations!!
- The Barking Electron, Spring 2011 Newsletter
The Department of Chemistry hosted the annual Southeast Chemistry Chairs meeting March 18-19, 2011. New and current Chemistry chairs from 23 Southeastern universities including Alabama, Auburn, Duke, Clemson, LSU, and the University of Georgia attended. This meeting was an opportunity for chairs and heads to talk with their counterparts about a variety of topics that included ... Read more
- Professor named Mississippi ACS Chemist of the Year
Dr. Peter Rabideau was named 2011 MS-ACS Chemist of the Year. Dr. Rabideau was recognized during the November 2011 ACS Awards Dinner held on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi on November 17, 2011.
- Professor named Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Dr. Peter Rabideau was elected to the 2011 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society. He was honored at a special ceremony during the ACS National Meeting in Denver, CO on August 29, 2011. Dr. Rabideau is the first person in the state of Mississippi to receive this prestigious award. With over 161,000 members, the ACS is the largest scientific society in the world. It is a society dedicated to science, specifically the study and inquiry of Chemistry. This year's class of fellows included 213 members. John Adams, chair of the ACS Fellows Oversight committee, stated "the Fellows Program was approved in 2008 by the ACS Board of Directors to honor our members who have demonstrated excellence in their contributions to chemical sciences and in service to the ACS and the chemistry community".
- Sir Harold Kroto Seminar - October 26, 2011
Sir Harold “Harry” Kroto, co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, presented a lecturer to over 1200 MSU students, faculty, alumni, and guest on October 26, 2011. Kroto is a native of Great Britain and is currently a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University in Tallahassee. During Sir Kroto’s visit he spent the day talking with undergraduate and graduate Chemistry majors and was honored by the Department with an afternoon reception. Sir Harry wowed the audience with a multi-media extravaganza that was both educational and humorous, touching not only on the story of the Nobel-winning discovery but also on his thoughts about science, politics and religion. Sir Harold Kroto, along with Rice University professors Richard Smalley and Robert Curl Jr, received the 1996 Nobel Chemistry prize for their joint discovery of fullerene carbon compounds. Kroto, Smalley and Curl discovered a soccer-ball-shaped hollow, spherical C60 molecule, naming it "buckminsterfullerene", after the architect R. Buckminster Fuller, who designed geodesic domes. The carbon balls are commonly referred to as "buckyballs". Their discovery has become the basis for next-generation nanomaterials that include drug-delivery vehicles for cancer therapy and ultra-hard coatings and military armor. Kroto is presently the Frances Epps Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University.
