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2009 Cava Lecture: Jerrold Meinwald

Lectures When the Chemistry is Right: Violence, Sex, and Drugs in the World of Insects 4:00 PM, Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 1093 Shelby Hall (General Interest Talk) Exploring the Chemistry of Biotic Interactions 12:45 PM, Thursday, October 29th, 2009 1093 Shelby Hall (Technical Talk) Musical Performance 12:00 PM, Friday October 30th, 2009 Moody Music Building Recital Hall Biography Jerrold Meinwald, Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Cornell University, was born in New York, NY in 1927.  He was educated […]

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2009 Arduengo Lecture: Holger Braunschweig

Lectures Borylene Complexes as Reagents in Organic and Organometallic Synthesis 12:30 PM, Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 151 Shelby Hall (Technical Talk) Boron: Applications in Chemistry and Beyond 3:00 PM, Friday, April 3rd, 2009 151 Shelby Hall (General Interest Talk) Biography Professor Dr. Holger Braunschweig, C4 Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Würzburg, was born in Aachen, Germany’s westernmost city, in 1961. Holger was raised and educated in Aachen before he engaged in two years of compulsory military service […]

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2009 Cava Lecture: Richard R. Schrock

Lectures How Basic Research in Chemistry Led to a Nobel Prize 5:00 PM, Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 107 Shelby Hall (General Interest Talk) Thousands of Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis: Variability, Longevity, and Asymmetry at the Metal 12:45 PM, Thursday, April 30th, 2009 151 Shelby Hall (Technical Talk) Biography Richard R. Schrock is the Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He was born on January 4, 1945, the third of three boys, in Berne, a […]

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