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Ray von Wandruszka, Department Chair
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News &
Announcements
In
Remembrance
We, the faculty, staff and students
of the Department of Chemistry, are terribly sad to announce that our
friend and colleague Aaron D. Mills (“Don”) unexpectedly passed away
on Saturday, May 9, 2009. Aaron was only 32 years old and stood at the
beginning of a promising career in bio-organic chemistry. He joined the
department in summer 2008, so he had been with us less than a year. Yet
we had come to love and appreciate his friendly smile, his boyish charm,
and his keen intellect. We can’t even imagine how devastating his
passing must be to his family, especially his young wife Heidi and his
parents.
As the world rolls on and we wonder
how and why a young life like Aaron’s was taken from us, all of us
will have to carry on without him. It will not be easy.
Ray von Wandruszka
Chair
In lieu of flowers, Aaron's parents wish to establish a
scholarship in his name. Memorial donations may be directed to the
University of Idaho Foundation for the Aaron Mills Scholarship Fund in
care of:
Gift
Administration Office
University
of Idaho
PO
Box 443147
Moscow,
ID 83844-3147
Once again, our deepest sympathies go out to Aaron’s family,
friends, students and colleagues.
Student News
Faculty News
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Dr.
Chien Wai has been awarded the Distinguished Faculty
Award. This award is presented to a faculty member whose
teaching and scholarship have gained wide recognition by national,
if not international, peers and whose achievements have had
demonstrable impact on their profession and on the teaching and scholarship
of others in the United States and abroad. |
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Professor
Emeritus Leszek Czuchajowski, nominated Poet of the Year. |
2009 Chemistry Award Winners
Departmental Awards:
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Laken
M. Top, a senior in Chemistry, has been awarded the 2009
William H. Cone Award for being the most outstanding senior in
chemistry. Congratulations!
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Jared
W. Rigoli, a senior in Chemistry, has been awarded the 2009
Merck Index Award. Congratulations!
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Wyatt
Thornley, a senior in Chemistry, has been awarded the 2009
Merck Index Award. Congratulations!
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Dale
Guenther, a senior in Chemistry, has been awarded the 2009
American Institute of Chemists Award. Congratulations!
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College of Science Awards:
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Laken
M. Top, a senior in Chemistry, has been awarded the
College of Science Dean's Award for being the most outstanding
senior in Chemistry. Based on her outstanding academic
achievement and service to the university community, Laken M. Top
was also chosen to receive the John B. George Award, chosen from
the Dean's Award nominees. Congratulations!
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Christopher
Roske, undergraduate researcher in Prof. Bitterwolf's group, has
been awarded funding through the Brian and Gayle Hill
Undergraduate Research Fellowship program for his research project
in Inorganic Chemistry.
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Dale
Guenther, undergraduate researcher in Prof. Hrdlicka's group, has
been awarded funding through the Brian and Gayle Hill
Undergraduate Research Fellowship program for her research project in
Synthetic Nucleic Acid Chemistry.
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Other Awards:
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Chemistry
PhD student Michael
Østergaard was named a recipient of the 2008-2009
University of Idaho Doctoral Research Fellowship, awarded by the UI
College of Graduate Studies. This fellowship is the University's
most prestigious award offered a graduate student. The fellowship
is for $25,000 and includes a waiver of out-of-state tuition in
addition to the stipend.
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Brooke Anderson, undergraduate researcher in the Hrdlicka Group,
has been awarded the 2008 Senator Larry E. Craig Endowment
Scholarship to participate in the 2008 ACS Spring meeting. Brooke
will graduate in May with a B.S. Chemistry-Professional Option and B.S.
Math-Applied Modeling Option.
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