Chemistry Division

Chemistry Division Newsletter Fall 2024

In this issue, you’ll find - Welcome from the Chemistry Division Chair, Joe Reczek, - Setting an Example by Alena Kubatova, 2024 Outstanding Chemistry Mentor Awardee - CUR Recognizes Professor Geneive E. Henry, 2024 CUR Fellows Awardee - Introducing the New CUR Chemistry Representatives - and so much more!

CUR Names NAU’s Lee as Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor 2024 Awardee

Dr. Naomi Lee, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Arizona University (NAU), an NIH Early-Stage Investigator, an officer in the Army Reserves, an affiliate faculty of various STEM-related professional societies, and a member of the Seneca Nation (bear clan), has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Council on Undergraduate Research’s (CUR) Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award.

Chemistry Division Newsletter Fall 2023

In this issue, you’ll find - a welcome from the chemistry division chair Joe Reczek, - a musing on mentoring from 2023 Chemistry Outstanding Mentor awardee Lea Vacca Michel, - where you can find the latest ChemCUR-created resources, and - upcoming chemistry-related funding programs and deadlines.

CUR Names Rhodes College’s Stoddard as Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Awardee

Dr. Shana Stoddard, associate professor of chemistry at Rhodes College in Tennessee, has been selected as the 2023 recipient for the Council on Undergraduate Research’s (CUR) Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award.

In Memoriam: Brian Andreen, a CUR Founding Chemist

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) joins the community in mourning the loss of Brian Andreen (1943-2023) – friend, mentor, husband, father, a founding chemist of CUR, previous executive secretary, At-Large Division Councilor (1985-90), and much more.

Celebrating CUR Division 2022 Awardees

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) recognizes its divisional award recipients for the first half of 2022. CUR’s community aligns across its thirteen divisions including, At-Large, Arts and Humanities, Biology, Chemistry, Education, Engineering, Geosciences, Health Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology, Social Sciences, and Undergraduate Research Programs.

CUR’s New Chemistry Mentor Award to Honor RCSA’s Silvia Ronco

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) announce a new initiative to support research within the Chemical Sciences in honor of CUR's past president and current RCSA Senior Program Director, Silvia Ronco.

CUR Chemistry Division Selects 2021 Outstanding Mentorship Awardees

The CUR Chemistry Division has announced the 2021 recipients of its Outstanding Mentorship Award, which recognizes excellence in mentoring of undergraduate researchers: • Tarek Abdel-Fattah (Christopher Newport University) • Fadi Bou-Abdallah (SUNY Potsdam) • Loretta Jackson-Hayes (Rhodes College)

2021 Posters on the Hill Spotlights Exemplary Undergraduate Research Projects for Policymakers, Scholars, and the Public

On April 27–28, undergraduate students from colleges and universities in 42 states and the District of Columbia will participate in the 2021 Posters on the Hill event, sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research. In a virtual public poster session on April 28 from 2–4 pm ET, undergraduate researchers and their mentors from institutions such as Edmonds College and Grinnell College to Norwich University and Penn State University will share their research projects.

Texas Tech’s Casadonte Selected as 2021 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee

Dominick J. Casadonte Jr., Minnie Stevens Piper Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas Tech University, is the 2021 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee.