Charles D. Hurd Lectures
February 23-24, 2009
Dr. Jai Nagarkatti - CEO Sigma Aldrich Corporation

"Sigma-Aldrich: Improving the quality of life by accelerating customer success"

Monday, 2/23 - Tech LR3, 5:00PM
"History and Mission of Sigma-Aldrich"
Tuesday, 2/24 - Ryan Hall 4003,  11:00AM
"Sigma-Aldrich's Differentiating Capabilities"
Tuesday, 2/24 - Ryan Hall 4003,  4:00PM
"Sigma-Aldrich's Unique Products and Applications"

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Marple Schweitzer Lecture
Friday May 29, 2009

4:00PM, Tech LR3

Professor Douglas Worsnop, Harvard University

Distinguished Summer Lectures in Inorganic Chemistry
June 1-3, 2009
Professor Thomas J. Meyer, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Monday, 6/1 - Ryan Hall 4003, 4:00PM
"Our Energy Future. Science, Technology, and Policy Challenges of the 21st Century"
Tuesday, 6/2 - Ryan Hall 4003, 4:00PM
"Proton Coupled Electron Transfer in Chemistry and Biology"
Wednesday, 6/3 - Ryan Hall 4003, 11:00AM
"Making Oxygen from Water and Light"

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Malcolm Dole Distinguished Summer Lectures in Physical Chemistry
August 24-26, 2009
Dr. Wolfgang Lubitz, Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry

Monday, 8/24 - Tech L211, 4:00PM
Tuesday, 8/25 - Tech L211, 4:00PM
Wednesday, 8/26 - Ryan Hall 4003, 11:00AM

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Fred Basolo Medal for Outstanding Research in Inorganic Chemistry
October 16, 2009, Room To Be Determined

Professor Peter J. Stang, The University of Utah

"Abiological Self-Assembly: Predesigned Metallacycles and Metallacages via Coordination"

Dinner: Northwestern University Guild Lounge, Scott Hall, 601 University Place, Evanston, IL
Dinner at Guild Lounge by reservation only through the Chicago Section-ACS at 847-647-8405

Presented by: The Chicago Section-American Chemical Society and the Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University

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Myron L. & Muriel S. Bender Distinguished Lectures in Organic Chemistry
August 11-12, 2009
Professor Stephen L. Buchwald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tuesday, 8/11 - Tech L211, 4:00PM
"Metal-Catalyzed Methods for Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation: Advances, Applications and Mechanistic Studies"
Wednesday, 8/12 - Tech L211, 4:00PM
"Palladium-Catalyzed Techniques for the Formation of Carbon- Carbon Bonds"

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