The 2008 R. Bryan Miller Memorial Symposium will be held on March 7, featuring Professor Peter Dervan as the Plenary Speaker. As a special tribute to mark the 10th year memorial of Bryan Miller’s passing, the 2008 Miller Symposium will be expanded to include a student poster session and reception on Thursday evening, March 6. To register for the symposium and view the list of speakers, please visit the Miller Symposium website shown above.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dean Tantillo for receiving the 2007 Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry Award for Early Excellence in Physical Organic Chemistry, and to Assistant Professor Delmar Larsen for his new Human Frontiers of Science Program grant “Reengineering Nature: Directed protein design of the key dynamics in novel Rhodopsin Protein Mimics”. Also, Professor Larsen just won the prestigious Newport Corporation “MountMania” contest for the highest density of optical mounts on a laser table!
We’re all looking forward to this week’s Endeavour mission to the International Space Station, with alumna crew member Tracy Caldwell. The UC Davis website has a profile of Tracy athttp://www.ucdavis.edu/spotlight/0807/aggienaut.html
We are saddened by the recent death of Emeritus Professor Charles P Nash. Professor Nash, who was 75, died July 15 of complications from pneumonia. Professor Nash made contributions to the campus well beyond his important teach and physical chemistry research in the department. For example, he was two-term chair of the Davis Academic Senate, and served as chair of the Davis Faculty Association. The official campus obituary (http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=8245) provides and excellentoverview of his important and long career at UCD. Charlie will be greatly missed.
