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Runpeng Liu qualifies for International Chemistry Olympiad study camp

Runpeng Liu qualifies for International Chemistry Olympiad study camp

Runpeng Liu, sophomore (!) at Ladue Horton-Watkins High School, has qualified to compete for one of four spots on the US team bound for the 44th annual International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO). He is one of only 20 students nation-wide invited to a two-week intensive study camp at the US Air Force

2012 Regional Science Fair Results

2012 Regional Science Fair Results

Results for 2012 are in: Missouri Tri-county Regional Science and Engineering Fair Saturday, February 25, 9 am–12 noon, College Student Center at St Charles Community College * Honors Division * 1st place: Savannah Est, Grade 11, Holt High School, Wentzville, MO, Optimizing a Dye-sensitized Solar Cell * No other awards given. * Grades

Samir El-Antably, entrepreneur and event planner dies

Samir El-Antably, entrepreneur and event planner dies

Samir El-Antably died today. He served as Chair of the St Louis Section–ACS in 1982, and since then had been the go-to guy for arranging any sort of banquet or special event. His interest in cooking naturally led him to knowledge of the local restaurant scene, and he used

Robert W Murray emeritus professor of chemistry at UMSL dies

Robert W Murray emeritus professor of chemistry at UMSL dies

Robert W Murray, Curators’ Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at UM-St Louis, died March 13, aged 83. He joined the University in 1968 after a ten-year career at Bell Laboratories. He graduated from Brown and Wesleyan and completed his PhD degree at Yale. Bob was department chair from 1975 to 1980

Long (lo-o-o-ong) time members get spotlight at Recognition Night 2012

Long (lo-o-o-ong) time members get spotlight at Recognition Night 2012

Recognition Night 2012 was another great time to reminisce about the history of the Section. At this year’s Recognition Night, the section honored the six 50-year members and two 60-year members who were present. In total, we honored twelve 50-year members and eleven 60-year members this year. Alexa Serfis

Results from Battle of the Burets 2012

On Wednesday, February 29th, 21 teams from 12 local high schools participated in the Battle of the Burets competition at St Louis Community College–Florissant Valley. The top team from each of three preliminary rounds—Kirkwood, MICDS and Clayton—advanced to the winner-take-all championship round. Daniel Kaganov and Adrienne Brauch

Jeff Aubé: 68th Midwest Award Winner

Jeff Aubé: 68th Midwest Award Winner

Jeff Aubé is University Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Kansas (faculty profile). Professor Aubé received his BS degree from the University of Miami in 1980, where he worked under the direction of Professor Bob Gawley. In 1984, he received his PhD degree from Duke University, where