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Category Archive: V 15.1

150 years and counting: Co-education and the College of Chemistry

Co-Ed lecture - 1880s
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“I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific […]

Posted on May 27, 2020June 15, 2020 FeaturesV 15.1

Dean’s Desk: Lighting the Way

Douglas Clark, Dean, College of Chemistry
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This time of year is typically marked by colorful California poppies and cheerful blossoms decorating the campus and […]

Posted on May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 Dean's DeskFeaturesV 15.1

Lessons being learned during the COVID-19 shutdown

Lecturer Peter Marsden teaches in an empty classroom after COVID-19 shutdown
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By Denise Klarquist “We’re all still trying to figure it out day to day.”  Since the shelter-in-place order […]

Posted on May 27, 2020June 3, 2020 FeaturesV 15.1

Terry Rosen: From the streets of Chicago to scientist entrepreneur

Douglas Clark, Terry Rosen and Clayton Heathcock at 2019 Homecoming game
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By Marge d’Wylde  “Science and entrepreneurial culture go hand in hand. There is a convergence of intellectual curiosity […]

Posted on May 27, 2020April 19, 2021 Alumni profileDonor SpotlightV 15.1

Design updates for Heathcock Hall

Heathcock Hall conceptual sketch
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HOK, the firm responsible for the design of Heathcock Hall, has sent updated sketches as the firm works […]

Posted on May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 New & NotableV 15.1

New material design tops carbon-capture from wet flue gases

Industrial smokestacks, Germany; photo Jeffrey Reimer
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In new research reported in Nature (Nature 576, 253–256 (2019)), an international team of chemical engineers have designed a material […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 New & NotableV 15.1

On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products

biohybrid machine developed in the lab of Peidong Yang
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For the past eight years, researchers in the lab of Peidong Yang have been working on a hybrid […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 New & NotableV 15.1

Researchers discover new clue behind age-related diseases and food spoilage

Researchers discover new clue behind age-related diseases and food spoilage
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made a surprising discovery […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Alumni profileNew & NotableV 15.1

Scientists race against the clock testing existing drugs to fight COVID-19

Artist rendering of the novel coronavirus
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A group of scientists from across the world, including Kevan Shokat (Ph.D. ’91, Chem) , UC Berkeley Professor […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Alumni profileFaculty ProfilesNew & NotableResearchV 15.1

Integrating green chemistry in the undergraduate curriculum

Laura Armstrong (from left), Lauren Irie, Anne Baranger, and Michelle Douskey examine the results of an octanol-water partitioning experiment. Photo courtesy: Anne Baranger
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A recent major gift from the Dow Chemical Company Foundation was primarily used to completely renovate the College’s […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Faculty ProfilesNew & NotableV 15.1

Alum David Altman turns 100

David Altman swings into his 100th year. Photo courtesy of Robert Altman
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On his 100th trip around the sun, the secret to David Altman’s (Ph.D. ’43, Chem) long and illustrious life […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Alumni profileNew & NotableV 15.1

In Memoriam: Charles B. Harris

Charles Harris in his lab at Berkeley, undated photo. Image: College of Chemistry archive.
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Professor Emeritus Charles B. Harris passed away on March 10th. Charles was born in New York in 1940 […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 New & NotableV 15.1

Polly Arnold: Keeping her foot on the gas

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By Michael Barnes 2020 has been a rough year, but the College of Chemistry nevertheless started it off […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 31, 2020 Faculty ProfilesV 15.1

Alanna Schepartz: Exploring biomolecules nature never created

Alanna Schepartz
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By Michael Barnes Driving east out of Manhattan through Queens on the Long Island Expressway brings you to […]

Posted on May 26, 2020 Faculty ProfilesV 15.1

Geraldine Richmond: A journey of turning points and unlikely destinations

Geraldine Richmond in her lab at UC Berkeley, 1970s, working on a laser
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Professor Richmond (Ph.D. ’80, Chem; with George Pimentel). has graciously shared her acceptance speech for the 2018 Priestly […]

Posted on May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Alumni profileDonor SpotlightV 15.1

Lisa Davis: reflections on her education and career

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Lisa Davis (B.S. ’85, ChemE) has risen to great heights during her career in the energy industry. After […]

Posted on April 23, 2020May 7, 2020 Alumni profileDonor SpotlightV 15.1
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