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Monday, December 8, 2008

Departmental Holiday Hours

Business Office
Closed at noon: Dec. 24
Closed: Dec. 25 – 26 & Jan. 1
Open 9:00 – 12:00: Dec. 29 – 31 & Jan. 2
Resume regular hours: Mon., Jan. 5

Chairman’s Office
Closed at noon: Dec. 24
Closed: Dec. 25 – Jan. 2
Resume regular hours: Mon., Jan. 5

CSS Office
Closed at noon: Dec. 24
Closed: Dec. 25 – 26 & Jan 1 – 2
Open 9:00 – noon: Dec. 29 – 31
Resume regular hours: Mon., Jan. 5

Duplicating
Closed: Dec. 24 – 26 & Jan. 1 – 2
Very limited support: Dec. 22 – 23, 29 – 31 & Jan. 5 – 6
Contact: ITG – 856-4124
Resume regular hours: Wed., Jan. 7

EIS
Closed Dec. 22 – Jan. 2
Resume regular hours: Mon., Jan. 5

Glass Shop
Closed: Dec. 24 – Jan. 2
Resume regular hours: Mon., Jan. 5

Graduate Office
Closed: Dec. 24 – Jan. 2
Resume regular hours: Mon., Jan. 5

ITG
Closed: Dec. 24 – 26 & Jan. 1 – 2
Very limited Support: Dec. 22 – 23 & 29 – 31
Resume regular hours: Mon., Jan. 5
Emergency service available: 856-4124 or chemitg@indiana.edu

Congratulations

Professor Dongwhan Lee along with his postdoc Dr. Hoyong Lee and graduate student Xuan Jiang were recently honored with a spectacular sculpture award at a banquet in New Orleans for having the most outstanding accomplishments of all grantees on a hazard remediation grant.

The project led by Hoyong and Xuan (supported by DoD/US Army) received the Best Research Award in Protection Hazard Mitigation area at the 2008 Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD) Physical Science and Technology Conference. The 5-day conference was held in New Orleans, LA, and was organized by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of the Department of Defense. More than 800 scientists and government officers, working on basic and applied research relevant to CBD in support of the war fighter, attended the conference.

Special Recognition to one of Chemistry’s Finest

A 19-year-old Indiana University student, Yun William Yu, who will graduate Phi Beta Kappa (spring 09) with majors in chemistry, mathematics and Germanic studies has been named a 2009 Marshall Scholar by the British government.

The scholarship, one of 40 awarded this year to students in the U.S., will allow Yun William Yu to travel to Britain and earn master's degrees over the next two years in computational biology at the University of Cambridge and biomedical physical chemistry at Imperial College London.

Described by his professors as "the best IU has to offer" and as "a modern Renaissance Man in development," Yu will be the first undergraduate at Indiana University to write an honors thesis in mathematics. Both a Herman B Wells and a Barry M. Goldwater scholar, Yu entered IU at age 15 after graduating from Southridge High School in Huntingburg, Ind.

Cathrine Reck, a professor and director of undergraduate studies in the IU Department of Chemistry, predicted Yu would succeed at meeting his goals. "I have taught over 600 chemistry majors in the last six years and over 6,600 science students overall and I can easily say that William is in the top 0.1 percent of these students," she said. "His ambitions mesh well with his abilities, and I feel extremely confident he will fulfill his aspirations."

Yu is expected to begin his studies abroad in the fall of 2009. Valued at over $60,000, the scholarship pays fees, living expenses, traveling, books, research, etc. He becomes IU's 17th Marshall Scholar winner since the award's inception in 1954.

Following his overseas studies, Yu hopes to return to the U.S. and embark upon an MD/PHD program that places him, he said, "at the junction of math, physics, chemistry, biology and medicine." Yu eventually wants a career in interdisciplinary research that would one day help achieve significant breakthroughs in the treatment of chronic pain.

Additional information about Yun can be found on this page.