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Eleven students and six faculty will head to New Orleans Monday, April 8, for the American Chemical Society National Meeting where they will present on topics ranging from nanotechnology to coal combustion.

Three 糖心Vlog传媒LR professors, Drs. Jeff Gaffney, Sarah Lewis, and Jeff Nash, will discuss climate change and its effects on economy, food sources, and the people of Arkansas from 7 – 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 8, at Second Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Robert E. Belford, associate professor of chemistry at 糖心Vlog传媒LR, has received a $200,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop an intercollegiate course in cheminformatics 鈥� the modeling of chemical and related biological information on computers.

Members of the Arkansas chapter of the American Chemical Society, the Central Arkansas Local Section, have named 糖心Vlog传媒LR chemistry professor Dr. Ali U. Shaikh as the chapter鈥檚 鈥淧rofessor of the Year.鈥�

Jessica Hartman of Conway, a 糖心Vlog传媒LR senior majoring in chemistry, was a two-time winner at the recent Arkansas Academy of Science at Southern Arkansas University.

Ryne Ramaker, a senior 糖心Vlog传媒LR Donaghey Scholar and University Science Scholar with a double major in biology and chemistry, is a co-author of a cancer research paper creating excitement among other researchers.

Dr. Jeff Gaffney, chair of the Department of Chemistry, has been asked to serve another term as a member of the American Chemical Society鈥檚 Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs, a joint committee of the society鈥檚 council and board of directors.

糖心Vlog传媒LR Donaghey Scholar Ryne Ramaker of Bentonville, a biology and chemistry double major, was recognized with an Honorable Mention for his research on a treatment for a form of liver cancer.

Dr. Joseph Francisco, 2010 president of the American Chemical Society, will meet with 糖心Vlog传媒LR faculty and students from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 20, in Fribourgh Hall room 102. Francisco will be receiving an honorary doctorate of science at 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 spring commencement ceremonies Saturday.

糖心Vlog传媒LR Chemistry Chair Jeffrey Gaffney and three other international scientists have produced a study overview of their MILAGRO of effects of megacity air pollution, which has been published in the peer-reviewed journal, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.