News items about Students
Two Groups Awarded BWF Travel Grants
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) uses Collaborative Research Travel Grants to facilitate biomedical research among laboratories in the US and abroad. This February, two Chemistry groups received these competitive awards. One of the grants will support Professor Pinghua Liu and his graduate student, Jinzhao Shen, to go to Beijing to work in the laboratory of […]
BU Postdoctoral Researcher Awarded Humboldt Fellowship
Dr. Philip Moquist has received a postdoctoral research fellowship from the Humboldt Foundation to study in Germany with Professor Gerhard Erker at the Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster Organisch-Chemisches Institut in Muenster.
BUWIC Participates in 37-Country IYC Event
On January 18, 2011, Boston University Women in Chemistry (BUWIC) joined women chemists in Canada as part of the international event that connected scientists in 37 countries in cyber-space. The event, “Women Sharing a Chemical Moment in Time”, ushered in the 2011 International Year of Chemistry. Using Skype, BUWIC scientists linked to fellow chemists in […]
BU Postdoctoral Researcher Receives ACS Fellowship
Christina Rodrigo Receives American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship. The goal of the American Cancer Society (ACS) fellowships is to provide talented postdoctoral research associates funding that will lead to an independent career in cancer research.
Another Successful Chemistry Day!
On April 30, high school students from Boston Community Leadership Academy (BCLA) visited the BU Chemistry Department for our second annual Chemistry Day. The forty-five BCLA students learned about acids and bases, gas laws, and chemical reactions at a jaw-dropping demonstration show. They also explored rates of reactions and electrochemistry in two hands-on laboratories run […]
Novartis Continues Sponshorship of Graduate Fellowship and Lecture
For the sixth year in a row, the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (Cambridge, MA) is continuing its support for the Novartis Graduate Fellowship in Organic Chemistry for Minorities and Women, an undergraduate summer researcher (TBA), and the Novartis Lectureship in Organic Chemistry. The recipient of the competitive 2008/2009 Fellowship is Ms. Jen Goss (pictured […]
Four B.U. Students Give Papers in Germany: Patrick Cappillino Wins Award for Oral Presentation
Patrick Cappillino (left), a chemistry graduate student at Boston University, was recognized for his presentation at the 10th Young Scientists Conference on Chemistry, which was held at the University of Rostock, Germany, March 27-29, 2008. Cappillino, who anticipates receiving his Ph.D. at the end of the year, received the third place award for his oral […]
Three Talented Chemistry Graduate Students Receive 2007-2008 Research Fellowships from Pharmaceutical Companies
Amal Ting – Novartis Graduate Fellowship in Organic Chemistry for Women and Minorities Amal Ting is a fourth-year graduate student in Prof. Scott Schaus’ Group. Her fellowship will support her work investigations of the use of isonitriles in conjunction with imines to synthesize complex heterocycles. This project has been primarily her design and has resulted […]
Chemistry receives NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Award
The Chemistry Department is please to announce our receipt of an NSF REU site award. The Chemistry Research Addressing Biological Problems program gives undergraduates the opportunity to conduct research in basic chemical science projects that address fundamental questions in biological systems. The program is offered by the Department of Chemistry at Boston University and is […]
Jason Lowe Receives Merck Research Laboratories-Boston 2007 Fellowship
Each year, Merck Research Laboratories (MRL)-Boston awards the Department of Chemistry a graduate fellowship to support an advanced-year student whose thesis research focuses on organic synthesis. Several outstanding young scientists were nominated for consideration by the Graduate Affairs Commitee. After careful deliberation, the Committee selected Jason Lowe, a member of the Panek Group. Jason joined […]