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The Chemistry Department and alumni are invited to attend a celebration marking the 101st year since the opening of the Sterling Chemistry Laboratory. The celebration on Friday, May 10, will include historical, guest speaker, and faculty research talks, a lunch, facilities tours (for alumni), a student poster session, a picnic (for the Chemistry community), and a welcome reception, and dinner (for alumni, faculty, and select students).
A message for alumni…
Program
Thursday, May 9 Alumni Connect
Evening Alumni Welcome Mixer (organized by alumni via contact list provided)
Friday, May 10 Sterling Chemistry Laboratory 101st Anniversary Celebration
8:30–9:00 a.m. Check-In & Continental Breakfast (for alumni, faculty, and speakers)
Sterling Chemistry Laboratory 2nd Floor
9:00–9:10 a.m. Welcome by Kurt W. Zilm
William K. Lanman Prof. of Chemistry and Chair, Department of Chemistry
Sterling Chemistry Laboratory Lecture Hall 110
9:10–9:50 a.m. “History of Sterling Chemistry”
Michael McBride, Prof. of Chemistry, Yale University
9:50–10:15 a.m. “Memories of Sterling Chemistry from Near and Far”
Andrew D. Hamilton, Prof. of Chemistry and Past President of New York University
10:15–10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30–11:00 a.m. Theoretical Chemistry at Yale: Past and Future
Prof. John Tully’64 B.A. introduces Professor Tianyu Zhu
“Toward Systematically Controllable Quantum Chemistry Simulations of Materials and Interfaces”
11:00–11:20 a.m. Reminisces
Peter B. Dervan ’72 Ph.D., Bren Prof. of Chemistry, Caltech, and Former Yale Corporation Trustee
11:20–11:50 a.m. Inorganic Chemistry at Yale: Past and Future
Professor Bob Crabtree introduces Professor Amymarie Bartholomew
“Modular Molecular Materials”
11:50 a.m.–1:20 p.m. Lunch
Sterling Chemistry Laboratory 1st-Floor Hallway
1:20–1:50 p.m. Biophysical Chemistry at Yale: Past and Future
Prof. Mark Johnson introduces Prof. Caitlin Davis
“Live Cell Metabolic Imaging with Sub-Micron IR Microscopy”
1:50–2:00 p.m. “Sterling Chemistry & the Pursuit of Generational Excellence”
Scott Miller, Sterling Prof. of Chemistry, Yale University
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
2:00–2:30 p.m. Organic Chemistry and at Yale: Past and Future
Prof. Scott Miller introduces Prof. Stacy Malaker
“Mucinomics as the Next Frontier of Mass Spectrometry”
2:30–2:40 p.m. “Student, Staff, and Faculty Achievement”
Prof. Kurt W. Zilm
2:40–3:00 p.m. Institutional Perspectives
Scott Strobel ’01 M.A.H.
Provost and Henry Ford IT Prof. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Peter Salovey ’83 M.S., ’84 MPhil, ’86 Ph.D.
President and Chris Argyris Prof. of Psychology, Yale University
3:00–5:00 p.m. Chemistry Poster Session with Handsome Dan and Support Dog Heidi
Sterling Chemistry Teaching Labs Hallway, 3rd Floor
Concurrently…
Alumni Connect feature: “What I’ve Done Since My Yale Degree” slideshow
Facilities Group Tours Led by Senior Graduate Students
“Ten Rare Chemistry Books”
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Led by Prof. Bob Crabtree
5:00 p.m.– Chemistry Community Reception, Chemistry Courtyard
5:00–6:00 p.m. Alumni Welcome Receptiion
Passed Wine and Hors D’oeuvres, Sterling Chemistry Library
6:00–8:00 p.m. Buffet Dinner: Celebration of Building and Alumni Connect Launch (for alumni, faculty, and select students)
Sterling Chemistry Laboratory 2nd-Floor Hallway
Saturday, May 11 Alumni Connect
8:30–9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (for alumni)
Sterling Chemistry Laboratory 2nd-Floor Hallway
9:00–10:30 a.m. Panel Discussion: “AI’s Impact on Chemistry Research and Teaching”
Sterling Chemistry Laboratory Lecture Hall 160
Victor S. Batista
John Gamble Kirkwood Prof. of Chemistry
Jennifer Frederick ’99 Ph.D.
Executive Director of the Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning and Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives
Jennifer Stauffer ’02 M.S.
Senior Fellow, Knowles Teaching Initiative
10:30–11:00 a.m. Post-Presentation Conversation & Light Refreshments
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Guided Tours of Science Hill and West Campus
This concludes the formally organized portion of the program.
12:30p.m.–onwards Lunch, Sight-Seeing, and Dinner (organized by alumni via contact list provided)