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Dr. Sam McDonald Receives Inaugural Trinity Distinguished Dissertation Award
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Kathy Franz receives a distinguished professorship in honor of her exceptional scholarship in Chemistry and dedication to Duke!
Duke Celebrates Named Professorships
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On the Same Wavelength: Art, Science & Conservation
Chemistry Bonk Fellowship leads to Nasher Museum case study to explore how technical art history may provide us deeper insight into works of art and the methods and intentions of their makers.
Heidi Kastenholz Utilizes Pump Probe Microscopy in Art Conservation
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    Hong Lab Puts Up a Fight Against Drug Resistant Bacteria, Fungal Infections, and Pain
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Defense: Leah Bontreger-“At the Crossroads of Histidine and Copper: Structures, Mechanisms, and Scope of Oxidative Reactivity on Biologically-Relevant Peptides"
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French Family Science Center 2237

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Defense: Hanggai Nuomin- "Numerical Methods for Quantum Dynamics and their Applications in Chemistry"
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French Family Science Center 3232

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Defense: Heidi Kastenholz - "Applications of Nonlinear, Femtosecond Laser Systems for Understanding Artists’ Historical Pigments"
10:00 am
French Family Science Center 2219

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