Dear Alumni and Friends, We are excited to bring to you the Fall 2019 edition of ChemConnections! I love the Fall semester. New students come bringing in new excitement to the classroom and into the campus. Our student population continues to grow, this year credit hours increased by 2.5%, and from 2016 to 2019, our… Read more »
I began my professional life at IUPUI in the fall of 1972. At that time I was a freshman anticipating majoring in biology as a pre-med/dental student. After taking chemistry 105 I changed my major to chemistry. In 1972-1976 the chemistry advanced courses and the main chemistry offices were located across from the fairgrounds on… Read more »
Frédérique Deiss always wanted to be a professor. Growing up and accumulating experiences in different educational environments and countries, she fine-tuned her ambitions towards pairing teaching with research. North America was particularly attractive to her for the gamble universities are willing to take with young researchers. She attained her dream – even though she never… Read more »
“Water is an amazing substance, not only can it push boulders down a stream, but it can dance in the air.” With these opening words, the inaugural Welcher Lecturer, Geraldine Richmond, sparked our imagination and captured our attention as she told us about the advances she and her research group have made in understanding the… Read more »
An endowment has been created to assure top quality chemistry education at IUPUI. He did not expect to ever move from Ohio. She did not expect any more schooling beyond her bachelor’s degree. Yet to our benefit, and with our utmost gratitude, Wil and Betsy Fife did the unexpected by moving in 1971 to come… Read more »