Prof. Que Named
Regents Professor
Lawrence Que has been named a Regents Professor by the university's Board
of Regents. The designation is the highest level of recognition given to
faculty by the university. Read
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17 June 2009
Making Modern Materials
by the Metathesis Manipulation of a Monoterpene
The research teams recently demonstrated the controlled polymerization of a cyclic
diene prepared from the ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reaction of myrcene...
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29 May 2009
Crystal structure
of octabromoditechnetate and a study of
the quadruply bonded dimers
Understanding the properties of compounds that contain metal-metal bonds is fundamental to...
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22 May 2009
More Consistent van der Waals Radii
Theoretical method yields atomic radii for all the main-group elements, a benefit for molecular modeling.
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17 May 2009
Former IT
Dean H. Ted Davis passes away
H. Ted Davis, a U of MN Regents professor of chemical engineering and materials
science and former dean of the University's Institute of Technology, died
suddenly on May 17, 2009. Read
More. (Visitation and Funeral information)
30 Apr 2009
'U' launches
Center for Sustainable Polymers
The U of MN has launched the Center for Sustainable Polymers aimed at developing a new generation of environment-friendly products with Prof. Marc Hillmyer as Director.
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