#TBT to the Jean Dreyfus Lectureship at Lewis & Clark College with Geraldine Richmond! Applications for the 2026 cycle are currently open: https://www.dreyfus.org/jean-dreyfus-lectureship/
[Photos from Anne Bentley and Jean-Philippe Gourdine]
This Thursday at UC San Diego visiting Jean Dreyfus Lecturer Tim Swager (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) will give the keynote lecture concluding this exciting symposium! Details here: https://ow.ly/PoBT50Z6IEt
Congratulations to Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Christopher Kim for being named Dean of Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman University!
https://news.chapman.edu/2026/05/11/christopher-kim-ph-d-named-dean-of-schmid-college-of-science-and-technology/
Congratulations to Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Heather Miller at High Point University for receiving the Ruth Ridenhour Scholarly and Professional Achievement Award
https://www.highpoint.edu/blog/2026/05/hpu-chemistry-professor-receives-ruth-ridenhour-scholarly-and-professional-achievement-award/
Calling all outstanding early-career faculty in the chemical sciences at primarily undergraduate institutions!
Nominations are currently open for the Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards.
More information on how to apply can be found here: https://www.dreyfus.org/henry-dreyfus-teacher-scholar/
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Alison Wendlandt and Massachusetts Institute of Technology colleages have developed "molecular editing tool to relocate alcohol groups."
https://news.mit.edu/2026/molecular-editing-tool-relocate-alcohol-groups-0407
A new method from Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Tobias Ritter (Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung) and colleagues enables "a transformation that is easy to visualize but had eluded chemists for decades."
More via C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News): https://ow.ly/P8qB50Z5Eh8
"A device that simulates the quantum 'tunneling' behavior of protons that occurs in chemistry," has been developed by a team of researchers including Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Victor Batista (Yale University)
https://ow.ly/wiKU50Z6Iqo
Nice to see Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Mary Elizabeth Anderson recognized at Furman University's commencement with the Alester G. Furman Jr. and Janie Earle Furman Award for Meritorious Advising
https://www.furman.edu/news/furman-honors-students-faculty-and-retirees-at-2026-commencement/
"A streamlined and cost-effective pathway toward decarbonization" has been developed by Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Chibueze Amanchukwu (University of Chicago) and colleagues.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1124695
