CHEM 587 Schedule
Final Version
Spring 2003
Date Topic
17-Jan Intro; survey
24-Jan Departmental Seminar (refreshments at 11:45)
31-Jan Computer Training:  Murray 117
7-Feb Computer Training:  Murray 117
14-Feb Student presentations  (Sarah Bendel, Steve Cullen, Chad Griffith)
21-Feb Student presentations (Kelly Anderson, Chris Kabana, Julie Langsdale)
28-Feb Student presentations (Jason Long, Erin Myers, Kate Mullaugh)
7-Mar Student presentations (Brendan O'Boyle, Amanda O'Toole, Bettina Panseri)
14-Mar Student presentations (Bill Peterson, Colleen Riley, Nikki Stachewicz, Chris Vecenie)
21-Mar Spring Break:  no lecture
28-Mar Faculty talks (Drs. Sheffield, Persichini)
4-Apr Departmental Seminar (refreshments at 11:45)
11-Apr Departmental Seminar (refreshments at 11:45)
18-Apr Faculty talks (Drs. Deckert, Murphree, Vuocolo)
25-Apr Explanation of comp advisor choice; faculty talks (Drs. Statman, Serra)
All meetings will be held in Carr 227 at noon unless otherwise noted.
Guidelines for the student presentation
Students should choose one paper from the current literature.  This paper may be on any topic, whether relating to an independent study project or the student's broader interests, but it should be from a peer-reviewed scholarly journal of chemistry.  This article might have been identified during the online training sessions.  If a student has an interest in presenting content from an older paper, then the Science Citation Index should be used to identify a current paper (which would be presented instead) dealing with similar chemistry.

The presentation should last no longer than 10 minutes, and the student should focus on summarizing the thrust of the article and/or explicating illustrative examples to a broad audience of chemists, but not specialists in the field.  The presentation should NOT be an exhaustive description of all details in the paper.  Afterwards, the audience member should feel that he/she is more informed and has a pearl of wisdom from having witnessed the talk.
The presentation style need not be formal, but neither should it be too casual.  Delivery should be used to maximize impact and efficiency.

The talk will be followed by a brief period for questions from the students and faculty in attendance.  One copy of the paper should be turned into SSM before the talk is scheduled.  The bibliographic reference should be provided during the talk, as well as references for further reading, if appropriate.