Olah, Scholtz Named to National Academy
Nobel Prize winner George A. Olah, who holds a joint appointment at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and USC College, and Robert A. Scholtz, the Fred H. Cole Professor of Engineering in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, were among 65 newly elected members of the National Academy of Engineering announced in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6.
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Petasis Named Cope Scholar for 2009
USC chemist Nicos Petasis, an authority on organic synthesis and drug discovery, including the anti-inflammatory compounds known as lipoxins and beneficial substances such as omega-3 fatty acids, has received the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society.
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1/28/2010:

Organic-Materials Chemistry Seminar:

Molecular Catalysts Based on Earth-Abundant Elements: From Cross Coupling to Hydrogenase Mimic

Prof. Xile Hu, Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Switzerland

12:00 p.m., Olah Library

2/5/2010:

Organic-Materials Chemistry Seminar:

Imaging Cellular Processes: Lanthanides to the Rescue

Prof. Valerie C. Pierre, University of Minnesota

12:00 p.m., Olah Library

Loker Hydrocarbon Institute
University of Southern California
University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661

Phone: 740-5962

Fax: 740-6679