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2023
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Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Senior Project Poster Session
Reem-Kayden Center Lobby 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EST/GMT-5Join us in celebrating our December graduating seniors as their present their work! |
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Friday, October 27, 2023 Bard Summer Research Institute Poster Session
Reem-Kayden Center 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 |
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Thursday, October 26, 2023 Charting Your Course to Graduate School in Mathematics and the Sciences
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4Majoring (or interested) in science or math but unsure about whether grad school is right for you? The Bard Interdisciplinary Science Research Accelerator is sponsoring a panel discussion, Q&A, and networking event with admissions administrators and faculty from across the region. We’ll talk about what master’s and PhD programs are out there, what they are like, and how to optimize the rest of your time spent at Bard. Panelists: Delilah Gates Gravity Initiative Postdoctoral Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University Andrew Harder Director of Graduate Admissions, Mathematics Department, Lehigh University Emily Harms Senior Associate Dean, The Rockefeller University Felicia Keesing David and Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of Science, Mathematics, and Computing, Bard College Chris Lafratta Professor of Chemistry, Bard College Chuck Doran Distinguished Visiting Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Bard College Open to all Bard students, especially those moderated in mathematics or the sciences. |
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Friday, April 21, 2023 Fun with 1 and 2 Electron Reactions
Professor Patrick Walsh, University of Pennsylvania, Department of ChemistryOlin Auditorium 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 The umpolung synthesis of diarylmethylamines via palladium-catalyzed arylation of 2-azaallyl anion intermediates and related reactions and enantioselective versions will be presented. Next, the observation that that 2-azaallyl anions can behave as organic super-electron-donors (SED) will be introduced. Such unique behavior is illustrated in (i) generation of 2-azaallyl radicals from single-electron-transfer (SET) between 2-azaallyl anions and neutral ketimines, which then couple with vinyl bromides; (ii) generation of 2-azaallyl radicals from SET of 2-azaallyl anions with aryl and alkyl electrophiles, which generate aryl and alkyl radicals leading to formation of C–C bonds. Finally, some novel organocatalysts based on sulfenate anions (ArSO) will be described. Patrick J. Walsh was born in San Diego, California. He received his B.A. from University of California, San Diego in 1986, and Ph.D. in 1991 from University of California, Berkeley with Prof. Robert G. Bergman. He moved back to San Diego for a postdoc with Prof. K. B. Sharpless (two-time Nobel laureate in Chemistry) at Scripps (1991–1994). From 1994–1999 he was an assistant professor at San Diego State University and professor at Centro de Graduados e Investigación, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana (1996–1999). In 1999 he moved to the University of Pennsylvania where he is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. With Prof. Marisa Kozlowski, he co-authored Fundamentals of Asymmetric Catalysis. Prof. Walsh enjoys extensive collaborations with labs around the world. Over his career Prof. Walsh and his team have worked in several areas of organic, organometallic, and inorganic synthesis and catalysis. Major focuses of their work include early research on organozinc- and titanium-based catalysts. Later the Walsh group became interested in late-transition metal- and lanthanide-based catalysts for C–S and C–C bond formations. Recent directions include development of sulfur-based organocatalysts and exploration of the unexpected reactivity of azaallyl anions. A commonality of this work has been a strong desire to elucidate reaction mechanisms. In 2016 Prof. Walsh won the undergraduate mentoring award and is currently the PI of the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates at Penn. |