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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 was awarded jointly to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”

Everyone is invited to come out to JC Raulston Arboretum on Tuesday, 9/17 (Wellness Day) to take a “Walk with Chemistry” through Nature’s Medicine Cabinet.  Created by undergraduate students in Chemistry, this self-guided tour explores several medicinal molecules that have been inspired by Nature.  See the flyer below for more information.  Faculty and TAs are encouraged to share this with their classes.  Hope to see you all out there!

Dear Chemistry Students, Staff, Postdocs, and Faculty,

As you may have seen, NC State Emergency Management and Mission Continuity will conduct a campuswide 10-minute WolfAlert emergency drill on Friday, Sept. 13.

This drill is designed to simulate a shelter-in-place emergency and provides an opportunity to practice what to do in a real emergency. 

During the drill, we will be asked to take the following steps:

1. Immediately stop classes, work, or business operations.
2. Seek shelter in a small interior room.
3. If possible, bring everyone into the room; shut the door and lock it.
4. Close and lock all windows. If possible, close the window shades, blinds, or curtains.
5. Continue monitoring WolfAlert channels for further instructions or the all-clear announcement.

For those in large classes, you are not expected to relocate to small interior rooms as part of this drill exercise. Similarly, for those in teaching and research labs, it may not be safe or practical to follow these steps during the drill. 

It is an excellent opportunity to familiarize yourself with the responses to different types of emergencies and locate the nearest emergency information that might look like this and/or this. Please let Laura Sremaniak and/or Alan Harvell know if you cannot find emergency information posted nearby.

Please note that the shelter-in-place response for severe weather or biological, chemical, or radiological contaminant release (related to this drill) is not the same as expected in an active threat. Concerning the locking of interior doors, to my knowledge, the university is not currently pursuing door locks for classrooms and is not supporting them in any way. Furthermore, we are not permitted to modify the doors ourselves.

You can include information about emergency preparedness in your syllabus or other teaching materials.

Best regards, Gavin

Dear Chemistry Department –

The Chemistry Graduate Student Association (CGSA) is excited to invite you to volunteer at our annual Science Festival, celebrating National Chemistry Week!  This year’s event will take place on October 19th, 2024 at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh. 

Our Science Festival will feature a variety of engaging, hands-on science activities for all ages, as well as food trucks, raffle prizes, and local company sponsors. It’s a fantastic opportunity to showcase the diversity of science in our community and to connect with attendees. 

We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help make this event a success. Attached, you’ll find a flyer with more details about the festival and about running an activity table. 

If you would like to volunteer, please complete this Google Form by September 20th. We will be reaching back out by October 7th with volunteer assignments.  We look forward to your participation and are happy to answer any questions you might have

Samanvitha Sridhar, Ario Khansari, Shaun O’Donnell, Alexandra T. Barth, Evgeny O. Danilov,
Felix N. Castellano, Paul A. Maggard, and Daniel B. Dougherty. “Ligand field exciton annihilation in bulk CrCl ₃“. J. Chem. Phys. 161, (2024); doi: 10.1063/5.0223772

Research Week at NC State

October 21st – October 25th

https://research.ncsu.edu/event/research-week-at-nc-state-day-1-event/

Please find the official notification for the (Centennial) campus wide power and utility outages scheduled for October 14, 2024.

Steam: Turned off on Sunday, October 13 @ 12:00 P.M. Turned back on Tuesday,
October 15 @ 1:00 P.M.

Chilled Water: Turned off on Monday, October 14 @ 4:00 A.M. Turned back on
Monday, October 14 @ 11:00 P.M.

Power: Turned off on Monday, October 14 @ 7:45 A.M. Turned back on Monday
October 14 at 5:00 P.M.

Dear Valued Customer, Due to the rising costs associated with running our program, we will be adjusting our gas cylinder rental pricing for the first time in 25+ years. This change, effective 8/1/2024, will ensure we can continue to provide you with the high-quality service you expect. Compressed Gas Cylinder Rate – $0.29 per day (a $0.03 increase per day) Liquid Gas Cylinder Rate – $1.89 per day (a $0.17 increase per day) We appreciate your understanding and continued support. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to us. Thank you.

Procurement & Business Services | Materials Support

If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view the online version. On Monday, September 2, the Google Service Team will delete all labeled files and folders owned by alumni, former students and former employee accounts that have been suspended for two or more years (prior to May 2022). This action will help NC State meet its Google Workspace storage quota. To learn more about this project, see the initial initial campus notification. What You Can Do Now 1. Use Drive Labels to identify files shared with you but still owned by suspended alumni and former employee accounts. Carefully review any Google Shared Folders that former users might own. These folders and their contents are slated for deletion unless action is taken. Google Shared Drives will not be impacted. For additional information, see Google Shared Drives vs Google Shared Folders. 2. View any impacted Google Drive files visible to you by: Clicking the following links in each category. PENDING DELETION – Alumni – Phase 2 (including Undergraduate, Graduate, PhD, etc.) Any file shared with you by a user classified as a graduated student before May 2022 will appear in the list and is scheduled to be deleted. Use this label if you have collaborated with students who graduated before May 2022. PENDING DELETION – Former Employee – Phase 2 Any file shared with you by a user classified as a former employee before May 2022 will appear in the list and is scheduled to be deleted. Use this label if you have collaborated with former employees whose accounts have been inactive for two or more years.   Creating your own search. Log in to drive.google.com with your Unity ID and password. From the Search field at the top of the page, click the Advanced Search icon. Click in the Labels search field. From the drop-down list, choose the label PENDING DELETION – Alumni – Phase 2 or PENDING DELETION – Former Employee – Phase 2 (Only select one label to search at a time,). Click Search. To filter further, click the Location search chip and select Shared with Me. For additional filtering options, see Helpful Tips. 3. Retain any needed files by: Migrating them to a Shared Drive. (Best Practice) Making a copy (if Shared Drives aren’t an option) and then moving the copy into a Shared Drive. Help and Resources Review the following resources for additional storage information: Shared Drives best practices End User Storage Tools & Resources Research Storage Google Workspace Storage Quotas Google Workspace and storage changes announcement Generic Accounts OIT News – Subscribe for regular updates If you have any questions, contact your local IT support staff or the NC State Help Desk via the NC State IT Service Portal.

Mike Rosko’s JACS paper titled “Long Excited-State Lifetimes in Three-Coordinate Copper(I) Complexes via Triplet−Triplet Energy Transfer to Pyrene-Decorated Isocyanides” is now online. Congratulations to Mike!