From medicine to art, chemistry alumni to talk careers April 11

March 31, 2015

Alumni from Cornells chemistry department will return to campus April 11 for an all-day event to share stories of their careers in chemistry.

The Places You Will Go: How Chemistry Impacted My Life Cornell and Beyond, will feature five alums with careers from medicine to forensic science to art preservation. It will be held in 120 Physical Sciences Building and is free and open to the public.

Cornellians graduate and change the world, said Dave Collum, the Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. The departments sesquicentennial symposium celebrates five former chemistry students who did so in profound and profoundly interesting ways.

The event, which begins with opening remarks at 9 a.m., is this years George Fisher Baker Lecture, an endowed lectureship that began in 1926 and has featured multiple Nobel Prize winners throughout the years.

Speakers will continue through the day and include:

The day will end with a 3 p.m. roundtable featuring all five speakers.

Kathy Hovis is a writer for the College of Arts and Sciences.

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From medicine to art, chemistry alumni to talk careers April 11