Subject: undergraduate computational chemistry conference

From: "Parish, Carol" <parish_at_hws.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:42:19 -0500

We are pleased to announce the third national conference devoted solely to undergraduate computational chemistry, to be held atHamilton College in Clinton, NY, from July 29 - 31.  This conference is a great opportunity for undergraduates to learn about the breadth of research in computational chemistry and to discuss their work with other undergraduate computational chemists as well as some leaders in the field.  We have assembled an excellent group of speakers, all of whom will be available to speak with undergraduates about their work and on career opportunities in the field of computational chemistry.  Our confirmed speakers are:

                        Wendy Cornell (Novartis)

Jimmie Doll (Brown University)

                        Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (Pennsylvania State University)

Rig Hernandez (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Jurgen Schnitker (Wavefunction)

                        Mark Tuckerman (New York University)

                        Veronica Vaida (University of Colorado)

Registration is $200 per faculty member, $100 per faculty guest, and $100 per undergraduate, and includes:

                        Two nights accommodation in recently-renovated college housing

                        All meals, including a barbecue dinner on Thursday, July 29

                        Social activities on Thursday and Friday nights.

Costs for the conference are being kept low due to generous financial assistance from Hamilton College and SGI.  Registration materials are due by July 5th, and the deadline for poster abstract submission is July 14th.  Undergraduates are strongly encouraged to submit posters.  Additional details about accommodations and poster submission, including registration forms, can be found on the web site http://mars.chem.hamilton.edu/conference <http://mars.chem.hamilton.edu/conference> .

Sincerely,

George C. Shields                   Carol Parish

Hamilton College                    Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Jeffery Greathouse                  Maria Gomez              

St. Lawrence University          Mt. Holyoke College   

Marc Zimmer                          Ramona Taylor

Connecticut College                College of the Holy Cross