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Friday, April 1 @3:10 pm
AER Chemistry Seminar — Matthew Hurlock
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Title: Structure-Property Relationships in Porous and Non-Porous Coordination Polymers for Catalytic, Battery, and Sensing Applications

Abstract: Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) standout amongst coordination polymers due to their porous structures and facile tunability. Porous coordination polymers can be designed and utilized for applications such as carbon capture, energy storage, and…

Friday, April 1 @4:10 pm
Physical Chemistry Seminar — Shinhyo Bang
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Title: Size-dependent surface structure of COF-embedded UO2 nanoparticles

Abstract: Characterization of actinide oxides at the nanoscale presents unique challenges due to their radioactivity, high surface area, and inherent diffraction broadening due to small grain size. Extended x-ray absorption spectroscopy (EXAFS) is an analytical method to investigate atomic-scale structural properties that…

Tuesday, April 5 @12:30 pm
Organic Chemistry Seminar — Ryanne Ballard
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Title: A Review of Tubulin Aggregation Induced by Covalent Isopeptide Cross-linking Following Chloropyrifos Oxon Exposure

Tuesday, April 5 @3 pm
Credit — how to build it and use it
WSU Pullman - Online

Join Joshua Kampa from Chase and learn how to use credit to empower your financial wellness. From building it from humble beginnings to using it effectively down the line.

Tuesday, April 5 @4:30 pm
Personal Brand
Online - Online

What does your digital personal brand say about you? Ever wonder what your online profile looks like to peers, industry leaders, or others online? Whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned pro, we’ll examine ways to maximize your digital personal brand. We’ll create a digital personal brand strategy statement, explore ways to showcase your expertise and highlight ways to make yourself stand out.

Wednesday, April 6 @4 pm
How can leveraging emotions boost motivation to learn?
Online - Online

Join us to discuss ways we can spur motivation to learn by invoking positive emotions in the classroom. We will be discussing the research base and brief, practical strategies for motivating by drawing on Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning.

Wednesday, April 6 @4:15 pm
Money Smarts and Spending Plans 101
WSU Pullman - Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE)

In celebration of Financial Literacy Month, learn about personal finance from the WSU Carson College of Business Peer Financial Wellness Coaches.

Thursday, April 7 @3 pm
Graduate Budgeting
WSU Pullman - Online

This presentation provides information to help graduate students create and manage a budget while in school. Budgeting while in graduate school will help students minimize their expenses, live within their means, reduce student loan borrowing, and increase their credit score to prepare for a life as a professional upon graduation.

Friday, April 8 @3 pm
Chemistry PhD final defense — Brena Thompson
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Title: Utilizing Fluorescent Dyes to Manipulate Reactivity in Molecular Complexes
Abstract: Main group Lewis acids can promote some of the same chemical transformations that can be promoted with metal complexes, but their inability to undergo redox chemistry limits their applicability as an alternative to metal-containing complexes in chemical and catalytic transformations.

Friday, April 8 @4:10 pm
Physical Chemistry Seminar – William Smith
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Title: Spectroscopic Signatures of UCl3 in LiCl/KCl eutectic via AIMD simulations
Abstract: Characterization of chloride molten salts with high f-element loading remains limited in literature despite relevance to nonproliferation and online monitoring of molten salt reactors and pyroprocessing separation schemes. Coupled spectroscopic and computational investigations provide certain benefits, as experimental information can validate simulation, while simulations can provide atomistic resolution.

Monday, April 11 @8:30 am
Chemistry Proposal Defense – Nicolas Fisher
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Investigating Catalytic Ester Hydrolysis Using Ruthenium Complexes Supported by PNNNP Pincer Ligands
Esters are an important class of compounds due to their extensive uses in everyday life.

Monday, April 11 @4 pm
Curious about Scholarships?
WSU Pullman - Spark

Curious about Scholarships? Want to find ways to set your application apart from others? Then join Student Financial Services as they go in depth into an array of different scholarship opportunities not only within WSU but outside of it as well. While also providing tips, secrets and insight into what sets a good scholarship application from others.

Tuesday, April 12 @12:30 pm
Organic Chemistry Seminar — Raul Aranzazu
WSU Tri-Cities - Online

Thiol redox proteome involves a series of post-translational modifications of proteins, mainly in cysteine. These modifications are known to regulate protein function and alter the thiol oxidative and reductive states of cysteine residues.

Tuesday, April 12 @2:30 pm
Understanding your personal money relationship
Online - Online

Join Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC) Kelly Demand to discuss how personal experiences and identities shape our relationship with personal finances.

Tuesday, April 12 @4 pm
Negotiating Salary: Closing the wage gap
Online - Online

Learn how to negotiate salary effectively and practice engaging in necessary conversations, so you feel more at ease as you transition into the workforce.

Tuesday, April 12 @5 pm
Peer Led Career Development: Finding opportunities
WSU Pullman

Whether you’re a new college student or upcoming college graduate, navigating the professional world in search of a job can feel overwhelming. Join STEM SSS’s Vanessa Solorzano and Kathrine Hubbard as they review online platforms, share recruitment and networking techniques, and discuss the benefits of career fairs.

Wednesday, April 13 @1:30 pm
Chemistry PhD Defense — Matthew Hurlock
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Materials with tunable properties are needed to address issues, such as the capture of greenhouse gases, the detection of hazardous chemicals, and the storage of energy. Coordination polymers are a type of hybrid polymeric crystalline material formed from the connection of organic ligands and metal ions or clusters through coordination bonds. The wide array of building blocks that can be used enables coordination polymers to be rationally designed and tuned to possess specific properties.

Wednesday, April 13 @3:30 pm
Google Resume Workshop
Online - Online

Are you submitting applications for internships and full-time opportunities this semester? Join Googlers Christine Sizemore and Rochelle Tsai for this resume workshop to find out how to format, structure, and detail content of your resume.

Register via Handshake today!  We look forward to seeing you there!

Wednesday, April 13 @4:15 pm
Credit and Identity Theft
WSU Pullman - Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE)

In celebration of Financial Literacy Month, learn about personal finance from the WSU Carson College of Business Peer Financial Wellness Coaches.

Thursday, April 14 @12 pm
Improving Academic Success Through Financial Wellness
WSU Pullman

Financial wellness is a tool academic and student support personnel can use to enhance student engagement and persistence yet is almost exclusively avoided in academic advising conversations due to stigma and discomfort. Discover asset-based strategies for integrating financial conversations into current practices to amplify student achievement. Participants take-aways include a financial wellness framework and strategies for equitably incorporating financial wellness into academic advising.

Thursday, April 14 @12:10 pm
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium — Dr. Suzanne White Brahmia
WSU Pullman - Webster Physical Science Building

The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites all to a colloquium featuring Dr. Suzanne White Brahmia, Associate Professor at University of Washington. Dr. Brahmia will present their talk, “Measuring and Enhancing Quantitative Reasoning in Physics Instruction”.

Thursday, April 14 @2:30 pm
How to Learn from Financial Mistakes
Online - Online

Join Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC) Kelly Demand as she guides you in turning your financial mistakes into a positive and exploring ways to make more informed decisions the next time around.

Monday, April 18 @2 pm
Chemistry PhD Final Defense – Kristen Johnson
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

This work presents a detailed investigation of the influence of solid supports on the axial ligand binding properties of cobalt porphyrins. Metal porphyrins and other tetrapyrrole molecules form well-ordered, self-assembled monolayers on solid supports and because of unsaturated character of the metal atom within the macrocycle may form five and six coordinate complexes with axial ligands. Porphyrin chemistry is well understood in the solution environment; however, this knowledge does not always translate to accurate predictions of the behavior of porphyrins confined to a surface.

Monday, April 18 @3:10 pm
CySER seminar: The Cyber Threat Landscape — The FBI’s Perspective, Kevin Brennan (A/SSA)
Online - Online

Abstract: FBI Special Agent Kevin Brennan will discuss the current cyber threat landscape: who is conducting computer intrusions, why, and how. This will include a discussion of what computer intruders are targeting, how they are getting into the networks, and recent developments in the cybercrime world. This will include threats…

Monday, April 18 @4:10 pm
Chemistry Departmental Seminar – Dr. Christian Ruby
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Dr. Christian Ruby, Director of Research at Polytech Nancy, Université de Lorraine – France

Title: Structure and Reactivity of Iron Oxides: The Usefulness of Mössbauer Spectroscopy

Abstract: Among the different iron oxides present in the environment, mixed FeII-FeIII compounds play a specific role due to their high chemical reactivity. In…

Tuesday, April 19 @12:30 pm
Chemistry PhD Final Defense — Joelle Wu
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Mercaptoethane sulfonate or coenzyme M (CoM) is the smallest known organic cofactor, and is most commonly associated with the methane forming step in all methanogenic archaea. It has also been found in a small number of bacteria capable of the metabolism of small organics. Although many of the steps for CoM biosynthesis in methanogenic archaea have been elucidated, a complete pathway for the biosynthesis of CoM in archaea or bacteria has not been reported. Here we present the complete CoM biosynthesis pathway in bacteria, revealing distinct chemical steps relative to CoM biosynthesis in methanogenic archaea.

Tuesday, April 19 @3 pm
Virtual Reality Financial Fair
Online - Online

Through a fun, interactive simulation, you’ll gain real-world financial planning, saving, and budgeting skills. Take part in an exercise that involves getting assigned a job, salary, and a family, then making financial decision while trying to stay within budget.

Wednesday, April 20 @3 pm
Chemistry PhD Final Defense — Kirill Gurdumov
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

A comprehensive investigation on the formation dynamics and energetics of adlayer formation at the at the solution/solid interface has been performed using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) with a custom solution flow cell design that offers new insight into the self-assembly process.

Wednesday, April 20 @4:15 pm
Starting Your Financial Life After Graduation
WSU Pullman - Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE)

This presentation introduces students to important financial topics and setting yourself up for financial success. Topics covered include setting attainable goals, starting salary, ideal spending percentages, budgeting for your first large expenses, building credit, managing debt, investing, and saving for retirement. This is a great information session for students close to graduation as well as students beginning to manage their own personal finances.

Thursday, April 21 @12:10 pm
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium — Dr. Tom Quinn
WSU Pullman - Webster Physical Science Building

Although there are significant outstanding issues, our understanding of the formation of the Sun’s planetary system is well developed. In particular, the “planetesimal accretion model”, where most of the solids in the protoplanetary disk were in solid bodies of roughly 1 km or larger, offers a foundation for understanding the formation of the terrestrial planets, the outer planets, and the populations of small bodies seen in the present day Solar System.

Thursday, April 21 @5 pm
Financial Kahoot
Online - Online

Compete for prizes while learning about your Finances and exploring your financial options! The crash course you never got!

Monday, April 25 @8:30 am
Chemistry Proposal Defense — Austin Vezina, PhD Student
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Title: Investigation of the Unique Electronic Structures of Cp2U(NR)2 and Cp2U(NR)(O) Complexes

Abstract: Uranium has a significant impact on the environment because of its radioactivity and the fact that its most stable form, uranyl ([UO2] 2+), has high mobility in groundwaters and soil. The uranyl cation features two mutually trans…

Monday, April 25 @4 pm
The Shoestring Tourist: How to plan for travelling while on a low budget
Online - Online

Wanting to see the world but are struggling because you also are on a tight budget? Join Eduardo as he gives some advice on how to plan ahead of time and look for the best deals on flights, stays and some cool attractions to visit! Don’t worry about your emotional baggage, just wing it and keep it plain and simple!

Monday, April 25 @4:10 pm
Chemistry Departmental Seminar — Dr. Shengqian Ma
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Porous organic polymers (POPs) both amorphous and crystalline represent an emerging class of nanoporous materials, and they feature robust covalent framework structures with high water and chemical stability.

Tuesday, April 26 @12:30 pm
Organic Chemistry Seminar – Esther Dodson, Chemistry PhD Student
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

β-Galactosidase (β-Gal) is an important biomarker for metastatic ovarian cancers, with β-Gal being overexpressed in cancer cells compared to healthy ovarian tissue. Fluorescent imaging of in vivo β-Gal activity has become an accepted method for diagnostic screening and evaluation of cancers.

Tuesday, April 26 @4:30 pm
Shopping on a Budget
Online - Online

Peer Advisor Nayomi will share her tips and tricks of shopping on a budget. She will discuss local shops around Pullman that offer promotions, online stores with reduced prices, and advice that helped her limit overspending.

Tuesday, April 26 @4:30 pm
5 Financial Books to Reccommend
Online - Online

Join Peer Advisor David on a crash course of beneficial books to help with financial literacy.

Wednesday, April 27 @4 pm
How can we make effective small changes to our teaching?
Online - Online
College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Academy, Spring Book Club Discussion

Join us to discuss ways we can spur motivation to learn by invoking positive emotions in the classroom. We will be discussing discuss ideas for initiating and gauging the success of small changes we make in our teaching. We will…

Thursday, April 28 @12:10 pm
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium — Dr. Matthew Zacate
WSU Pullman - Webster Physical Science Building

Perturbed angular correlation (PAC) spectroscopy measures the hyperfine interaction experienced by radioactive nuclei that serve as probes in molecular or solid-state systems under investigation. One application of PAC is to measure the electric field gradient (EFG) experienced by probe nuclei in molecules.

Friday, April 29 @3:10 pm
AER Chemistry Seminar — Elizabeth Groetsema, Chemistry PhD Student
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Mass spectrometers have historically been revered for their accuracy and precision. Further techniques, such as MS/MS where mass analysis is performed more than once on an analyte, have been able to add an additional level of specificity to identification of a wide variety of analytes. However, the large size and high cost of mass spectrometers creates obstacles for accessibility and widespread application of these instruments.

Friday, April 29 @4:10 pm
Physical Chemistry Seminar – Jayson DeMers, Chemistry PhD Student
WSU Pullman - Fulmer Hall

Title: Electrochemical Quantitative Analysis of Hydrogen Sorption / Desorption in Palladium During Acidic Electrolysis

Abstract: Recent studies were completed on palladium catalysts that explored hydrogen storage applications during electrolysis. 4.0 to 5.0 mg samples of palladium were tested from 200 to -200 millivolts at 10 mV per second scans in…