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Bard Professors Craig Anderson and Swapan Jain Awarded $427,016 National Institute of Health Research Grant

Their project consists of the synthesis, characterization, and biochemical evaluation of ruthenium-based compounds as potential pharmaceutical agents.

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Bard Professors Gabriel Perron and Swapan Jain Receive Research Support from Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

“Getting support from such an important organization not only enables us to continue our work on agroecology, but also gives us visibility at the national level,” said Perron. 

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Bard Chemistry Professor Craig Anderson’s Lab Publishes Study on Luminescent Metal Compounds with Several Bardian Coauthors

Bard Chemistry Professor Craig Anderson’s Lab Publishes Study on Luminescent Metal Compounds with Several Bardian Coauthors

A recent study from the chemistry lab of professor Craig Anderson was published with professors Christopher LaFratta and Matthew Greenberg ’15, and several other Bardians as coauthors. “Bard students working during the Bard Summer Research Institute and during the semester months have been involved in these projects for a number of years and this is a continuation of last year's publication,” said Anderson. “Luminescent metal compounds have applications in a variety of fields such as chemical sensors and light-emitting diodes. We studied the interaction of these metal compounds with light to determine their photophysical properties.”

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    A group of graduating students throwing their caps into the air.; Senior Project Poster Session 

    Senior Project Poster Session 

    Tuesday, December 16, 2025
    5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
    Reem-Kayden Center

    Join our December graduating seniors as they present their senior project research!

    Sponsored by: Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing

    Contact: Brooke Jude
    E-mail: [email protected]

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2023

Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Reem-Kayden Center Lobby  5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Join us in celebrating our December graduating seniors as their present their work!


Friday, October 27, 2023
Reem-Kayden Center  4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Thursday, October 26, 2023
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium  5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Majoring (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.


Friday, April 21, 2023
Professor Patrick Walsh, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemistry
 

Olin 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.
 


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