The Department of Chemistry will its annual alumni events this spring for alumni, faculty, students, and friends of the department. The series of events kicks off on Friday, April 17, with the Alumni Lecture at 4:00 PM followed by the Alumni Appreciation and Awards Banquet beginning at 6:00 PM. Two weeks later, the Alumni Golf Scramble will be held on Saturday, May 2 with a 1:00 PM start at the UGA Golf Course.

Professor Graham Cooks, the Henry B. Hass Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry and supervising PI of the Aston Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry at Purdue University, will present the Alumni Lecture. Professor Cooks has contributed to a diverse assortment of areas within mass spectrometry, ranging from fundamental research to instrument and method development to applications. His research has ranged through areas from preparative mass spectrometry, ionization techniques and quadrupole ion traps (QITs) and related technologies[17] to as far afield as abiogenisis (also known as "the origin of life") via homochirality.

For more information about the alumni events, contact Terri Tillman in the Department of Chemistry office, terri.tillman@uga.edu. For information regarding the Golf Scramble, contact Jay Lawrence, organizer, at Jay.Lawrence@uga.edu.