Dear Colleagues:

We are pleased to announce the Eighth MERCURY Conference for Undergraduate Computational Chemistry. The Conference will be held August 2nd-4th, 2009, at Hamilton College, in Clinton, NY. The conference will feature plenary lectures by Rommie Amaro, University of California, San Diego; Tom Cheatham, University of Utah; Eric Deumens, University of Florida; Roald Hoffman, Cornell University; Neysa Nevins, Glaxo Smith Kline; and Lyudmila Slipchenko, Purdue University. In addition mainstays of the conference include an Undergraduate Poster Session and evening social sessions. This conference is an excellent forum for undergraduates to present their work and to learn from experts in the field, allowing them to put their own research into perspective. It is equally valuable as a network for faculty working with undergraduates. Undergraduates from all types of institutions are invited to come present their work.

Conference Fees are $225 for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students, $120 per faculty guest, and $115 for undergraduates, and include registration, housing, and meals. The conference registration deadline is July 21. Details of the conference and information on registration and submission of Abstracts can be found on our web site: http://mercury.chem.hamilton.edu/modules/content/index.php?id=55

George Shields

on behalf of MERCURY,

the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate computational ChemistRY

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