A Newsletter of the 1s1 Department of Chemistry in South Texas

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A Newsletter of the 1s¹ Department of Chemistry in South Texas

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Year 2001, welcome to the new millennium. It is time for everyone to play their parts in a new history. As the year progresses many high school and university students will begin to search for a path that will lead to success. We hope to be one of those paths. Texas A&M-Kingsville has just finished a year long celebration commemorating it's 75 year commitment to providing higher education to South Texas, and that commitment will only grow stronger as we are poised to begin the new millennium. The chemistry faculty will strive to produce the most well-rounded chemistry student in order to fill the needs to the market. Whether you want to be a teacher in a high school or a researcher in a chemistry related field, our faculty will do its best to provide the students will opportunities to learn and grow in this exciting field. We have already made some changes as result of our past achievements and plan additional changes in the near future. We are looking into various technologies to aid and support of our students. For a general overview of our department please check us out on our new up-to-date departmental website: www.tamuk.edu/chemistry.
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June 21, 2001 Graduate Students Intern at Bristol-Meyers Squibb James Ogle and Vikram Purohit, two graduate students in chemistry at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, have summer internships at Bristol-Meyers Squibb in New Jersey this summer. Bristol-Meyers Squibb focuses on and works in cancer, cardiovasculars and metabolics, pain management, neurosciences, dermatology, immunology and anti-infectives, pulmonary and urology. Ogle said Bristol-Meyers Squibb is a pharmaceutical company that accepts only five interns per year. Two master's level, one Ph.D. candidate, and two post-doctoral chemists were hired this year, and Ogle and Purohit are the master's level student. Ogle is staying in the dormitory at Rutgers University and will be working in process research and development on one of the new anti-AIDS compounds. Purohit is staying at the Rutgers University Center, an accommodation provided by Bristol-Meyers Squibb, which is beside the New Brunswick train station. Purohit said he is currently working with Dr. Atul Kotnis in the process research and development department, investigating a few new synthetic pathways towards a novel HIV drug under development. "The atmosphere here at Bristol-Meyers Squibb is very cordial and the quality of work is exemplary. It fells very inspiring to be around experienced and highly professional chemists working to make medicines that will one day cure diseases that have mad mankind suffer for a long time," said Purohit. "In short, this is the place to have real fun in the laboratory." For more information about Texas A&M-Kingsville's summer interns call Dr. Apu Bhattacharya at 361-593-2664. (Official TAMUK press release)