US Chemistry Olympiad team with medals
Kelli M. Slunt, Professor of Chemistry, served as the head mentor for the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad.
The International Chemistry Olympiad is a competition for high school students. Each participating country can send a team of up to four students to compete in theoretical and practical exams. This year the U.S. team performed extremely well, earning 2 gold and 2 silver medals at the competition of 73 different countries in Moscow Russia.
More information can be found in articles in Chemical and Engineering News, published by the American Chemical Society:
http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i30/Chemistry-Olympiad-Results.html
http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i25/US-Team-Picked-International-Chemistry.html