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Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

Carissa Fritz named American Chemical Society Scholar

Carissa Fritz, a junior biochemistry major at Southwestern, has been named an American Chemical Society Scholar.

August 22, 2008

She will receive a $5,000 toward her studies at Southwestern this year. Fritz is the first student from Southwestern to receive this honor. Fritz presented a poster about her research on copper (II) complexes at the American Chemical Society National Meeting held in New Orleans in early April. The poster was co-authored with Tammy Nguyen.