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Chemistry World
December 23, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
AAAS's controversial chemist nomination withdrawn The AAAS faced backlash after announcing in November that Harran had been nominated for the 2016 AAAS fellows cycle. He had faced a possible significant prison sentence after his young research assistant, Sheri Sangji, died from burns sustained during a lab accident in early 2009.   |
Chemistry World
June 26, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
UCLA chemist avoids prison time for lethal lab accident Russ Phifer, executive director of the National Registry of Certified Chemists thinks the charges brought against Patrick Harran and UCLA have improved lab safety. |
Chemistry World
October 20, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
UCLA spent $4.5 million on legal costs in Sangji case The University of California, Los Angeles has confirmed that it spent $4.5 million to defend chemistry professor Patrick Harran against criminal charges that resulted from the death of a young research assistant in early 2009. |
Chemistry World
May 1, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
UCLA chemist to stand trial for safety violations linked to Sheri Sangji death The chemist who supervised a research assistant who died from injuries sustained in a University of California, Los Angeles lab more than four years ago will go on trial in connection with her death. |
Chemistry World
August 19, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Tie funding to lab safety, urges Sheri Sangji's sister The American Chemical Society and its members are being pressed to speak out against poor safety conditions in US academic labs, and to consider researchers' safety records when allocating funding. |
Chemistry World
January 29, 2010
Rebecca Trager |
UCLA faces possible criminal charges for chemistry lab death One year after a research assistant at the University of California, Los Angeles in the US died following an accident in the lab, the university awaits news on whether criminal charges will be filed. |
Chemistry World
January 23, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
UCLA lab assistant dies The tragic event, which involved t-butyl lithium, a compound that spontaneously ignites on exposure to air, could have widespread implications for academic chemistry departments. |
Chemistry World
January 9, 2012
Phillip Broadwith |
What does it take to improve laboratory safety? A series of high-profile incidents at US universities has prompted close examination of attitudes towards safety in academic chemistry laboratories. |
Chemistry World
May 6, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
UCLA fined following fatal lab accident The University of California, Los Angeles has been fined nearly $32,000 following the death of a laboratory assistant in January. |
Chemistry World
May 29, 2014 |
Safety first? Just how safe is working in a laboratory? As Jon Evans discovers, it depends on where you are and who you ask |
Chemistry World
January 30, 2014
Patrick Walter |
Chemist to be next president of US science organisation The next president-elect of the US science organization the American Association for the Advancement of Science will be Geraldine Richmond, a chemist at the University of Oregon. |
Science News
July 18, 2009 |
Science Future For July 18, 2009 Upcoming science-themed events and conferences in the next months. |
Information Today
January 7, 2008 |
AAAS Reverses Its Decision on Science Pullout From JSTOR The American Association for the Advancement of Science announced it has reversed its earlier decision to pull its flagship publication, Science, from JSTOR, the scholarly electronic journals archive. |
Information Today
July 28, 2015 |
Pew Report Delves Into Scientific Attitudes The report, "An Elaboration of AAAS Scientists' Views," explores findings by examining American Association for the Advancement of Science scientists' views on major science-related issues. |
Chemistry World
February 16, 2015
Patrick Walter |
Poll finds majority of scientists engaging with public Scientists believe that they should take an active role in public policy debates when it comes to science and technology, according to a survey of American Association for the Advancement of Science members. |
