Previous News Items

The Waterborne Symposium : January 30-February 1, 2008 - New Orleans, LA. Sponsored by The School of Polymers and High Performance Materials and Southern Society for Coatings Technology. The symposium consists of topical sessions covering a broad range of issues within contemporary coatings science and technology. More information about the symposium and registration can be found here.

10.31.07
International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials: The University of Southern Mississippi will host the 2nd Annual International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials, October 30 - November 1, 2007. More information about the symposium and can be found here.

10.10.07
The Bayer Lecture Series: The University of Southern Mississippi School of Polymers and High Performance Materials will host the Bayer Lecuter Series on October 10th, 2007, in the Auditorium of the Shelby Freeland Thames Polymer Science Research Center. This year's speaker is Dr. R. Byron Pipes. More information and can be found here.

5.1.07
Polymer Researcher Publishes Most Cited Article in 2006 : Polymer Science & Engineering Professor Charles McCormick and his research group have published the most-cited article from the ACS journal Macromolecules in 2006 and two of the top five articles. Read more about it here.

4.3.07
Polymer Research Making Headlines : Polymer Science & Engineering Professor Robson Storey's research has been featured recently in several National and International news stories detailing research that aims to make a plastic that dissolves in seawater, with nutrient byproducts that marine organisms can use. Read more about it here or here.

1.20.07
Polymer Research Making Headlines : Polymer Science & Engineering Professor and School Director Marek Urban's research has been featured recently in several National and International publications detailing research that could help prevent dangerous post-surgical infections. Read more about it here or here.

7.1.07
Explore Polymer Science Day : The School of Polymers and High Performance Materials will hold Explore Polymer Science Day on Friday, July 13th, for rising high school seniors interested in a science major. Read more about it here.

2.15.07
Micah Black win Elias Singer Award : Polymer Science & Engineering graduate stduent Micah Black has been awarded the Elias Singer Outstanding USM Student Paper Award by the Waterborne Symposium. The award is sponsored by the Troy Chemical Corporation. The symposium was held in New Orleans February 13-16. Read more about Waterborne here.

1.30.07
Polymer Science Alum Wins Prestigious International Award : Dr. René-Pierre Müller, CEO of Quadrant AG in Switzerland informed Dr. Marek Urban, Director of the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, that alum Dr. Kirt Page has been awarded the second prize in the 2007 Quadrant AG International Research Competition. Among applicants from all over the world, six finalists were chosen to go to Switzerland to present their PhD dissertation research. Kirt's Ph.D. advisor is Dr. Robert Moore, professor of polymer science and engineering at Southern Miss. On behalf of the faculty and students, and the entire Southern Miss community we congratulate the winner and his advisor for this prestigious award. Read more about the award here.

3.29.07
Spring 2007 ACS Undergraduate Polymer Research Symposium: The ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry announces a call for papers for the Undergraduate Research in Polymer Science Symposium to be held during the Spring 2007 American Chemical Society National Meeting. Click here
for more information.

2.12.07
The Waterborne Symposium : February 14 - 16, 2007 - New Orleans, LA. Sponsored by The School of Polymers and High Performance Materials and Southern Society for Coatings Technology. The symposium consists of topical sessions covering a broad range of issues within contemporary coatings science and technology. More information about the symposium and registration can be found here.

1.24.07
The Trent Lott Lecture Series: January 24th, 2007. The Trent Lott Center Entrepeneurs in Polymer Science Lecture Series presents Dr. Joseph DiSimone, principal researcher and founder of Liquida Technologies. Click here for more information.

12.20.06
Polymer Graduate Finalist for Quadrant Award : Polymer Science & Engineering Ph.D. graduate Kirt Page has been named a finalist for the second annual Quadrant award. The award is an international award for scientific accomplishment in the field of engineering and high-performance plastics and composites. Page has already won a trip to Zurich, Switzerland, in order to participate in the awards ceremony where the winner of EUR 15,000 will be announced. Read more about the award here.

12.03.06
Polymer Student Starting Biotech Company : Polymer Science & Engineering graduate student Lisa Kemp of Picayune is featured in a recent Hattiesburg American article detailing Southern Mississippi's increasing biotech stature. Kemp is starting her own company, Ablitech. Read the full story here. Note: The story originally published in the Hattiesburg American has been removed from their webiste. We are in the process of obtaining a copy.

11.03.06
International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials: The University of Southern Mississippi recently hosted the 1st Annual International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials, October 31 - November 2, 2006. More information about the symposium and can be found here

10.6.06
Dr. Robson Storey Named Outstanding Alumni at Univeristy of Akron: The University of Akron has named University of Southern Mississippi Professor Robson Storey as their Outstanding Alumni for 2006. For more details, click here