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Harvard University’s George Whitesides has been named the 2018  by the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s Swanson School of Engineering. 

Whitesides currently is the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor at Harvard’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. The Covestro Distinguished Lectureship is presented annually by 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, and recognizes excellence in chemical education, outreach and research.

The Covestro lectures will be on April 19 at 5 p.m. with a reception following and April 20 at 9:30 a.m. Both lectures will be presented in Benedum Hall Room 102, 3700 O’Hara St. The lectures are open to the public. For more information, email che [at] engr.pitt.edu or call 412-624-9630.