鈥淥n behalf of the 91亚色 research community, I would like to congratulate Professor Arturo Orellana on his receipt of the Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research & innovation. 鈥淭his prestigious award recognizes Professor Orellana鈥檚 exceptional research achievements and contributions to the field of Organic Chemistry, at the early stages of his career. We are very proud of this well-deserved recognition of Dr. Orellana鈥檚 work.鈥�

Arturo Orellana

Orellana鈥檚 research聽relates to聽the development of innovative metal-catalyzed chemical reactions for organic synthesis. In particular his research involves the development of new reactions to prepare small molecule building blocks with applications in the synthesis of pharmaceutically active agents and naturally occurring substances with important biological properties.

The R&D division of Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) is one of Canada鈥檚 largest pharmaceutical research centres. The Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award for Organic Chemistry is awarded yearly to a promising organic chemist in the early stages of their academic career and was established to support research in synthetic organic chemistry in Canadian universities.

For more information, visit the Orellana Research Group听飞别产蝉颈迟别.

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Claudio Colaguori, a professor in 91亚色鈥檚 human rights and criminology programs, explores the idea that competition is not a biological drive as evolutionary thinkers believe, but a power force that promotes interpersonal conflict, war and cyclical domination.

The launch of Agon Culture (de Sitter Publications) will take place Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 3 to 5pm, in the Senior Common Room, 305 Founders College, Keele campus. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided.

In Agon Culture, Colaguori outlines the problem of having competition as the organizing principle of social life. He analyzes the human condition by examining how the cultural ideology of competition operates as a mode of rationality that underpins the order of domination.

By combining insights from philosopher Theodor Adorno鈥檚 critical theory of society with a reconstruction of the philosophy of the agon (a Greek term for competition), the book formulates a novel critical theory of cultural domination. It offers insights into society鈥檚 winner-loser culture and a renewed intensity of social Darwinist tendencies.

Colaguori鈥檚 research interests include post 9/11 global human rights issues and their relation to social change. He is a two-time winner of the John O鈥橬eill Award for Teaching Excellence and was nominated for TVOntario鈥檚 Best Lecturer Competition.

The launch is sponsored by 91亚色 Bookstore and Founders College.

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