[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Happy new year.

Dear group, Happy new year! I look forward to meeting you all again, and for the group to have a lot of success this year! Regarding some items: 1. Greg Reinhard will be leaving us. This is his last week. He was admitted in a Masters program and will be leaving to study there! If you are around and would like to thank him for his help, just stop by his office. I am working on getting temporary administrative support, as well as a new administrator. We might have to do some paperwork ourselves at the moment. 2. We have 2 desks downstairs in the Friend group. I think that officially, Leslie and Ivan will use them, at least until the end of January, when Ivan Tubert's desk will be available. 3. I have asked Greg about the light situation in the lab, and I think he called in December. I don't know if the lab is still dark, if so, can anybody volunteer to talk to Jerry Connor's office (it is located downstairs in the Basement, close to Cynthia Friend's lab), maybe with Nicole Delbou to make sure we have better lightning? I expect to have e-mail access in Italy as well. See you the 12th, Alan -- Alan Aspuru-Guzik Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617)384-8188 Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu