Media Coverage

• The journey to safe chemicals: Congress must do more to protect the public from toxic products (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 20, 2008)
• Green Catalysts Provide Promise For Cleaning Toxins and Pollutants (Carnegie Mellon press release, August 18, 2008)
• EPA honors Chemistry Alumna (MCS story, July 2008)
• Alumna Melanie Vrabel co-recipient of the EPA’s James W. Craig Pollution Prevention Leadership Award (Department of Chemistry story, June 2008)
• Prof. Terry Collins is first recipient of $50,000 Charles E. Kaufman Award (Pittsburgh Foundation press release, May 2008)
• Chemists Clean Up the Water (Carnegie Mellon homepage story, April 2008)
• Tech Nation: Endocrine Disruptors, IT Conversations, March 12, 2008
  Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Terry Collins about endocrine disruptors, and a new technique used to take minute traces of these materials out of our drinking water.
• The Heinz Endowments: $45 Million Goes to Nonprofits in Region, Heinz Endowments press release, October 25, 2007
  In the green chemistry field, new funding and previously approved grants will allow $8.5 million to go to an endowment increase and program expansion
• Green Chemistry Attracts Fans on Campus, Associated Press, October 9, 2007
• Green Chemistry Bill Soars through House Committee, Integrity in Science Watch, July 16, 2007
• Hancock Award goes to Arani Chanda, C&E News, July 9, 2007
• Keeping it green, Chemistry World, May 25, 2007
• Creating a New Chemistry, The Allegheny Front, April 18, 2007
  (read transcript or listen to interview)
• Terry Collins interviewed by Radio New Zealand’s Kim Hill, February 2007
• Iron Complexes Take On Problematic Pesticides: Versatile catalysts aid degradation of hormone-disrupting chemicals, Chemical and Engineering News, September 7, 2006
• Prof. Collins and other scholars speak to the CHE community about the importance of green chemistry to sustainability Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Partnership Calls, June 19, 2006
• Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Interview with Terry Collins, CHE Partner Interviews, 2006
• Fe-TAML® Catalysts Degrade Estrogenic Compounds, Carnegie Mellon Press Release, June 27, 2006
• Green Chemistry Event a Great Success at Pittsburgh’s First Night Celebration, The Tartan, January 23, 2006
• Green Chemistry a Hit at Pittsburgh’s First Night Celebration, Carnegie Mellon Press Release, January 9, 2006
• A New Weapon for Cleaning Wastewater Science Magazine, August 29, 2005
  (Subscription may be required)
• CMU researchers detoxify toxins, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 30, 2005
• Arani Chanda mentioned in Science Briefs, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 29, 2005
• A New Chemistry of Oxygen with Iron, MCS website story, March 7, 2005
• Terry Collins Receives Award from American Chemical Society, Carnegie Mellon Press Release, September 29, 2004
• Chemists will use a CMU forum to learn about going green, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, (July 30, 2004)
• Carnegie Mellon University Hosts ACS-PRF Summer School on Green Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon press release, July 27, 2004
• Cleaner Catalysts Kill Bacteria, Chemistry in Britain, (November 2003) p13
• Cleaner Living, Charles Choi, Scientific American (November 2003)
• Catalyseurs à tout faire, La Recherche: L'Actualité Des Sciences, Véronique Parasote, No.369 November, 2003, 26-27
• NPR interview with Terry Collins on "Talk of the Nation— Science Friday" is available online. (September 26, 2003)
• An Iron Grip, Philip D. Szuromi, Science, 2003, 302, 359-361
  (subscription to Science may be required to view article)
• 'Green' Catalyst Could Clean Up the World
  USA Today (September 15, 2003)
• CMU scientist finds benign ways to clean streams, kill germs and more
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (September 11, 2003)
• Powerful New Catalysts attack wide range of pollutants
  Scientific American (September 11, 2003)
• CMU researchers create anthrax-killing molecule
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (September 11, 2003)
• A Flexible Catalyst With a Heart of Iron
  The Alchemist— ChemWeb.com (free registration required) (September 11, 2003)
• Terry Collins Develops "Green" Catalysts for Potential Use in Industry and Biological Warfare
  Carnegie Mellon News (September 11, 2003)
• Collins Laboratory Announces Potential Applications of Environmentally Friendly Catalysts at National ACS Meeting
  Mellon College of Science press releases
• "Green" Chemist Terry Collins Receives Thomas Lord Professorship (Carnegie Mellon News, March 8, 2002)