{"id":1979,"date":"2023-05-01T13:50:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.mcs.cmu.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=1979"},"modified":"2023-07-17T14:17:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:17:43","slug":"masthead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/magazine.mcs.cmu.edu\/chemistry\/2023-issue\/masthead\/","title":{"rendered":"Masthead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#0d3074&#8243; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; background_pattern_repeat=&#8221;space&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#0d3074&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;off|20px|||&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; box_shadow_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; text_text_color=&#8221;#E0E0E0&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#E0E0E0&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;22px&#8221; header_5_text_color=&#8221;#E0E0E0&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px|false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>THE INITIATOR<\/h1>\n<p>Department of Chemistry<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2023<\/p>\n<p>The Initiator is published yearly by the Department of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University for its students, alumni and friends to inform them about the department and serve as a channel of communication for our community. Readers with comments or questions are urged to send them to <span style=\"color: #33cccc\"><a href=\"mailto:army@andrew.cmu.edu\" style=\"color: #33cccc\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">army@andrew.cmu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/span>. The department is headed by Bruce Armitage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor-in-Chief<\/strong><br \/>\nBruce Armitage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor<\/strong><br \/>\nJocelyn Duffy, Associate Dean for Communications<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contributing Writers<\/strong><br \/>\nJon Lee Andrade, Bruce Armitage, Jocelyn Duffy, Bruce Gerson, Kirsten Heuring, Kaitlyn Landram, Heidi Opdyke, Amy Pavlak Laird<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design &amp; Layout<\/strong><br \/>\nSamantha Zemanek, Graphic Designer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photography &amp; Images<\/strong><br \/>\nJonah Bayer, Digital Producer<br \/>\nCourtesy of Carnegie Mellon University, unless otherwise noted<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Magazine<\/strong><br \/>\nIulia Dumitriu, Web Content Administrator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Department of Chemistry<\/strong><br \/>\nCarnegie Mellon University<br \/>\n5000 Forbes Avenue<br \/>\nPittsburgh, PA 15213<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/chemistry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">www.cmu.edu\/chemistry<\/span><\/a>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;12px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:white;background-color:white\" \/>\n<p>Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate in admission, employment, or administration of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap or disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, ancestry, belief, veteran status, or genetic information. 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