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Contact: Lynn Stewart or Amy Boltinghouse, Centenary News Service
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Centenary Chemistry Major John Hyatt Presents Paper
at NCUR -- A First for Centenary

SHREVEPORT, LA -- John Hyatt, a senior chemistry major at Centenary College, presented "Photophysics of Unimolecular Dissociation of Trimethyldioxetane" at the 11th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) held at the University of Texas-Austin recently.

By presenting at this conference, Hyatt brought an additional honor to himself and his school by being the first student to represent Centenary at this prestigious conference.

In his presentation, Hyatt discussed results he had obtained while working with chemistry professor Dr. Tom Ticich, who also attended the conference.

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