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University of Richmond senior wins Clarendon Scholarship to study at University of Oxford

January 11, 2007

Sarah Remmert, a senior at the University of Richmond from Memphis, Tenn., has been awarded a Clarendon Scholarship to study toward a D.Phil (equivalent to an American Ph.D.) in chemistry at University of Oxford in England.

Remmert's scholarship will last for three years and cover tuition and fees as well as provide a stipend for living expenses while at Magdalen College, Oxford. She will study with Prof. David Clary, who conducts theoretical chemistry research and is president of Magdalen.

At Richmond, Remmert is double majoring in chemistry and biochemistry-molecular biology and double minoring in mathematics and physics. She previously won a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award in the fields of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering. She also was selected as a Beckman Scholar, receiving funding for research and travel for two summers and the intervening academic year. In addition, she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa national honor society as a junior.

Remmert has a manuscript about her work with HIV inhibitors ready for submission to the Journal of Organic Chemistry.

"Sarah is an extraordinarily gifted, disciplined young woman who has a mission in life--namely to ensure that she can apply her natural aptitude and passion for science to the betterment of humankind," said Carol Parish, associate professor of chemistry. "As an undergraduate, Sarah has pursued and completed every task necessary to achieve the greatest success in the scientific professions."

"I am extremely grateful for all of the encouragement that I have received from my professors and friends," said Remmert. "The hardest part about accepting this scholarship is knowing that I have to leave the University of Richmond after four wonderful years."