Dr. James E. Murphy, a chemistry professor at Santa Monica College, has been named a recipient of the Marvin Elkin/Northrop Grumman Chair of Excellence in Physical Science.
Murphy, an M.I.T. graduate, will use the $15,000 award – $5,000 each year for the next three years – for projects with students in the field of nanotechnology.
SMC has been home to Murphy since 1995, and his wife is a math professor at the college.
Noting that something was still missing from the new Santa Monica bus stops, the city will add a “pony ride” amusement at each stop. Operating for a retro-licious 10 cents, children can enjoy a jiggly 3 minute ride on the back of “Bucky Roo”, a simulated small horse. Meanwhile, real ponies breathed a collective sigh of relief at the announcement since…
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