We’re excited that our report on the cleavage of C-H bonds and formation of N-H and N-C bonds from N₂-derived nitrides will be appearing in J. Am. Chem. Soc. This was outstanding work by Cory MacLeod, assisted by Sean McWilliams in our lab, as well as Fabian Menges and Steph Craig from Mark Johnson’s lab. Of course, we couldn’t have done it without expert crystallography from Brandon Mercado. Great job, team!!

Gannon Connor’s insightful and comprehensive review on alkali metal interactions with metal-N₂ complexes was accepted at Catalysis Today as part of a special issue on dinitrogen chemistry. This paper does a great job of linking surface effects to molecular chemistry, and we hope that it is useful to the community of scholars interested in new routes to N₂ reduction. Great job, Gannon!

Congratulations to Bachelor’s graduate David Minoli, Yale class of 2016, and to Ph.D. graduates Chi Chen, Nick Arnet, and Megan Reesbeck. David kicked off a new direction for thiolate research in our lab, and did a great job. Chi revolutionized the cobalt chemistry in our lab to include new, synthetically useful catalytic reactions. Nick was the master of sulfide-hydride complexes and mechanisms, and Megan mastered new sulfide and carbene complexes. We wish them all the best in their careers!

Congratulations to our postdoctoral associates who are moving on to permanent positions. Cory MacLeod has started a job at Chemtura, a chemical company in Connecticut, while Ilija Coric will soon start a group leader position at the University of Zürich in Switzerland. We wish you the best as you continue your excellent chemistry careers!