Students Chris Collins and John Hayes of North Georgia College & State University’s Department of Chemistry were recognized for their outstanding undergraduate research earlier this month at a regional conference in Raleigh, N.C. The Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society was held Nov. 14-17, and consisted of more than 2,200 registered attendees, more than 500 undergraduates. This year, 15 awards were given to undergraduate researchers. Collins was recognized as the runner-up in organic chemistry for the presentation of his research, "The Impact of Conjugation Length on Benzobisazole Cruciforms."