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This is an assignment I use to give students a sense of what kinds of problems real life, contemporary inorganic chemists work on. I start out by having them find 2 contemporary inorganic chemists. They give a 15-20 min presentation on their two chemists that gives a general overview of their research projects. Once everyone has done their general presentation, I have students choose a specific journal article by one of their chemists to present in class. I usually have this assignment run throughout the semester, with the general presentations taking place in the first half of the semeste