Editing Dudley R. Herschbach (section)

==Science and education==
[[File:Dudley Herschbach HD2011 AIC Gold Medal 2.jpg|thumb|right | Herschbach with AIC Gold Medal, 2011]] 
Hershbach's teaching ranges from graduate seminars on [[chemical kinetics]] to an introductory undergraduate course in general chemistry that he taught for many years at Harvard, and described as his "most challenging assignment".<ref name=NobelBio>{{cite web |title=Dudley R. Herschbach – Biographical |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1986/herschbach-bio.html |website=Nobelprize.org |publisher=Nobel Media |access-date=April 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Pauling>{{cite web |last1=Herschbach |first1=Dudley R. |title=The Scientist as Educator and Public Citizen: Linus Pauling and His Era |url=http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/events/2007paulingconference/video-s2-5-herschbach.html |website=Oregon State University Libraries |access-date=October 29, 2007}}</ref>

Herschbach has been a strong proponent of science education and science among the general public, and frequently gives lectures to students of all ages, imbuing them with his infectious enthusiasm for science and his playful spirit of discovery. Herschbach has also lent his voice to the animated television show ''[[The Simpsons]]'' for the episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XIV]]", where he is seen presenting the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] to [[Professor Frink]].<ref name=Simpsons>{{cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Claire G. |title=Chem Professor Nets "Simpsons" Cameo |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/11/3/chem-professor-nets-simpsons-cameo-nobel/ |access-date=April 28, 2015 |work=The Harvard Crimson |date=November 3, 2003}}</ref>

In October 2010, Herschbach participated in the [[USA Science and Engineering Festival]]'s Lunch with a Laureate program, where middle and high school students get to engage in an informal conversation with a Nobel Prize-winning scientist over a brown-bag lunch.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usasciencefestival.org/2010festival/schoolprograms/lunchwithalaureate |title=Lunch with a Laureate |publisher=Usasciencefestival.org |access-date=December 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421005023/http://www.usasciencefestival.org/2010festival/schoolprograms/lunchwithalaureate |archive-date=April 21, 2010 }}</ref> He is also a member of the Festival's advisory board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors |title=Advisors |publisher=Usasciencefestival.org |access-date=December 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421005310/http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors/ |archive-date=April 21, 2010 }}</ref> Herschbach has participated in the Distinguished Lecture Series of the [[Research Science Institute]] (RSI), a summer research program for high school students held at [[MIT]].<ref name=CEEMIT>{{cite news|title=Research Science Institute at MIT Hosts 81 High School Students |url=https://cee.org/events/research-science-institute-mit-hosts-81-high-school-students |work=Center for Excellence in Education |date=June 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213837/https://cee.org/events/research-science-institute-mit-hosts-81-high-school-students |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>

Although still an active research professor at Harvard, he joined the [[Texas A&M University]] faculty September 1, 2005, as a professor of physics, teaching one semester per year in the chemical physics program.<ref name=Texas>{{cite news |last1=Hutchins |first1=Shana |title=Nobel Prize Winner to Join Physics Faculty |url=http://www.science.tamu.edu/news/story.php?story_ID=458 |access-date=April 28, 2015 |work=Science Texas A&M University |date=March 10, 2005}}</ref> As of 2010, he holds the title of professor emeritus at Harvard and remains well known for his involvement as a lecturer and mentor in the Harvard research community. He and his wife Georgene Herschbach also served for several years as the co-Masters of [[Currier House (Harvard College)|Currier House]], where they were highly involved in undergraduate life in addition to their full-time duties.<ref name=James/><ref name=Crimson2011>{{cite news|last1=Nguyen |first1=Eliza M. |title=Dudley Herschbach Nobel Prize Winner |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/5/25/herschbach-harvard-chemistry-nobel/ |access-date=April 28, 2015 |work=The Harvard Crimson |date=May 25, 2011}}</ref>