Sep 1st, 2010 by Ellen Roskes
The Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences mourns the sudden death of Dr. Susan Slattery. Dr. Slattery was loved by students and faculty alike. She was known as a professor who taught very well, allowing students to really learn the material. As a colleague, she was loved for her infectious laugh, for working as a team player and taking no credit in group projects and for her talent in coordinating large programs for students. She will be sorely missed.
Everyone wishes her family comfort during this difficult time and is keeping her sons in our thoughts and prayers.
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Aug 29th, 2010 by Ellen Roskes
All full time faculty and staff in the Chemistry Department and two senior Chemistry majors attended the American Chemical Society conference in Boston. Everyone attended sessions on teaching, research, and chemical instrumentation. In addition, six SU faculty and students gave formal presentations- more details on these presentations will be available in later posts at this site. This meeting provided an opportunity for everyone to grow as a scientist, to represent SU, and most importantly to bring back new ideas and initiatives in teaching and research to SU. Shown above are the 10 people who attended the conference.
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Aug 26th, 2010 by Ellen Roskes
The Department is pleased to welcome Dr. Dawn Ward as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry for the 2010-2011 academic year. Dr. Ward taught at SU as an adjunct faculty member during 2009-2010. Dr. Ward is looking forward to “another year at Stevenson, broadening my teaching methods and guiding new and old students through Chemistry.”
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Aug 23rd, 2010 by Ellen Roskes
The Chemistry Department is very excited to start the 2010-2011 year! The start of a new academic year always brings wonderful energy and excitement to campus. It also gives us a fresh start with new programs, ideas and plans.
More details will follow on this blog about our New Student Mentoring Program, the School of the Sciences contributions to preserve the Chesapeake Bay, our senior Capstone students who are working in research labs and internships both near and far, our new plans for an honors program in chemistry and the new faculty who have joined us this year.
WELCOME to our new students and WELCOME BACK to our returning students. We hope you’re as excited about the upcoming semester as we are!
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Aug 21st, 2010 by Ellen Roskes
Alumna Tiffany Murray, Chem ‘08, started as a volunteer at the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in February. Her career goal is to be a pharmacist and she had spent time working in a retail pharmacy. But, Tiffany wondered if she would like a clinical setting better. Now, she is strongly thinking about a career as a pharmacist in a hospital setting. Above, Tiffany (on right) is working at NIH with her supervisor.
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Aug 18th, 2010 by Ellen Roskes
Christopher Stack (CHEM ‘09) has just completed his first year of medical school at the University of Maryland. This summer, Chris has a research fellowship at Union Memorial Hospital. His project is comparing the efficacy of targeted chemotherapy in elderly vs. non-elderly patients who are being treated for breast, lung or colon cancer. Chris is seen in this photo with his research mentor Stanley Walker, MD.
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Aug 15th, 2010 by Ellen Roskes
UVA sophomore, Emily Gorman (right), is conducting research on off-target effects this summer with Tyler Demasky (middle) and Dr. Timothy Dwyer. A Baltimore native, Emily came home after the spring semester and wanted some lab experience. She’s learned a lot of new techniques and knows this experience will help her get a research position when she returns to UVA. We’re glad to have Emily join the department for the summer!
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Aug 11th, 2010 by Ellen Roskes
Chemistry junior, Tyler Demasky, is very excited about his summer research. He’s learned a lot of biochemistry working with Dr. Dwyer as part of the Summer Science Scholars Research Program (S3RP). His research studies off-target effects of RNA interference towards the development of anti-cancer drugs. Each year, two top students are chosen from chemistry majors who apply for this paid opportunity. Tyler is thrilled to be able to have a fun summer while participating in research which is great preparation for graduate school in chemistry. He highly recommends this program to others!
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Aug 8th, 2010 by Ellen Roskes
Dr. Tracey Mason is enjoying her summer! Early in the summer, she mentored chemistry senior Brittany Miller so that Brittany would be able to be an independent researcher this fall. Brittany will be conducting cell cycle studies starting in September, being paid on Dr. Mason’s NIH grant. Dr. Mason is excited to be heading to Johns Hopkins Medical School next week to train for cell cycle analysis at the Flow Cytometer Facility. In addition to her chemistry work, Dr. Mason also enjoyed some time at the beach with her family.
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Aug 4th, 2010 by Ellen Roskes
The Chemistry Honor Society, Gamma Sigma Epsilon (GSE), ended the academic year by sending a care package to Kate Payne (daughter of Chemistry Instructor, Mrs. Diane Payne) who is stationed in Iraq. Kate is a doctor in the US Army and has been in Iraq since December. The students in GSE wanted to show their support for our troops overseas.
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