Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2009
Over the past months, many orders have been placed to get the Chemistry and Physical Sciences Department fully stocked for the upcoming fall semester. As the boxes roll in, they are marked into inventory and properly put away for easy location and access. It’s like Christmas in July with all the boxes!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2009
The brand new chemical inventory in KH 22 is complete!! The new system being used by the Chemistry and Physical Sciences Department at SU was designed by Flinn Scientific, Inc. and safely separates chemicals based on compatibility, primary and secondary containers, and organics and inorganics. Each chemical bottle now has a barcode, which allows [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2009
Over the summer, work has been completed in KH 21, the general chemistry stock room, in hopes of making the room safer and easier for faculty and staff to use. Supplies such as gloves, clamps, pH paper, etc. have been reorganized and systematically placed on shelves. Hopefully, faculty and staff members will be able [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 21st, 2009
Dr. Dwyer and his research students are making great progress with their summer work. With only a week left, the students are “very happy with the results” and “hope students in the fall will be able to continue the work”. Congratulations to Dr. Dwyer and his students!!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2009
Stephanie McClouds, the Science Laboratory Safety Manager at Stevenson works in the Chemistry research lab to classify and inventory all the stocked chemicals. The new inventory system, which includes barcodes on every chemical and a computer system, will allow students and faculty to easily find and use chemicals. It also helps Stevenson to meet all [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 14th, 2009
This summer, senior Jennifer Schmitt is completing an Internship in the Analytical Department at Bimax, Inc., in Glen Rock, PA. Bimax is a supplier of specialty monomers, surfactants and other performance chemicals. Jen will be working with chromatographic instrumentation that she learned to use in her classes at SU. She hopes to use this internship [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 10th, 2009
Once again this year, middle school students from around the area came to SU for our amazing multidisciplinary Science Camp. They explored the exciting areas of robotics, forensic science, physics and biochemistry. Here, Dr. Dwyer, Chemistry faculty member and summer camp instructor, is shown with some of the campers.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 7th, 2009
The Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences warmly welcomes the Class of 2013! Here are some of our incoming students. We can’t wait to get to know everyone in August!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2009
At Mustang Days, Orientation 2009, incoming freshmen and their families were able to learn lots of information in preparation for their start at Stevenson University in August. Everyone was treated to lunch with faculty and administrators. In the picture above, Katie Pryor, Chemistry Junior, helps Mary Gorman plan a schedule for her first semester at SU.