Posted in Chemistry Faculty, University Activities on Feb 27th, 2010
This weekend, faculty and students represented SU at a Robotics Competition in Westminster, Maryland. In addition to competing, middle and high school students were able to learn more about the School of the Sciences at Stevenson.
Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Research, University Activities on Feb 14th, 2010
Although Diane Payne is well known by students for her teaching of General Chemistry, she also is the Director of the Office of Research Development (ORD). Earlier this semester, the ORD sponsored a grant workshop featuring discussion of responsible conduct in research, identifying grant opportunities and writing a competitive grant. Most chemistry faculty attended the [...]
Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors on Jan 19th, 2010
The Chemistry Department welcomes all new transfer students and welcomes back all students for the Spring 2010 semester! We’re excited to start new initiatives and continue existing programs in 2010. Please stay tuned to this blog during the semester as we highlight students, faulty, courses, student clubs, research and internship experiences, and start our new [...]
Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors on Jan 15th, 2010
Over the winter break, six brand new analytical balances were ordered and set up for use in the General Chemistry Laboratory. With this new set up, we were able to move extra analytical balances to the Organic Chemistry Laboratory, which will allow for more pairs of students to work simultaneously and will make lab sessions more [...]
Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors on Jan 12th, 2010
Over the winter break, the Physics Lab in Knott Hall 102 was cleaned and organized for the start of the spring semester. We could call it, “Early Spring Cleaning”! The lab is now organized based on topics such as measurement, electronics, optics, heat, light, etc. making it much easier for students and professors to find [...]
Posted in ACS Affiliates Club, Chemistry Faculty on Dec 9th, 2009
Dr. Tracey Mason, faculty advisor for the ACS Student Affiliates Club, poses in front of the atomic absorption (AA) spectrometer. She is showing the students how to use the instrument to test water samples for lead and calcium. The group hopes to use this expertise to test water for area homes and businesses.
Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors, Research on Dec 7th, 2009
This semester, junior Chemistry major, Brittany Miller, is conducting computational chemistry research with Dr. Jason Sonnenberg. The goal of Dr. Sonnenberg’s research is to broaden the understanding of the actinide complexes found in nuclear waste. At this time, they are investigating the structure and bonding in a complex of uranyl with three hydroxamate ligands. Student researchers [...]
Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors, Research on Nov 4th, 2009
Chemistry Junior, Mike Rossi, is participating in Independent Research under the direction of SU faculty member, Dr. Timothy Dwyer and Chemistry Senior, Jenn Kurek. Mike’s project involves studying the off-target effects of RNA interference towards the development of anti-cancer drugs. He is getting lots of lab experience that is allowing him to become “a more [...]
Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors, Research on Oct 31st, 2009
Chemistry Senior, Janine Ladzinski, is completing her Capstone research project with SU faculty member, Dr. Sara Narayan. They are investigating a more cost effective synthesis of Tenofovir, an anti-AIDS drug currently in use worldwide. Janine commented, “I like working on a project that can potentially help others. In addition, I love what I do! I [...]
Posted in ACS Affiliates Club, Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors, Department Activities on Oct 26th, 2009
Students and faculty wore their newly designed SU ACS club t-shirts in honor of National Chemistry Week. The shirt was designed by students to reflect this year’s theme of “Chemistry: It’s Elemental.”