Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors on Sep 1st, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors, Department Activities, Research on Aug 29th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Chemistry Majors, Research on Aug 11th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors on Aug 8th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Chemistry Majors on Aug 4th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors, Department Activities on Jul 28th, 2010
Chemistry Seniors Brittany Miller (top left) and Lena Kemp (bottom) are excited about their upcoming trip to Boston to the 240th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting in August. Both students have conducted research with Dr. Jason Sonnenberg (top right) on actinide chemistry and each is presenting a poster of her work at the meeting. [...]
Posted in Chemistry Faculty, Chemistry Majors on Jul 25th, 2010
Diane Payne, Chemistry Instructor and Director of the Office of Research Development (ORD), is excited to announce that NIH has funded our proposal for a Research Development Working Group for the 2010-2011 academic year. This grant will allow us to offer a year-long professional development opportunity to a cohort of eight Stevenson faculty members who [...]
Posted in Chemistry Majors, Department Activities on Jul 14th, 2010
At Orientation, some freshmen were talking about why they picked SU for their college education. Lynsey Ellison (top) came to SU, her first choice among the colleges to which she applied, because of her strong interest in SU’s BS/MS program in Forensic Science. Jordan Mako agreed. After spending a year studying in Israel, he is [...]
Posted in Chemistry Majors, University Activities on Jul 11th, 2010
At Freshmen Orientation, often called Mustang Day, Chemistry majors Madison Llamado (left) and Brittney Pacheco were excited to find out that they were going to be roommates. Both of these students are interested in pursuing a career in pharmacy. They decided to plan their fall schedules so that they would have some classes together. They [...]
Posted in Chemistry Majors, University Activities on Jul 7th, 2010
We were happy to welcome our new freshmen to campus! They had a busy day learning about their programs and all the details about college life at SU. They were also able to register for their fall classes. We were pleased to welcome all the new Chemistry majors who are part of the class of [...]