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 [...]
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Posted in Department Activities on Aug 23rd, 2010
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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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The School of the Sciences at Stevenson University was proud to present Maymester for the 8th grade graduating class of Crossroads. Close to 50 8th graders came to campus for 2.5 weeks and learned what it’s like to be a college student as well as to participate in many science and math activities and classes. [...]
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Congratulations to Chemistry Department Award Recipients! Justine Crutchfield, top, received the Academic Excellence Award and Marisa Bender received the Service Award. Both students were given their awards at the annual SOS Celebration last month. Warm congratulations!
Post-graduation plans: Justine has accepted a position as a chemist with Procter & Gamble in Cinncinatti, Ohio, and Marisa will [...]
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Congratulations to Chemistry Senior Jenn Kurek on receiving the Excellence in Science Award! This award recognizes the student who excels in his/her Capstone Research course and who shows promise in the scientific realm. Jenn completed her Capstone research with Dr. Timothy Dwyer studying the off target effects of RNA interference. Congrats Jen! We wish you [...]
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Students and faculty from the School of the Sciences (SOS) gathered for the annual end of year celebration extravaganza! Highlights of the students’ four years at SU were presented along with awards for research, service and academic excellence. There was plenty of good food and it was fun being with SOS friends. Congratulations to [...]
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Each year, Honors Gen Chem II, ends the year with an exciting end of year project. Each student presents a chemical demonstration, explaining the chemistry behind the experiment. It is then related to topics covered in the course. This year, Dancing Raisins, Flaming Gummi Bears, Elephant’s Toothpaste and Making Ice Cream were among the experiments [...]
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Chemistry senior, Alexandra Doliska presented her work from her Capstone Internship at the Spring Poster Session. Alex completed her internship at the Alexandria Police Department in Alexandria, VA studying the recoverability of fingerprints exposed to freezing temperatures. She loved her internship and looks forward to working in this field after graduation. Congratulations on your graduation, [...]
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