Department News
Department News
Department of Chemistry tackles Graduate Student Mental Health
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Professor Phil Buhlmann as the previous Director of Graduate Studies develops mental health incentives for graduate students discusses how it can help improve the landscape for student mental health. Claire Seitzinger is a graduate student that is featured as leader for the Community of Chemistry Graduate Students (CCGS).
Using Slack and Zoom for graduate recruitment
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What happens when a global pandemic closes your campus, and you have 100 students coming for graduate recruitment weekend? You pivot, and in less than four days, create a meaningful virtual experience using Slack and Zoom.
Green & Sustainable Chemistry Workshop draws high school teachers
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In its fourth year, the Green & Sustainable Chemistry Workshop for high school students drew teachers from across the state to learn how to corporate green chemistry into their chemistry and science classrooms.
Energy and U teams up with University of Texas, Rio Grande
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Researchers at the University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and the University of Minnesota have teamed up to produce a version of the Energy and U show at UTRGV. Energy and U is a highly successful outreach activity.
New mass spectrometer to replace aging equipment
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A new state-of-the art mass spectrometer will soon replace an old and failing piece of equipment in the Department of Chemistry's Mass Spectometry Laboratory (MSL)
Listening Space brings department together to talk about race
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The Department of Chemistry facilitated a Listening Space for everyone in the department to come together as a community to support its people of color, and to listen to each other's feelings and thoughts about the murder of George Floyd.
Statement on the murder of George Floyd
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The Department of Chemistry endorses this statement: We condemn the murder of George Floyd.
Learning Experience Reports featured in Journal of Chemical Education
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The ongoing work of the Joint Safety Team to improve the culture of safety in the departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Materials Science is featured in an article published in the Journal of Chemical Education, Learning Experience Reports Improve Academic Research Safety.