Department News
Department News
Celebrating the official kickoff of the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory Building project
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Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan joined UMN and state dignitaries and guests for a kickoff ceremony for the new Chemistry teaching facility.
UMN hosts Green & Sustainable Chemistry Workshop for High School Teachers
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The department hosted 16 high school teachers for a three-day Green and Sustainable Chemistry workshop. Now in its sixth year, the workshop has now served more than 100 high school instructors.
Four UMN faculty members receive Emmy awards for production role in University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley’s ‘Energía Y TÚ’
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Professors Frank Bates, David Blank, Marc Hillmyer, and Aaron Massari have each received a Lone Star Emmy Award for their respective production roles in University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley’s ‘Energía Y TÚ.’ The show, a Spanish adaptation of the University of Minnesota’s own Energy and U, won the award in the Informational/Instructional – Short Form or Long Form Content category.
Undergraduate senior Mustafa Syed testifies for new chemistry lab building at state capital
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University of Minnesota undergraduate student Mustafa Syed testified in front of the Minnesota House and Senate Capital Investment committees in St. Paul in late January. Syed is an undergraduate senior, testifying in support of the Department of Chemistry’s proposed Undergraduate Chemistry Teaching Laboratory Building.
Energy and U welcomes 5,000 metro-area K-12 students to campus for engaging educational shows
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Energy and U returned to the University of Minnesota January 5th through 13th, inviting 5,068 elementary school students from across the metro area to campus to get excited about science and engineering through a hands-on educational show.
Department creatively pivots instruction to meet the challenges of COVID-19 environment
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With uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and its sometimes quick-changing impacts, the Department of Chemistry kicked off the fall semester with meaningful learning experiences for students that include online and in-person classroom and laboratory teaching and learning. That planning also allows for a quick pivot to all online learning, if necessary. All of this has been done with the safety of students forefront in mind and meeting COVID-19 protocols.
Commitment to students makes online labs possible
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With only two days to prepare, the Department of Chemistry moved its general chemistry and organic chemistry undergraduate courses online, including their laboratory components.