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Louis Booysen ’18 takes on American Chemical Society National Meeting!

Louis Booysen ’18 takes on American Chemical Society National Meeting!

Posted by on Sep 22, 2017 in Student News |

This summer Dr. Faina Ryvkin’s research group traveled to Washington D.C to attend the American Chemical Society national meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. A part of this research team is senior chemistry major, Louis Booysen. Louis had the amazing opportunity to present the research that he and his team have been working on throughout...

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Welcome Back!

Welcome Back!

Posted by on Sep 13, 2017 in Student News |

It’s that time of year again when chemistry majors return to campus excited to put their lab goggles back on and feed their brains with some much needed information. To start your semester off with a bang join the Chemistry Club for their first meeting on Monday September, 18th at 6:30 p.m. If you’re looking to learn about the research that’s happening in...

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LC-MS Instrument Arrives on Campus

LC-MS Instrument Arrives on Campus

Posted by on Aug 29, 2017 in Student News |

The Department is very excited to welcome a new addition to our already impressive suite of chemistry instrumentation in the Wilkens Science Center. Earlier this month our new Agilent 1260 Infinity II liquid chromatography and InfinityLab quadrupole mass spectrometry detector (LC-MS) instrument arrived, was installed, and passed all tests. We are very...

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Dr. Aren Gerdon collaborates with the CDC to publish in chemistry education

Dr. Aren Gerdon collaborates with the CDC to publish in chemistry education

Posted by on Jul 10, 2017 in Student News |

A multi-year collaboration between Dr. Gerdon and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA has led to a recent publication in the Journal of Chemical Education. This project involved students in the Analytical Chemistry course at Emmanuel College, but also general chemistry and analytical chemistry students at three other...

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Dr. Allen Price awarded NSF RUI grant

Dr. Allen Price awarded NSF RUI grant

Posted by on Jul 3, 2017 in Student News |

Congratulations to Dr. Allen Price on being awarded his second NSF RUI grant at Emmanuel College. Dr. Price’s proposal, “RUI: Elucidating the mechanisms of site specific DNA cleavage using single molecule methods“, was funded for over $340,000 and will be used to support undergraduate research in biophysics. Check out the award...

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Maura O’Brien’16 pursues Doctor of Nursing Practice

Posted by on Jul 3, 2017 in Alumni, Student News |

Maura O’Brien, Class of 2016, will be joining students at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD this Fall 2017 to pursue a Doctor of Nursing Practice. The program at Johns Hopkins is in the #1 School of Nursing in the country, according to US News and World Reports. Maura completed a Chemistry and Spanish double-major at Emmanuel College and...

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