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Distinction in Chemistry

Posted by on May 19, 2019 in Student News |

Congratulations to Karissa Mehrtens ’19 on successfully defending her senior distinction thesis on Distinction Day, April 25th, 2019 at Emmanuel College. Karissa presented beautiful work on “Investigating the Mechanism of DNA Cleavage by EcoRI using Single Molecule Methods”. After graduation, Karissa will be continuing in the...

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Internships Abound

Posted by on May 8, 2019 in Student News |

Internships abound this summer for many Emmanuel College Chemistry Majors. Several students will be on campus over the summer engaged in research with faculty, including Alex Gousie working with Dr. Michelle Watt, Zack Zaleskas working with Dr. Allen Price, and Stephanie Colon and Alex Paige working with Dr. Aren Gerdon. Emily Pelletier will be on campus...

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Majors Meet Alumni

Posted by on Apr 11, 2019 in Alumni, Student News |

On Wednesday April 3rd, 2019, Chemistry and Physics faculty, students, and alumni gathered in the new residence hall to welcome the new chemistry majors, discuss the different career paths in chemistry, and celebrate the success of alumni out in the real world.  Emmanuel College’s Class of 2014 Victoria Perrone was the key note speaker....

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Emmanuel Chemistry Major is ACS-certified!

Emmanuel Chemistry Major is ACS-certified!

Posted by on Apr 1, 2019 in Student News |

Fantastic news for the Department of Chemistry and Physics at Emmanuel College. We have recently gotten approval to offer an American Chemical Society (ACS)-certified major! This is an awesome opportunity for students to earn a degree that is distinctly Emmanuel while being stamped by the ACS as being a top-notch chemistry...

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Keith Baillargeon ’16 visits the Analytical Chemistry class

Posted by on Mar 25, 2019 in Alumni, Student News |

Keith Baillargeon ’16, a third year graduate student in the Chemistry Department at Tufts University, visited campus today to give a presentation to the Analytical Chemistry class on his graduate thesis research. Keith’s presentation, “Methods for Blood Preparation and Analysis using Paper-based Devices”, gave insight into a new...

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Nobel Laureate, Dr. Martin Karplus, visits campus

Nobel Laureate, Dr. Martin Karplus, visits campus

Posted by on Mar 24, 2019 in Student News |

On March 14th, 2019, Professor Martin Karplus, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013, visited Emmanuel College. He gave an academic lecture to students and professors entitled “Motion: Hallmark of Life. From Marsupials to Molecules”. In his lecture he traced the intellectual path between motion in animals and the molecules that make motion...

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