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Jul03

Maura O’Brien’16 pursues Doctor of Nursing Practice

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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 plans to use her new education to become a Family Primary Care NP down the road. Congrats...

May18

Distinction and Honors

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The faculty of the Department of Chemistry and Physics are pleased to recognize the achievements of all majors, particularly the Seniors, our Distinction in the Field Candidate, our new Gamma Sigma Epsilon Chemistry Honor Society inductees, our Department Award winners, and recent inductees to the Sigma Xi Research Honor Society. Distinction in the Field – David Tracy gave a thrilling presentation on his work at Harvard Medical School in the David Rudner Lab on “Spx regulation of a secondary undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase in Bacillus Subtilis” as part of Distinction Day at Emmanuel College. Tau Gamma Chapter of Gamma Sigma Epsilon inducted the following members: Nicole Conte, Brielle Favole, Karissa Mehrtens, Stephanie Pochopin, Shirley Qiu, Elizabeth Repash, and Kellie Roche. Department Awards include: Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry – TJ Delano Work Study Award – Christian Kelly Outstanding Service Award – Katerina Luarasi Research Award – David Tracy Teaching Award – Jennifer Scarborough American Institute of Chemists Award – Christian Kelly Sigma Xi inductees include: Jason Miech Krista Meserve Raquel Ferreira Congratulations on well-deserved recognition and...

Apr26

Emmanuel Marches for Science!

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On Saturday, April 22nd, members of the Chemistry Club were joined by Dr. Bryan Sears, Prof. Alisa Lando, and Dr. Allen Price to march at the Boston March for Science. The group was also joined by students and faculty of Biology, Math, and Psychology. Emmanuel supports...

Apr26

Presentation at The 11th Annual Muddy River Symposium

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Tyler Billick ’18, Kathryn Daigle ’19, and Kellie Roche ’18,  in CHEM 2104 – Analytical Chemistry, presented class data on water hardness and heavy metal content at the 11th Annual Muddy River Symposium held at Wheelock College. These chemistry majors prepared an excellent poster presentation and won a poster session award. Congrats...

Apr18

The Little Mermaid Production

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Congratulations to David Tracy, Sadie Piatt, and Christian Kelly on their spectacular performances in Emmanuel’s production of the Little Mermaid! They represented great liberal arts chemists and were even nominated for several awards by KC/ACTF including the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship (David Tracy) as well as the Barbizon Award for Achievement in Lighting Design (Christian Kelly). Way to represent the Chemistry and Physics...

Apr12

Sophomore Pinning 2017

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Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Sophomore pinning and welcome to the department!   Sophomores (Class of 2019)                                                         Freshmen (Class of 2020) Karissa Mehrtens                                                                                       Alexander Paige Jake Shlaferman Kathryn Daigle Sarah Faria Marissa Parker Shirley Qiu Alexis Franco Nicole Conte Kylia Teixeira Dan Lachance Emma Duffy Robert Jencks Marielle Percuoco Connor...