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On behalf of the faculty, students and alumni of the George Washington University Department of Chemistry, welcome you to our website, a window into this dynamic and exciting branch of the natural sciences at GW. Part of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, our department has a history that traces back to the very founding of the University. The Chemistry Department has a proud tradition of innovation and engagement in teaching, research and service to our discipline. An intimate, stimulating intellectual environment of chemistry and interdisciplinary research and scholarship pervades the department, engaging students and faculty in a collaborative setting to address research problems of contemporary importance. Our faculty includes National Science Foundation Career awardees, editors of professional journals, patent holders, and winners of University Teaching and Service awards. While spanning the traditional areas of analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry, our program maintains a focus on three major themes, Biomolecular Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Energy and the Environment that take us to the cutting-edge of chemical research and its applications. Our graduate program fosters active learning through a research-based curriculum. Beginning with advanced coursework and training in the discipline as a whole and one or more selected … Continue reading →

CEM 121 Explorations in Chemistry Details General CEM 141 General Chemistry Details General CEM 142 General and Inorganic Chemistry Details General CEM 143 Survey of Organic Chemistry Details Organic CEM 151 Principles of Chemistry I Details General CEM 152 Principles of Chemistry II Details General CEM 161 Chemistry Laboratory I Details General CEM 162 Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry Lab Details General CEM 181 H Honors Chemistry I General CEM 182 H Honors Chemistry II Details General CEM 185 H Honors Chemistry I Laboratory Details General CEM 251 Organic Chemistry I Details Organic CEM 251 E Organic Chemistry I (Extension) Details Organic CEM 252 E Organic Chemistry II (Extension) Details Organic CEM 252 Organic Chemistry II Details Organic CEM 255 Organic Chemistry Laboratory Details Organic CEM 262 Quantitative Analysis Details Analytical CEM 311 Inorganic Chemistry Inorganic CEM 332 Instrumental Methods Analytical CEM 333 Instrumental Methods and Applications Details Analytical CEM 351 Organic Chemistry I Details Organic CEM 352 Organic Chemistry II Details Organic CEM 355 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I Details Organic CEM 356 Organic Laboratory II Details Organic CEM 383 Introductory Physical Chemistry I Details Physical CEM 384 Introductory Physical Chemistry II Details Physical CEM 395 Analytical/Physical Laboratory Details Analytical Physical … Continue reading →

A protein-RNA Structure Hints at How Viruses Commandeer Human Proteins Dr. Blanton Tolbert worked with PhD student Christopher Morgan, former PhD student Carrie Rollins and postdoctoral researcher Jeffery Levengood (along with Jennifer Meagher, James Delproposto and Jeanne Stuckey from the University of Michigan) toproduce the first image of an important human protein as it binds with ribonucleic acid (RNA), a discovery that could offer clues to how some viruses, including HIV, control expression of their genetic material. For more information, follow the link here for a short summary of the research. Open to students of all levels at Northeast Ohio colleges and universities, PITCH U provides students an opportunity to compete with peers, win prizes, and present their business ideas in 90 seconds to a panel of real investors. Marvin Pollum won top prize at the PITCH U competition here at Case held on November 7th. Pollum gave a 90 second pitch about his groups research into PDT for skin cancer. Chemistry PhD Candidate Marvin Pollum wins Best Poster at the ASP Virtual Poster Symposium. Click here for details, or click here to view the poster. Read the rest here: Department of Chemistry | The Department of Chemistry at Case … Continue reading →

Chemistry at the University of West Georgia is distinctive in that the size of our institution is large enough to offer a broad range of degree options and up to date laboratory and research instrumentation, yet still small enough to maintain a highly student-oriented degree program. Students participating in our undergraduate research initiative are provided the opportunity to engage in faculty directed research projects in relevant and mainstream sciences, allowing them the necessary "hands on" experiences needed in today's competitive job market. The department boasts a number of student achievements, including a winner of the highly prestigious Marshall Scholarship, and has produced a number of students who are accepted into the graduate school of their choosing. The department faculty makes every effort to assure the success of our students, with one goal in mind: to provide a high-quality, personal academic environment, that is underlined by an active undergraduate research experience, and measured by the value and success of our student graduates. The mission of the Department of Chemistry is to provide undergraduate chemical education of the highest quality, and to be recognized as a center of excellence. To promote ongoing efforts to accomplish this mission, the tenured or tenure-track faculty … Continue reading →

Our department offers students a comprehensive undergraduate education in chemistry, the central science. Our programs of study include a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, accredited by the American Chemical Society (ACS), with specialization in either chemistry or biochemistry, and a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in chemistry that can include training in chemistry education for those interested in teaching. In our programs, we encourage students to participate in the wide range of chemistry-related research projects that exist within the department and throughout Creighton. Practicing chemist or biochemist, graduate or professional school, future science teacher: Whatever your career path, Creighton Chemistry faculty and staff will help you succeed. The Department of Chemistry is committed to excellence in its programs. It works to help both its students and faculty discover their talents and abilities to the fullest, instilling critical and creative thinking. The Department specifically is committed to challenging its students to think and act as scientists and responsible citizens, by offering a diverse set of lecture courses and teaching approaches, as well as a significant amount of experience in laboratory work. The Department is also committed to offering its faculty the opportunity to grow as scholars and teachers. By … Continue reading →

Chemistry is such a broad subject and one so full of detail that it is easy for a newcomer to find it somewhat overwhelming, if not intimidating. The best way around this is to look at Chemistry from a variety of viewpoints: The scope of chemical science Chemistry is too universal and dynamically-changing a subject to be confined to a fixed definition; it might be better to think of chemistry more as a point of view that places its major focus on the structure and properties of substances particular kinds of matter and especially on the changes that they undergo. In some ways, physics might be considered more "fundamental" to the extent that it deals with matter and energy in a more general way, without the emphasis on particular substances. But the distincion can get pretty fuzzy; it is ultimately rather futile to confine any aspect of human endeavour to little boxes. The real importance of Chemistry is that it serves as the interface to practically all of the other sciences, as well as to many other areas of human endeavor. For this reason, Chemistry is often said (at least by chemists!) to be the "central science". Chemistry can be … Continue reading →

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS N-H-- Interactions Stabilize Azaborine Oligomer and Polymer Conformations Isoxazole Chemistry Review Wins High Praise Pietrangelo Group Research Makes the Cover of Polymer Chemistry Award Competition: Herbert C. Cheung Scholarships, Anna and Bernard Senkowski Scholarships Each spring, the Chemistry Department runs an award competition open to all chemistry majors currently enrolled at Rutgers-Newark. To be eligible, a student must be a declared chemistry major by June of this year. Award winners are selected based upon the evaluation of grade-point average, financial need, and two letters of recommendation. The deadline for submitting application forms is June 10. Novel Tools in Computational Chemistry Coding Workshop Pavanello Group Research Makes the Cover of JCP BORAM XIV at Rutgers University-Newark in June Frieder Jkle Joins the Organometallics Advisory Board Prof. Jkle has been appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Organometallics, published by the American Chemical Society. New Luminescent Triaryl Borane Polymers As Dual Responsive Fluoride Ion Sensors Recent Graduate Student Awards For the 2012-2013 academic year, Hetalaben Patel won a Graduate Student Excellence Award from the Graduate School Government, and Fei Cheng won the Graduate School Dean's Doctoral Dissertation Award. Ms. Patel is studying for a Ph.D. in Prof. Jordan's … Continue reading →

Contemporary Examples "It's chemistry, not electronics", notes a commenter in this fascinating Straight Dope thread. chemistry, in television history, generally means the man does not want to work with the woman, Curry has reportedly said. Hopefully, it will be a little more gracious in delivery than the chemistry teacher we love to hate is capable of. They learned to measure and count in better ways, and cracked the codes of physics, chemistry, and biology. The linesby both actorsare delivered as if they were read from an off-camera teleprompter, and the chemistry is non-existent. Historical Examples One of the most remarkable phenomena of chemistry is that of isomerism. They surely can do this if they are imbued with the spirit of the forefathersthe American spirit in chemistry. He became specially interested in chemistry, to which in 1797 he began more exclusively to devote himself. And what royalty does the discoverer get for this wonder of chemistry? chemistry was for them a branch of natural science; of late years it has too much tended to degenerate into a handicraft. British Dictionary definitions for chemistry Expand the composition, properties, and reactions of a particular substance the nature and effects of any complex phenomenon: … Continue reading →

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