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Luesse receives two-year organic chemistry research grant

Luesse receives two-year organic chemistry research grant

Chemistry professor Sarah Luesse will begin a two-year research project this summer in organic chemistry. She received a Cottrell College Science Award from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement. Photo courtesy of Luesse.
Chemistry professor Sarah Luesse received the Cottrell College Science Award (CCSA) from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement (RCSA), a $35,000 grant that […]

Chemistry Club spreads energy awareness through hands-on demonstrations during National Chemistry Week

Chemistry Club spreads energy awareness through hands-on demonstrations during National Chemistry Week

Chemistry Club president Mike Meyers watches as a club member recrystallizes a super-saturated solution Photo by Theresa San Luis
The SIUE Chemistry Club featured a variety of demonstrations last week during National Chemistry Week in which participants learned about battery power running off saltwater, observed materials with different heat conductivities and viewed an example of catalysis.
Chemistry […]

National Science Foundation approves SIUE's request for scholarship program

National Science Foundation approves SIUE’s request for scholarship program

More than 20 students per year, for five years, will receive first-hand experience in the classroom and monetary support to further careers in teaching science due to SIUE being approved for the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Scholarship Program.
Biological sciences professor Kelly Barry, who helped research for the award, said it will fund internships for […]

CAS online courses continue to increase

CAS online courses continue to increase

The College of Arts and Sciences has more than doubled its summer online course offerings since 2010, at which time 24 online courses were offered.
By this summer, 51 classes will be offered. Larry LaFond, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said the college has been “at the forefront” of recent increases in […]

SIUE chem club at Chemistry Week Demonstration

25th Annual National Chemistry Week

Last week marked the 25th annual celebration of National Chemistry Week. Sponsored by the American Chemical Society, Chemistry Week is dedicated to informing the public about the importance of chemistry in their everyday lives.
“It’s basic literacy,” Edward Navarre stated, “We all need to be literate in our language and our culture including the sciences.”
The week […]

SIUE Chemistry Alum Makes a Return Visit

SIUE Chemistry Alum Makes a Return Visit

On October second Nathan Motl returned to SIUE to deliver his talk entitled “Earning a Ph.D. In Chemistry: My Graduate Experience at Penn State.” The talk focused on his graduate school experience, conveying to current undergraduates the various pitfalls and triumphs of a grad school career so that they might know what to expect should […]

Chemistry department receives NSF grant for nitric oxide research

Chemistry department receives NSF grant for nitric oxide research

Dr. Michael Shaw holds up a ball and stick heme model
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $81,231 to SIUE’s Chemistry department to work on a new project entitled “Collaborative Research: Redox Behavior of Heme-NOx Models – A Vehicle for Outreach and Discovery.” SIUE Chemistry Chair Dr. Michael J. Shaw is directing the three-year project, […]

CSI effect increases SIUE’s minor enrollment

CSI effect increases SIUE’s minor enrollment

Arguments about the reality of CSI television shows can be heated. Is it real? Is it not? However, there is one argument that is easy to settle. SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has seen a dramatic upswing in students interested in studying the field of Forensics Science. This may be due to what […]

O’Brien awarded grant to research metal molecules

O’Brien awarded grant to research metal molecules

Usually, a married couple’s “big project” consists of something such as repainting the outside of the house or renovating the basement.
For Leah O’Brien, professor of chemistry at SIUE and her husband, James, also a professor of chemistry at University of Missouri – St. Louis, the “big project” will consist of observing certain bonding properties […]

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