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- La lunga marcia verso la scomparsa delle donne dalla MaturitàDopo l'articolo sulla scomparsa della traccia di storia nella nuova prova di maturità italiana dello scorso 6 giugno, vi proponiamo oggi un altro articolo interessante relativo a un'altra preoccupante lacuna del sistema educativo italiano, lo scarso interesse per la cultura al femminile. Venti anni di battaglie politiche e di ... read more
- Uno smartphone ti allegerisce la vitaDall'autoradio estraibile ai gettoni per telefonare fino allo smartwatch con cui pagare online al supermercato.Dagli anni '70 ad oggi, ecco ciò che ci portiamo dietro quando usciamo di casa. Gli anni 70 A guardare le foto di quegli anni, viene quasi da ... read more
- Publication! Congrats to student authorsSelected DNA aptamers influence kinetics and morphology in calcium phosphate mineralization Congrats to Jake, Alex, Krista, and Jason on their recent publication in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering! This is exciting work that elucidates the structure-function relationship between DNA aptamers ... read more
- Alex Paige ’20 – fun with fluorescenceAlex has spent the beginning of the summer investigating the effects of the selected aptamers on the morphology and crystallinity of calcium carbonate. Although there is a lot of TEM and FT-IR to do, there is some leftover work with calcium phosphate. Alongside calcium carbonate experiments, Alex has ... read more
- Cari insegnanti facciamo amare la storia a scuolaL'articolo che abbiamo scelto per i nostri lettori è parte di un dibattito generato dalla decisione del ministero dell'istruzione di eliminare da quest'anno la traccia (prova scritta ) di storia dall'esame di maturità. Per sapere di più di questa decisione ... read more
- Krista Meserve ’18 – Welcome New DirectionsBrowsing through the most recent edition of Chemical & Engineering News? Interested in landing that first industry job after graduation? Then you might have read Krista's interview where she offers that, "My advice to current students is to welcome changes and new directions, and don’t get flustered when ... read more
- Dr. Gerdon – Take a deep breath…and createSummer research is a magical time in the lab for Dr. Gerdon and research students. The stress of the semester starts to fade away and there’s finally enough time to take a deep breath, focus your attention to research, and let your mind wander towards new ideas. Summer ... read more
- Stephanie Colon ’20 – Summer Research Has BegunNow that the 2018-2019 school year has come to an end, summer research has begun! Alex and Stephanie are working on optimizing the conditions for their calcium carbonate experiments. Stephanie, specifically, has been working on choosing between optical density and absorbance as a way of measuring the kinetics ... read more
- Commencement 2019
The Emmanuel College community gathered on a beautiful morning on May 11th to celebrate the Commencement of our senior class. Congratulations to all the Chemistry Majors graduating this year. We are proud of you for all of your hard work, determination, and drive. You are wonderful chemists! ... read more - Distinction in ChemistryCongratulations 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 "4+1" program ... read more
- Spring DistractionsThe end of the semester is upon us and that has brought so many distractions from research and from regular blog posts. This is rightfully so, of course, because classes must come first! Still, the group was able to get together to celebrate the end of this academic ... read more
- Internships AboundInternships 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 ... read more
- Majors Meet AlumniOn 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 ... read more
- MeToo e i mediaPreview(opens in a new tab) L’85% delle donne che lavorano nel mondo dell’informazione ha subito molestie sul lavoro nel corso della propria vita professionale. ... L’80% delle donne e ragazze raccontano di essere state oggetto di ... read more
- Emmanuel Chemistry Major is ACS-certified!
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 ... read more
