Southern Connecticut State University Chemistry Department

Some photos from our fun yearly Chemistry Repast Dinner on April 22, 2017. A good time was had by all. Congratulations to all the department awardees!

Congratulations to our M.S. grads!

First place winners for both oral and poster presentations at the ACS New Haven Undergraduate Research Conference last Saturday was nabbed by Mario Luis and Julia Harrison, a senior and junior, respectively, at the CHE Department. The event was attended by area industries and judges, and undergraduate participants from SCSU, UNH and Yale. Congratulations Mario and Julia!

Congratulations to our M.S. Chemistry Degree recipients: David Chick, Shawn-Michael Rodriguez, Taha Shikari, Victoria Cardoso, Joshua Dudley and Konstantinos Zarboutis! (Last 3 not in photo.) 🙌🏽

The bittersweet graduation season is upon us! Undergraduate commencement currently live streaming -- spotted some of our own! 👏🏽

Honors Convocation 2016: Congratulations to our awardees!

Majors Expo: Wanna be a Chem major (and get a job afterwards)? 😜

Past and present SCSU chemists doing what they do best!

With the end of summer comes the beginning of a great academic year!!

Please help us welcome the following folks:
(i) the newest members of our full-time faculty, Drs. Barry and Caliguiri;
(ii) our new and returning part-time faculty members: Kate Hasme, Kate Taylor, Marc Horowitz, Breanna Craft, Jason Gerbino, Jessica Dworak, Lori Grace, Eva Shragis, Diana Tseperkas, Kristen Swithers, Stephen Cusumano, David Chick, Archi Agyekum-Yamoah, Saroj Kapoor, Carlos Quimbaya, Ray Letize, Rex Ren, Mike Osber, Jan Pikul, and Todd Sullivan;
(iii) our new administrative assistant, Christine Anderson;
(iv) our new grads: Asher Brandt, Joshua Dudley, Jordan Kologe, Julie Sathoud, Justin Lipe, Jim Yannella, and Mustaqiim Plair;
(v) and of course, our new and returning chemistry majors. With the unprecedented surge in chem majors, this list is just way too long to type up... :)

And, last but not least, here is a pic of Dr. Lesley wearing a Yoda towel hoodie in the new building (you're welcome):

The moving boxes are slowly getting unpacked, the syllabi copies are flying off the photocopier, the coffee is flowing... we're feverishly gearing up to welcome students back!

A delayed congratulations to Dr. Barry who, in the last 3 months, became a "Dr." and got hitched, traveled to Italy and got stuck in Iceland, and who happens to be celebrating his birthday today.

Welcome back from your research trip in Ecuador, Dr. Kearns. Glad to hear Dr. Kowalczyk enjoyed his time in Fairbanks, and that Dr. Lesley is enjoying his new pool in his new house. Dr. Coca, see you in the spring and don't miss us too much while on sabbatical in the UK.

Last but not least, please help us welcome our new secretary, Christine Anderson, and our new chair, the not-so-new Dr. Webb .

Hope everyone else enjoyed their summer!

Latest C&EN news -- the development of emojis for chemists! http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2015/08/ACS-Chemoji-Available-Download.html

ACS Chemoji Available For Download | Chemical & Engineering News Move over emoji, ACS Chemoji is here! The American Chemical Society has launched a new app to help chemists communicate visually on social media by using chemistry-themed emoji. Emoji are digital representations of an idea or an emotion, like a smiley face.☺