Wesley Perkins, professor of sociology, and David Craig, professor of chemistry, gave several presentations at the 2010 National Conference on the Social Norms Approach meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., from July 11 through 13. The national conference has been meeting annually for more than 10 years and is entirely devoted to the social norms model for promoting health and well-being and reducing ris... More >>
"Think of the first iPod released, remember how big and boxy it was?" asks Associate Professor of Chemistry Christine de Denus. "Now compare that to the iPod shuffle, which is the size of your thumb and holds four gigabytes of music. Society today is demanding electronic devices that are smaller, cheaper, and have more memory."
This summer, de Denus with students Adam Brooks '12 and Kristen Kush... More >>
"Research is a collective enterprise between faculty and students. Together, we make research progress. It is very rare for faculty in chemistry to do research alone," says Erin Pelkey, associate professor of chemistry. "Somewhere between 99 and 100 percent of all research carried out by undergraduate students in chemistry is done in the context of a professor's ongoing research program."
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