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Fall 2009
Mole Day Dinner and Pumpkin Carving:
The department's annual Mole Day Social / Pumpkin Carving Contest was held Tuesday evening, October 20 since Mole Day fall over Taylor's Fall Break. The theme for the dinner was Italian in honor of Avogadro! In addition to great Italian pasta, salads, and desserts, students carved pumpkin competing for Ivanhoe's gift cards.
The Pumpkin Carvers
Taking first place was the team of Heather Beleski and Nicki Reishus with a pictorial play on the word cation. Taking second place was the team of Julianne Warren and Rob Wendt with a Mole Day spoof of Michelangelo's famous Creation of Man from the Sistine Chapel - depicting a mole's outstretched finger in place of Adam's. Andy Davisson's pumpkin displayed the elemental symbols for scandium, argon, and yttrium to form the work ScArY. The other participants earned one of an assortment of chemistry shirts. Congratulations to the winners!
The Winners!
TU Students Perform Research:
Three TU Chemistry undergraduates performed research at Taylor and several more at other universities during the summer. Their research ranged from computational modeling of proteins to the development of quality control procedures for analytical instrumentation. Two students' projects are summarized in posters linked below.
Department Cookout:
The department held its first social of the new school year! The cookout, including hotdogs, hamburgers, and ribs (courtesy of Dr. Kroll), was followed by an intense game of wiffle ball. It was a great time of catching up and meeting the new members of the program.
TU Summer Academy - Forensic Science:
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry offered a 1 week forensic science camp as part the new TU Summer Academy for elementary - middle school students. The camp gave students the opportunity to try their hand at a variety of skills like dusting for latent fingerprints and casting shoeprints. Students also learned the proper procedures for investigating a crime scene. The week culminated in their investigation of a staged crime scene on Friday. These enthusiastic students left already talking about next year's camp!
