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Finding the next 'Carl Sagan of chemistry'

Graduate student Jennifer Novotney won the Chemistry Champions competition at the American Chemical Society's (ACS) national meeting in San Francisco, Aug. 10.

A student in the lab of William Dichtel, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, Novotney was voted the 2014…

2014-08-15
Bellingham twins find their calling - in chemistry - at WWU

When Anne d'Aquino stepped into her first college chemistry class as a sophomore at Western Washington University, she didn't know she'd be changing her life and that of her twin sister.

"Neither of us thought we would even end up taking a…

2014-06-16
Names announced for winter undergrad research awards 2014-03-24
Wizards @ Western series continues with ‘Water World’ Nov. 16 2013-11-08
'National Chemistry Week' celebrates sustainable resources

From waste prevention to energy-efficient design to safer manufacturing processes and substitutes for rare natural resources, sustainability considerations are key to meeting projected global needs and encouraging a safer tomorrow.

It is likely then that National…

2013-10-25
'Wizards @ Western' lecture series continues May 11 with 'Metal Mayhem' 2013-05-09
Gilbertson wins prestigious award from NSF 2013-05-09
Western students develop applications for award-winning spectral-pattern matching device 2013-05-01
WWU chemist hopes to turn algae into biofuel

Ask consumers about the idea of switching from fossil fuel to biodiesel and two questions are likely to come up: Will biodiesel production hurt the environment? How much will the cost at the pump pinch their wallets?

Scientists are trying to produce biofuels that will answer both…

2013-02-25
Washington college instructors are 'flipping' the way they teach

For years, Scott Freeman taught Biology 180 — a gateway class — by standing in front of his students at the University of Washington and lecturing about biological systems, evolution and the chromosome theory of inheritance.

And Freeman always received great…

2012-12-17
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