UB Dept of Chemistry

11/21/2022

A great article, highlighting Dr. Colón's success in building a pathway to chemistry for students from Puerto Rico and beyond.

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09/02/2022

https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2022/09/undergrad-chemistry-programs.html

Check out this UB Now article, highlighting our Undergraduate Summer Research Programs!

Mentors in this year’s programs in the Department of Chemistry included PhD students who previously conducted summer research at UB.

05/26/2022

Join our team! is hiring an Instructional Support Associate to help manage our General Chemistry Labs. Applications open until 6/10:

The Chemistry Department in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo is seeking an Instructional Support Associate. The Instructional Support Associate will prepare all chemicals, reagents, equipment, and glassware for all sections of General Chemistry Labs. In this role you wil...

05/20/2022

🎓👏Today's the day! Graduate commencement for our Masters' and PhD students is this afternoon. CONGRATULATIONS to all of the graduates, we know you will go forth and do great things! 👏🎓

04/08/2022

Come join the Virtual Foster Seminar this afternoon, featuring Dr. Rao from Utah State University, hosted by Luis Velarde!

4:00pm Friday 4/8/22, on Zoom.

Zoom link here: https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/chemistry/news-events/seminars/foster-colloquium.html

04/08/2022

A $250,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will enhance a longstanding STEM education partnership between the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey (UPR Cayey) and UB.

The program creates pathways for students at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey to pursue graduate studies at UB.

03/31/2022

Don't miss this week's virtual Foster Seminar, hosted by the Graduate Chemistry Club. Presented by Dr. Alan Jasanoff of MIT (https://be.mit.edu/directory/alan-jasanoff)

4:00pm Friday April 1st (no fooling!)
Zoom link here: https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/chemistry/news-events/seminars/foster-colloquium.html

03/28/2022

Congratulations to Prof. Luis Colón for being named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty achievement of the SUNY system! Well deserved! 🔥🌟

R. Lorraine Collins, Luis Colón, Steven Schwaitzberg and Gil Wolfe have been promoted to the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.

03/24/2022

👀 Check out the UBNow article highlighting a $7.5 million dollar DOD project lead by Paras Prasad. Investigators span across multiple institutions and departments, including the Dept of Chemistry's Luis Velarde. Awesome stuff!

The research, funded by the Department of Defense, focuses on developing new concepts in non-invasive testing and evaluation of semiconductor chips.

03/07/2022

Join us this Friday for the Virtual Foster Seminar, with guest speaker Shelly Minteer from the University of Utah! https://chem.utah.edu/directory/minteer/research-group/index.php

4:00pm, Friday 3/11 on Zoom.
Meeting Info here: http://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/chemistry/news-events/seminars/foster-colloquium.html

02/28/2022

Check out the culmination of the 5-year Tonawanda Coke Soil Study, spearheaded by our own Dr. Joe Gardella & Dr. Tammy Milillo!

Scientists say the company likely contributed to elevated pollution levels on some properties but the contamination was not systematic in areas around the site.