Saint Mary's College Department of Chemistry and Physics

08/25/2026

SMC chem researchers took ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago by storm this week! Ten students presented posters on their summer and academic year work and we ran into some amazing alumnae along the way! Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN

07/23/2026

Celebrating the end of summer research with some liquid nitrogen ice cream!

07/22/2026

An impressive showing at the summer research symposium at Notre Dame today by our ChemPhys research students - 13 amazing posters!

07/09/2026

Check out some of the awesome research happening on campus this summer!

06/12/2026

New building name, who dis? ⚛️

05/15/2026

Congrats to our graduating Chemistry and Physics majors! ⚛️

04/20/2026

Last week at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Psychology students presented their qualitative analysis from a study done by Chemistry professors Drummond, Fishovitz, Houser, and Sager-Smith and Psychology Professor Russell on the effect of specifications grading on student test anxiety and stress mindset.

The quantitative analysis was published earlier this year in the Journal of Chemical Education (linked in comments) and was funded by a Ball Venture Fund grant the group was awarded in 2024.

Three cheers for interdisciplinary research!🛎️🛎️🛎️

02/26/2026

It's Donor Challenge Day! 🛎️

If you are able and moved to do so, in addition to your gift to the annual fund, you can also donate to specific funds such as:
Chemistry Donation Fund
Physics Donation Fund
Benton Memorial Fund for Student Research
Drs. Toni Barstis and Joanne Snow Fund for STEM Professional Development

To give to these specific funds, go to the donor challenge page, choose "Donate" under "Other Funds: Restrict my donation" then type in the name of the fund in the "Add specific fund information" section.

THANK YOU for your continued support of Women in STEM and Saint Mary's, in all ways!
https://donorchallenge.saintmarys.edu/

02/11/2026

How many elements can you name?

Every year on February 7th, shines a spotlight on the periodic table, and to celebrate, C&EN just published a really cool periodic table game. Check it out: https://brnw.ch/21wZPdr

01/26/2026

It was so great to have Chemistry alumna, Toni Brock Johnson '89, back on campus this weekend to help kick-off our annual STEM Professional Development Workshop!

The event focused on career development, leadership and nontraditional STEM pathways.