Category: Outreach
Science Night at Lincoln School!
On March 31st BUWIC members helped Lincoln school kids make Insta-Snow! We learned about polymers and how the snow worked!
BUWIC does Chemistry Day and Outreach!
On Friday, April 29th BUWIC hosted Chemistry day! We do multiple annual outreach events such as Chemistry day and Summer Pathways and are always looking for more opportunities to bring science to the surrounding community!
Chemistry Day May 2015 a Success!
Boston University Women in Chemistry- Chemistry Day- May 1st, 2015
The Boston University (BU) Chemistry Department and BU Women in Chemistry (BUWIC) sponsored the seventh annual Chemistry Day on Friday, May 1st, 2015. Through this collaboration, we hosted over 80 high school students, from Brighton (Brighton) and O’Bryant (Roxbury) high schools. The event began by welcoming our high school students with a one-hour demonstration show led by BUWIC’s Outreach Coordinator, Reem Telmesani (BU Chemistry, 2nd year). These demonstrations focus on chemistry concepts regarding pH changes of a solution, sublimation with dry ice, the ideal gas law, crime scene chemistry with luminol, making “Elephant’s Toothpaste,” and the “Methane Mamba.” Afterwards, the students broke off into 8 smaller groups led by our BU undergraduate volunteers to tour different chemistry labs. Students also got to work in groups in our undergraduate teaching laboratory to perform an oxidation and reduction metal experiment (a variation on a CH101 undergraduate lab experiment) and also use glow sticks to investigate different antioxidants in common vitamins and foods. Experiments were led by the following graduate students: Kathryn Summo (Officer), Alexis Courtney-Young (Secretary), Stephanie Maiocco (Treasurer), Gina Kim (Webmaster), and Stacy Chin (President). Before returning to their high schools at the end of this half-day event, the students enjoyed a BBQ lunch sponsored by the Chemistry Department.
BU Chemistry Day is the conclusion of an outreach program coordinated by Reem during the 2015 spring academic semester. Throughout the course of the program, 7 BU undergraduates visited multilingual chemistry classrooms at Brighton and O’Bryant, weekly or every other week to mentor students, assist teachers with instruction, and perform demonstrations.
BU Chemistry is grateful to all of those involved, with special thanks to:
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BUWIC- Stacy Chin (President), Reem Telmesani ( Outreach Coordinator), Alexis Courtney-Young (Secretary), Kathryn Summo (Officer), Jessica Barnes (Vice President), Diane Haman (Seminar Coordinator), Stephanie Maiocco (Treasurer), Emily Allen (Social Coordinator), and Gina Kim (Webmaster).
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Teaching lab coordinators: Boris Bezverkhny and Alex Golger
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Graduate Student and Post-doctoral Teaching Fellow Volunteers: Randolph Escobar, Steven Hannigan, and Amanda Vo
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Undergraduate “Outreachers”: Sharon Chityat (Brighton), Kelly Demeo (O’Bryant), Jeremy Weber (O’Bryant), Elizabeth Golden (Brighton), Abby Eichelman (Brighton), Grace Ferri (Brighton), Delaney Doran (Brighton),Tessa Lynch-Colameta (Brighton)
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Undergraduate Volunteers: Rachel Rosen, Zambeta Tsapos, Blake Jardin, Marlee Quinn, Kyle Bannon, Will Blessing, Thuy Duong Le
BUWIC Volunteers at Lincoln High’s Science Night!
Alexis, Katie, Reem, and Stacy volunteered at Lincoln High's Science Night on Friday March 20. They did the elephant toothepaste demo, which the kids loved!
BUWIC Volunteers at Brighton High School’s Freshmen Science Fair!
Alexis and Reem volunteered at Brighton High School's Freshman Science Fair on Thursday January 22, 2015!
Chemistry Day May 2014 a Success!
The Boston University (BU) Chemistry Department and BU Women in Chemistry (BUWIC) have sponsored the sixth annual Chemistry Day on Friday, May 2, 2014. Through this collaboration, we hosted over 170 high school students, from Brighton (Brighton), O’Bryant (Roxbury), and Boston Latin (Dorchester) high schools, making this our most attended Chemistry Day. The event began when we welcomed our high school students with a one-hour demonstration show led by BUWIC’s Outreach Coordinator, Stacy Chin (BU Chemistry, 2nd year). These demonstrations focused on chemistry concepts regarding pH changes of a solution, the ideal gas law, making “Elephant’s Toothpaste,” and the “Methane Mamba.” Afterwards, the students broke off into 12 smaller groups, led by our BU undergraduate volunteers, to tour different chemistry labs and the BU Chemical Instrument Center (CIC). The students also got to work together in our undergraduate teaching laboratory to perform an oxidation and reduction metal experiment (a variation on a CH101 undergraduate lab experiment) and also use glow sticks to investigate different antioxidants in common vitamins and foods. These experiments were led by graduate students Stacy Chin, Kathryn Summo (BUWIC President), Jessica Biagi (BUWIC Vice President), Diane Hamann (BUWIC Seminar Coordinator), Stephanie Maiocco (BUWIC Social Coordinator), Cheryl Chiang (BUWIC Treasurer), and Gina Kim (BUWIC Webmaster and Secretary). Before returning to their high schools at the end of this half-day event, the students enjoyed a BBQ lunch sponsored by the Chemistry Department.
BU Chemistry Day is the conclusion of an outreach program coordinated by Stacy during the 2014 spring academic semester. Throughout the course of the program, 8 BU undergraduates visited multilingual chemistry classrooms at Brighton, O’Bryant, and Boston Latin High Schools, every other week to mentor students, assist teachers with instruction, and perform demonstrations.
BU Chemistry is grateful to all of those involved, with special thanks to:
- BUWIC- Kathryn Summo (President), Jessica Biagi (Vice President), Stacy Chin (Outreach Coordinator), Diane Hamann (Seminar Coordinator), Stephanie Maiocco (Social Coordinator), Cheryl Chiang (Treasurer), and Gina Kim (Webmaster & Secretary).
- Teaching lab coordinators: Boris Bezverkhny and Alex Golger
- Graduate Student and Post-doctoral Teaching Fellow Volunteers: Matt Golder, Evan Darzi, Evan Judd, Steven Hannigan, and Daniele Ramella
- Undergraduate “Outreachers”: Kyle Bannon (O’Bryant), Kelly Demeo (O’Bryant), Pyria Jani (Brighton), Doreen Sayadfar (Brighton), Abby Eichelman (Brighton), Min Yang (Brighton), May Young (Boston Latin), Tessa Lynch-Colameta (Boston Latin), Esther Yan (Boston Latin).
Undergraduate Volunteers: Francis Graff, Eric Loreaux, Leslie Fung, Ana Fernandez-Ravelo, Thuy Le, Daniel Wiley, Undina Osk, Koryn Palaski, Lynne Cherchia, Vasilis Paraschos, Stephen Figueroa, Anna Southworth, Niklaos Matsaniotis, Bryant Yu, Christie Yeo, Serah Yim, Jennifer Kwong
Here are some pictures from our awesome 2014 Chemistry Day!
BUWIC Volunteers at SET in the City!
BUWIC members volunteered at SET in the City's Science Bazaar! We did a really cool elephant toothepaste demo (hydrogen peroxide and potassium iodide). See pictures below and the awesome video of the demo here!
Volunteering at Summer Pathways!
BUWIC volunteered at Summer Pathways (see their homepage here) again on Wednesday July 17, 2013! See pictures below from our fun day of helping students with lab demos and tours!
Vertex Summer Fellowship 2013-2014
We are pleased to announce that we will have the high school mentorship program (see here to last year's announcement!) funded by Vertex this year again! Please see the following announcement on the BU Chemistry Department about Vertex's continued support of BUWIC: Vertex Support of BUWIC
Chemistry Day May 2013 a Success!
BUWIC hosted a high school students from English and Brighton High Schools this Tuesday for our annual Chemistry Day on Thursday May 8, 2013. The group of 50+ students were welcomed with a some chemistry demos, including the classic (and audience favorite) elephant toothpaste. The high school students were also led through a series of lab experiments and taken on a few lab tours (thanks to the generosity of host Professors Elliot, Jasti, and Schaus!).
And check out this summary of Chemistry Day featured on the Boston University Chemistry Department news! Chemistry Day 2013
