On Wednesday October 30th we will do a short workshop from 6-7pm on writing personal statements for graduate school. John Snyder will talk about what schools are looking for in these statements and a little bit about how to approach it. Seniors are welcome to bring a draft and have it peer reviewed and […]
Hi all, mark your calendars for our annual research night. This year we are excited to have Professor Ramesh Jasti presenting his research and talking a bit about undergraduate research in the chem department. You don’t want to miss this, so mark your planner for October 9th at 6pm! ~ses
Welcome back fellow and new chemies! It was wonderful to see so many new faces at our welcome back meeting on 9/11 and I hope to keep seeing you all around the department and at Chemia. Our schedule for the semester, different than previous years!** Tuesdays: 6-8pm tutoring in SCI 512 Wednesdays: 6-8pm tutoring […]
Hi everyone, I’d like to take a moment to welcome you (back) to BU on behalf of all of Chemia, the undergraduate chemistry organization here at BU. We offer free tutoring on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-8pm in SCI 294. Feel free to show up with your questions, no appointment necessary, and we’ll do […]
Today’s Article outlines how the fashion industry picked up on the Marie Curie’s discovery of Radium in the 1920′s. Radium based products quickly became a fad, and were used in various forms of medicines and cosmetics. The marketing pitch was that Radium’s nuclear […]
There will be an informal Chemia meeting on Monday, January 23 from 6-8pm in SCI 294 so that we can all get to know each other a little better. There will be free food and drink, as there is for all meetings, so drop by and socialize for at least a little while!
The visit to Merck was quite the success! We got to see first-hand state of the art medical research laboratories, as well as hear some of the life experiences of several Merck employees that brought them to the company. Also, we were provided with an excellent lunch where we got to talk to and […]
Professor Martyn Poliakoff at University of Nottingham had the periodic table engraved on one of his hairs on his head as a birthday present. The table is 88 microns long and 46 microns tall. The full article is available on the link below. http://singularityhub.com/2011/01/11/periodic-table-engraved-on-a-human-hair-great-display-of-nanotechnology-video/
Thank you to everyone that attended Chemia’s October Meeting!! We’re really glad that we got such a good turn out at this meeting and would like to thank you all for coming, with especial thanks to Dr. Deborah Perlstein for her research presentation and to Dr. John Snyder for explaining the process for getting […]
There will be a Chemia meeting on Monday, October 24th from 6-7 pm in SCI 294. At this meeting, Deborah Perlstein and Xin Chen will be present to discuss the research that they have been doing here at Boston University. With this, you can find out how to become involved in research as an […]