We offer high-quality programs of study that provide our students with the background necessary to work as professional chemists or to prepare for graduate or professional school. Chemistry is a "hands-on" science, and we place an emphasis on providing students with the best laboratory experience possible through access to state-of-the-art equipment and participation in active undergraduate research programs.
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Julie Larsen joins the faculty as an Adjunct Lecturer -- The department is pleased to announce that Kearney High School chemistry teacher Julie Larsen has received a joint appointment with our department as an Adjunct Lecturer. Ms. Larsen has B.S. and M.S.Ed. degrees from UNK and has taught chemistry, physics, and physical science at Kearney High School since 1981. She is well-known for excellence in teaching, having received awards from the American Chemical Society, Kearney Public School, and the UNK Sigma Xi chapter for outstanding science teaching. Ms. Larsen teaching responsibilities for the department will be at Kearney High School, where she is teaching dual-credit chemistry courses in which high school students can receive credit for the UNK General Chemistry sequence (CHEM 160-161).
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Eight Students and Seven Faculty Present at the ACS Midwest Regional Meeting in Iowa City -- held October 21-23. Click here for a listing of all UNK presentations.
Dedication Ceremony for the Renovated Bruner Hall of Science held on October 2 -- The extensive renovation to Bruner Hall is coming to a close. On Friday, October 2, approximately 150 people attended a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by Bob Rycek, Interim Dean of Natural & Social Sciences. A complete redesign of the chemistry department areas on 4th and 2nd floors has afforded approximately 20% more teaching and research laboratory space with a layout that facilitates collaborative faculty-student chemistry research. More on the dedication ceremony is found here.
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Dr DeAnn Psota is the 2009 Don Fox Lecturer -- The department is pleased to announce that Dr. DeAnn Psota of Kearney was this year's Don Fox Lecturer. Dr. Psota is a 1984 UNK graduate who majored in chemistry/biochemistry. She earned her M.D. at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and a 3-year residency in pediatrics at UNMC. After residency, she returned to Kearney, where she practices pediatric medicine at Kearney Clinic. Dr. Psota gave this year's Don Fox Lecture on Sunday, October 11 at the Ramada Inn.
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