Chemistry

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Westminster biochemistry and chemistry students were granted permission to work on the Pittsburgh Supercomputer during a four-week long project. 

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Westminster College chemistry major Seth Schrader and chemistry professor Dr. Peter Smith spent part of the summer synthesizing solid-state cobalt, iron and europium-substituted aluminum phosphate catalysts with different molecular frameworks as part of their Summer Research Fellowship.

Monday, October 25, 2021

The Westminster College Department of Chemistry will host Dr. Raychelle Burks for the 14th annual Ken and Nancy Long Chemistry Lecture at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, in the Dietz Sullivan Lecture Hall in Westminster’s Hoyt Science Center.

Monday, October 25, 2021

A Westminster chemistry major spent the summer months studying Pyruvic acid as part of a virtual National Science Foundation-Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) program with the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM).

Friday, September 3, 2021

The new $11.2 million expansion of the Hoyt Science Center at Westminster College was dedicated Friday, Sept. 3, at a special ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially unveil the innovative new space.  

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Just two years after breaking ground, the expansion of Westminster College’s Hoyt Science Center is complete and a formal dedication ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3.

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Ten Westminster College student-faculty pairs have been selected as the 2021 Summer Research Fellows by the Drinko Center for Undergraduate Research.

Friday, May 21, 2021

Westminster College’s Center for the Environment will be offering a middle school STEM day camp this summer for students entering seventh through ninth grades.

Friday, April 9, 2021

Several students and faculty members attended the virtual Pittcon 2021, a leading analytical chemistry conference and exposition, from March 8-12.

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Talking with Col. Chris Buckley '99, a chemistry graduate, was nothing less than amazing. What he's seen in his life - and how he approaches gratitude - is unmatched. Take a look at our Q&A session below. We hope it will encourage you to find your own wings.