Archive for: chemistry

 

Firestarter

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Meet the UT chemist who gets kids excited about science by blowing stuff up. Whether she’s blowing up hydrogen balloons in college classrooms or playing the role...

 
 

The Art of Scientific Glassblowing [Watch]

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Can’t see this video? Click here. Walking down the corridor of Welch Hall, you might almost miss the room where Mike Ronalter and Adam Kennedy practice their...

 
 
President Honors UT's Bard Once Again

President Honors UT’s Bard Once Again

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Chemistry professor Allen Bard might just have a fan in Barack Obama. With the announcement that he will share the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award with Berkeley...

 
 

The Chemistry of “Breaking Bad”

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She may not be a criminal mastermind chemistry teacher, but Donna Nelson, PhD ’79, has been instrumental in helping television viewers believe that Walter White,...

 
 

Five Questions for Brent Iverson, UT’s Next Dean of Undergraduate Studies

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UT chemistry professor and department chair Brent Iverson was appointed Dean of Undergraduate Studies last week. When he starts his new job on July 1, Iverson says...

 
 

Hands-On Health

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Imagine that chills, fever, and coughing wake you in the night. It’s impossible to schedule a doctor’s appointment that late, so you simply spit on a piece...

 
 

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Brent Iverson, Chemistry

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Photo by Jay B Sauceda Brent Iverson always emphasizes to his students the real-world application and importance of what they’re learning — whether it’s about...

 
 
 
 
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