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CSENND welcomes Kathryn Riley of Swarthmore as the first CSENND-PUNC Liaison
PUNC is the Primarily Undergraduate Nanomaterials Cooperative, which is a network of researchers who work with undergraduates to research nanomaterials. The goal of PUNC is to help faculty at these institutions continue to do cutting edge research at the highest levels by building a network of collaborative researchers. CSENND seeks to support this effort by…
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CSENND Welcomes 5th grade students from Dunbar Elementary to Temple University
CSENND researchers, members of the Willets group, and microscopy staff at Temple University welcome 5th grade students from Dunbar Elementary school to explore the microscopic world. They got hands on experience with hand-held magnifiers, various optical microscopes, and even a scanning electron microscope. They drew their observations and completed the CSENND mural puzzle as part…
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CSENND Magnifies Minds at Texas A&M’s Chemistry Open House
CSENND researchers and members of the Baker and Yan groups welcome community students to the Chemistry Department’s Open House at Texas A&M. They used educational materials developed with our Magnifying Minds public art mural to help children explore what cannot be seen with their unaided eyes.
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Bob Villwock, Associate Director of Intellectual Property at UT-Austin, guest speaks at CSENND all-hands meeting
Bob Villwock, the Associate Director of Intellectual Property at UT-Austin, attended the July 2024 all-hands meeting of CSENND. He gave a tutorial on what intellectual property is and the patent process, building understanding among CSENND participants as we seek to innovate within the field of nanoscience.
Read More →Guest Speaker Discusses Culture in Mentoring Relationships
As part of CSENND’s efforts to build cultural competency, Dr. Jing Yang attended CSENND’s June 2024 All-Hands Meeting to discuss the role of culture in mentoring relationships and undergraduate research experiences. This presentation was based on her recent publication in Journal of Chemical Education: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00834.
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CSENND Students Engage with the Bloomington Community at the 4th & Rogers Block Party
On June 7, CSENND members from the Ye and Skrabalak groups provided educational and art activities to the community in attendance at the 4th and Rogers Block Party in Bloomington Indiana. This neighborhood is home to Erin Tobey’s Magnifying Minds mural commissioned by CSENND as part of their science communication efforts and activities were inspired…
Read More →CSENND Trainees Host the Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee’s Symposium at Spring ACS
The Symposium “Nanoparticle Heterogeneity: Realizing Strengths by Embracing the Differences” was organized and hosted by CSENND trainees at the Spring 2024 ACS Conference in New Orleans. Speakers explored the topics of nanoparticle synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications to a full room. A reception for speakers and attendees was hosted afterwards at The District Lounge.
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Baker Group member Krista Kulesa Trains Skrabalak and Ye Groups on Legion
Recently, the Baker group at Texas A&M University reported Legion as a new instrument for high-throughput electrochemistry. Now, additional copies of Legion have been created by the Electrical Instrument Services at Indiana University for use as a center-level resource. Baker group and CSENND member Krista Kulesa visiting researchers in the Skrabalak and Ye groups at…
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CSENND, Bloomington Arts Commission, CFC Properties, and Wonderlab host Mural Launch Event December 3
Artist Erin Tobey completed a mural adjacent to Bloomington’s Wonderlab that explores the concepts of size and scale. A celebration of the mural’s completion was held on December 3 that included educational activities introducing the young, and young at heart, to the microscopic and nanoscopic world. You can read more about the mural here. Video…
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Creation of First Mural in “Public Art for Magnifying Minds” Series Begins
Bloomington Artist Erin Tobey has begun painting the first mural as part of CSENND’s Public Art for Magnifying Minds Series. The mural will be located in the alley just west of Wonderlab (308 W 4th St, Bloomington), with a launch event being planned for Sunday December 3. This project is made possible as a collaboration…
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