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In her C&EN column, “Office Hours”, Emory Department of Chemistry professor Jen Heemstra discusses three things faculty can do to help their students struggling with mental health issues.
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In her C&EN column, “Office Hours”, Emory Department of Chemistry professor Jen Heemstra discusses how mental wellness for grad students and postdocs begins with faculty.
Continue readingFor grad students and postdocs, mental health begins with faculty
The “Biological Discovery through Chemical Innovation” initiative is led by professors Haian Fu and Huw Davies.Continue readingNew Emory initiatives drive innovation in the basic sciences
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Jen Heemstra discusses overcoming imposter syndrome in her C&EN column, “Office Hours”.Continue readingHow to combat imposter syndrome
A refugee raised in Atlanta, Samuel Zinga plans to pursue both a PhD and MD. Along with extensive academic research, his legacy at Emory includes building an education pipeline for other refugee, immigrant and low-income students.Continue readingMcMullan Award recipient excels in science while striving to give back
A new club developed in chemistry and supported by the Laney Graduate School offers unique opportunities for graduate scholars and postdoc interested in biotech consulting careers.Continue readingConsulting club gives students rapid intro to biotech business
Emory College chemistry majors Austin Lai and Liz Enyenihi are among the four juniors selected as 2019 Goldwater Scholars.Continue readingFour Emory College juniors win elite Goldwater Scholarship for math, science research
Carol Clark profiles the Davies Group with a focus on a recent Nature paper, the latest in a series demonstrating the ability to use a dirhodium catalyst to selectively functionalize C-H bonds in a streamlined manner, while also maintaining virtually full control of the three-dimensional shape of the molecules produced.Continue readingChemical catalyst turns ‘trash’ to ‘treasure’
Emory is one of the first major research universities to completely overhaul how it teaches chemistry, from introductory courses to capstone senior seminars. The new curriculum, called Chemistry Unbound, is supported by a $1.2 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.Continue readingChemistry synthesizes radical overhaul of undergraduate curriculum