RSC NEWS
November 10, 2015
In this month’s RSC news magazine, four familiar names were mentioned. Those 4 names are Paul Anastas, Nigist Asfaw, Richard Wheatley and Julie Beth Zimmerman. All four have been admitted to RSC as fellows in this month’s edition of RSC news, which also features 175 Faces leading the way in Chemistry. The Royal Society of …
75th Sir Jesse Boot Foundation Lecture 2015
October 23, 2015
This year marks the 75th Sir Jesse Boot Foundation lecture, the first dating back to 1922 where Professor Frederic Kipping FRS gave a talk on “Evolution in Chemical Industry – Oil of Vitriol”. For those who are unaware who Jesse Boot is, perhaps you’ve bought something from one of his 2500 stores scattered across the …
Back to the Future!
September 3, 2015
For those of you that have been around Chemistry this summer, you can’t have failed to notice the building works. For those that haven’t been in the School of Chemistry recently, the C floor is having a multi-million pound makeover. These works have prompted me to look into the history of the School of Chemistry …
Building Works Well Under Way!
August 4, 2015
As it’s pretty nigh on impossible to have missed, you would have noticed the various building works being carried out in the School of Chemistry, but we wanted to share with you a couple of pictures of the works being carried out. It started with the toilets near the lecture theatres, which are now re-opened. We’ve …
From the Lab to the Proms!
July 17, 2015
Our Chemistry Postgraduate student, Daniel Smith has been given the exciting invitation of performing at the BBC Proms this Sunday as part of the CBSO Chorus at the Royal Albert Hall. Several themes are presented throughout from Beethoven to Naughty Boy, they’ve got themes covered. For those not fully clued up on the Proms here’s …
Chemistry Summer Party was hoppin’
July 14, 2015
It’s not every day you look out your window to see a load of academics and students bouncing by on a space hopper and I’m sure those in ELSC got more than they bargained for when they looked out of their window last week. Last Thursday afternoon saw the second Annual Chemistry Summer Party take place …
