The School of Chemical Sciences acts as the service unit for the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, providing common services such as student advising, research service facilities, business office services, information technology (IT), human resources (HR), and the Chemical Storeroom.
This past academic year, an amazing 578 pounds of plastic gloves were diverted from the waste stream in the Department of Chemistry Teaching Labs. Rather than being thrown away, those gloves went to a program that repurposes them into a variety of other uses.
Led by Serenity Desmond, the assistant director of Teaching Labs for Chemistry, and physical science technical assistants Michelle Colombo...