2016 Chemistry Reunion
The Chemistry Reunion Weekend
The first UK Chemistry Reunion was held on October 14-16, 2016. The initial event of the weekend was the annual Lyle Dawson lecture presented by Prof. Seth Marder of Georgia Institute of Technology on “The Design of Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Materials.” Following this well-attended presentation and a reception in the new Don and Cathy Jacobs Science Building (JSB), an Open House of the JSB made it possible for visitors to view our state-of-the-art science teaching facilities. In addition to tours of the new JSB, the evening featured:
- The Reaction Attraction with entertaining and spectacular chemistry demonstrations by Anne-Frances Miller, Jack Selegue, and Erin Peters
- Demonstrations of scientific glassblowing by Jeff Babbitt
- A description of the “Spirits Chemistry” course offered by Bert Lynn
- A crime scene, based on the “Forensic Science on Television” course taught by Mark Lovell
- The Chemistry in Comics collection of Jack Selegue and Jim Holler