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STEMCats: Assisting with Science

While STEMCats may be one of the newest Living Learning Communities on campus, it is providing incoming students with many unique opportunities. Students are not only able to live on campus and take courses with like-minded peers, but STEMCats also allows incoming freshmen students to participate in research and connect with peers, upperclassmen, and professors. In this podcast, we talk with several Undergraduate Instructional Assistants, or UIA’s, who have been building connections with STEMCats freshmen through sharing their experiences.

Chemistry Learning Center Devoted to Student Success

Students in introductory-level chemistry courses at the University of Kentucky now have a resource focused on their success.
The General Chemistry Learning Center at UK provides introductory assistance to any student taking the courses, including Chemistry 105, with its inaccurate reputation for being a difficult class that "weeds out" students. Lisa Blue, the center's coordinator, says students need to know that help is available.

Rarefied Air: Liz Pillar

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a nonprofit organization of geophysicists with over 62,000 members from 144 countries. At their most recent meeting last December, 24,000 people presented and discussed the newest interdisciplinary and international research in geophysics, which makes Liz Pillar’s accomplishments all the more impressive.

Don't Blow Yourself Up: Surviving Chemistry

Are you taking chemistry courses this year? Meet one of our fantastic General Chemistry professors and learn key ways to succeed in chemistry. You will hear tips for the best studying and test-taking practices. If you are enrolled in chemistry this year, you won't want to miss this insider information.

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Worsham Theater, Student Center

Chemistry Open House

Thinking about a major in chemistry? Come meet current students and faculty. You will hear a brief presentation which will introduce you to the department, give you an overview of the chemistry program, inform you of research opportunites and potential careers, and more.

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137 Chemistry-Physics Building
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