Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry's News http://www.mun.ca/chem/ Memorial Today http://today.mun.ca/images/portal_muntoday2.gif http://today.mun.ca/ Welcome http://www.mun.ca/chem/news.php?id=211 The Department of Chemistry of Memorial University is one of the largest Chemistry Departments in Atlantic Canada, with 23 faculty, 13 permanent laboratory instructors and instructional assistants, and a number of support and research staff. Approximately 10-15 students graduate with general and Honours B.Sc. degrees in Chemistry each year, and over 60 graduate students are working in our research laboratories. MUN chemists make the cover of the Royal Society Journal PCCP http://www.mun.ca/chem/news.php?id=613 Researcher efforts of a collaborative study by groups from Memorial, Berkeley, and UC Riverside have landed on the cover of the Royal Society Journal, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. Researchers used a variety of experimental and theoretical techniques to study self-assemble complexes as with as many as 14 uracil molecules about a single calcium dication. Chemistry researcher named Terra Nova Young Innovator http://www.mun.ca/chem/news.php?id=640 Chris Kozak, an associate professor with the Department of Chemistry, is the newest Terra Nova Young Innovator. The award recognizes, promotes and supports innovative new faculty researchers whose work impacts positively on their departments and has the potential to be of significance to society at large. Chemistry department celebrates Be Nice to Ray Day http://www.mun.ca/chem/news.php?id=664 Today is a special day in Memorial University’s Chemistry Department – a special day that comes along just once every four years – and we’re not talking about Leap Day. Around here, Feb. 29 is better known as Be Nice to Ray Day. 'The Scope' features work from the Green Chemistry and Catalysis Group http://www.mun.ca/chem/news.php?id=717 'The Scope' magazine and webpage recently featured the work of MSc student Justin Bélanger from the Chris Kozak group that deals with research of green plastic. All-ages festival brings science to the public http://www.mun.ca/chem/news.php?id=834 Discover glow-in-the-dark crystals, explore microscopic pond life, and make slime during Science Rendezvous, an interactive all-ages science event this Saturday on the St. John's campus of Memorial University. Memorial University research projects receive $8 million from ACOA http://www.mun.ca/chem/news.php?id=881 Three projects at Memorial University of Newfoundland, including one in the Faculty of Science, have received a combined investment of $8 million from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA).