Chemistry and Biochemistry

CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY — A hands-on experience is essential to study chemistry, and labs are how students apply what they’re learning in lecture. But many students experience anxiety before entering labs so Associate Professor Cathy Wong set out to make labs more accessible and more fun.

PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY — A new cutting-edge major in the University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences prepares students to drive technological change through high-demand careers in fields such as semiconductor manufacturing, energy and sustainable materials development.

During the summer, 25 faculty members from the college’s Division of Natural Sciences took part in the Mobile Summer Institute for Scientific Teaching. The weeklong workshop offered faculty members ways to transform traditional lectures to be more inclusive and hands on that puts students at the center of learning. It brought together instructors not only from disciplines such as biology, chemistry, and physics—and across the campus.