News & Headlines Dr. Janet E. Del Bene, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, was awarded the 2008 Morley Medal presented by the Cleveland Section of the American Chemical Society.  Dr. Del Bene will be honored with the medal, a monetary prize, and a special lectureship, the Edward W. Morley Lecture, on May 21, 2008 in Cleveland, OH.  This annual award was established in 1966, and its list of recipients includes two Nobel Laureates.  Dr. Del Bene is the first woman to receive the award, and is also the only person to be recognized for research done at an institution with a primary mission of undergraduate education.  Publications Department of Chemistry students, staff & faculty have authored over 180 peer reviewed publications in the last three years. See our list of recent publications. The department of chemistry at YSU is founding member and central node of the STaRBURSTT Cyberdiffraction Consortium Grants & Funding Youngstown State Chemistry Faculty are continuously (and successfully!) struggling to provide our students with the best research environment possible. Within the last ten years we have attracted well over $ 9 Million in External Grants from NSF, NIH, OBoR, DOE, DOD, Fox Chase Cancer Institute, Bruker Nonius, and many others. Visit our complete external grants list.		2007/08 Chemistry Seminar This year's seminar is held Friday 3 pm in WBSH 6030. Visitors are welcome, refreshments & coffee are provided. 2007/08 seminar schedule & abstracts
	Facts & Figures 1:19 Faculty:Student ratio, among the lowest of state-affiliated universities in Ohio 14 Full-time Faculty Several PhD Adjunct Faculty, PhD Support Staff, Full Time Instrumentation Specialist, etc BA and BS (ACS approved) degrees in Chemistry, Biochemistry MS degress with concentrations in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Inorganic/Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry Our students have developed extremely strong regional and national reputations for the quality of their preparation for either graduate school or industry Our BS and MS Students are among the top 5% nationwide to go on to get PhD degrees Founding member and central node of the STaRBURSTT Cyberdiffraction Consortium State-of-the-Art Chemical Instrumentation Facility that gives its students more and better access than they will get at any university in the US, including Harvard, Miami University, and others with tuitions 3-6 times our own. Its holding include: 4 X-Ray diffractometers, 300 and 400 MHz NMR Spectrometers, FT-IR and Raman Spectrometers, ICP Atomic Emission Spectrometers, 6+ Mass Spectrometers, HPLCs, UV-Vis Spectrophotometers, Transmission Electron Microscope, 2 Electrochemistry Systems, 4 Inert Atmosphere glove boxes, GPC, DSC & TGA, etc Hands on Access to all major Instrumention for All Students Chemical Safety Office & Chemical Mangagment Center with 7  Full Time Support Staff on Site Fully equipped Student Computer Labs 4 Year old Organic & Inorganic Chemistry & Research Labs
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