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Faculty Scholarship, December 2023

At the core of the academic experience at Wheaton is our community of talented and productive teacher-scholars. This newsletter is meant to celebrate our achievements…

Parabens: A Scare Story?

This PSA was the final project for Writing in Professional Contexts. It explains the environmental hazards of parabens.

Summer Internship: Developing and Testing Virtual Laboratory Exercises for Chemical Thermodynamics

Over the summer I worked with Professor Thandi Buthelezi of the Chemistry Department to create a virtual laboratory manual for CHEM 355: Chemical Thermodynamics. My…

Genetic Modification of Human Embryos : Should This Practice Be Allowed?

The development of human genetic modification stands as one of the most impactful discoveries of the 21st century.

Rare Earth Complexes and Uncommon Methods

Professor Kotyk and coauthors explore metal-based molecules with previously unknown structures. The new complexes expand what is fundamentally known about lanthanide metals and have interesting…

An Acid Test for Polar Ice

Professor of Chemistry Matt Evans uses ice core samples from Greenland and Antarctica to study how gases migrate through polar ice, a potentially useful measurement…