Western Colorado University Chemistry

04/04/2024

Friday, we'll have some fun. Sam is.

03/31/2024

Just noticed something in the lab. Ghosts!

03/29/2024

Chlorophyll under uv and visible light. Can you spell fluorescence?

03/29/2024

Annual chem magic show April 5. Volcanoes!

09/21/2023

Xtian, Christian Squire stopped by! 2012 WSC. Great to have lunch and see how he's using his chemistry degree in Hawaii.

04/10/2023

Some Awesome pics by local photographer Matt Burt Photography

12/01/2022

Two chemistrees in Hurst hall this year! Western Colorado University

09/28/2022

Taking water samples for Analytical chemistry on Kebler pass. Pretty day! Successful hunt for water. Testing for metals using 3 different methods.

09/23/2022

Said goodbye to Adam Beede today. "The slayer of fish". He probably let them go... loved hearing stories and meeting his family and friends. WCU Chemistry 2017. Western Colorado University

09/09/2022

09/08/2022

11:30 to 3pm come drive or take a ride in a tesla. Rivian. Bolt. Will be parked by Rady on Western campus! Western Colorado University

09/08/2022

Help us color our periodic table! Western Colorado University

08/07/2022

What would you do if you were the person to let several thousand gallons of liquid containing 5% hexavalent chromium into the sewer system. It's a carcinogens and poisonous... go Michigan!

Officials are warning residents not to swim, fish or take water from certain areas of the Huron River after a dangerous chemical spill.

04/28/2022

Paige makes a home run after an errant throw to home base. 2nd annual Hurst v Rady kick ball. Western Colorado University Western Colorado Mountaineers

04/27/2022

Nice to have most of the grads out for Patcharee's Kitchen take away! Clever bunch.

04/25/2022

A few chemistry graduates! So crazy with a covid year but we hope they send us postcards! Western Colorado University

02/13/2022

We usually go big.... but such a cute little beaker! Western Colorado University

01/23/2022

Make a difference. As the world changes let's try and make it for the better.
https://t.co/h5Pj8L1f8c

She helped show government agencies around the world how to predict upcoming droughts, flooding and other extreme weather events.

12/04/2021

Night of Lights! Gunnison City

10/23/2021

Homecoming parade last week was a blast!

10/04/2021

For you reading the old books in the back of the library or the new ones! Cooool.

09/16/2021

Looks like we need to work on lateral stability.... chemistry club is back at it. Western Colorado University

09/15/2021

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/a-secret-look-at-a-mexican-cartels-low-tech-multimillion-dollar-fentanyl-operation

Tonight, we begin a three-part look at the production — and devastating effects — of the drug fentanyl. Illicit use of the synthetic opioid painkiller has ravaged the United States, with Mexican drug cartels now seeing huge profits. With the support of the Pulitzer Center, from Sinaloa State, in...

08/19/2021

New student orientation starting soon!

08/18/2021

We put an amazing amount of pesticides and herbicides on our food. Minus these. Probably a good decision!

By Dino Grandoni

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/08/18/chlorpyrifos/

For the past decade, environmental, labor and public health groups have clamored for phasing out the pesticide that can lead to headaches or blurred vision when inhaled or ingested.

07/28/2021

Adding species to a habitat usually ends in grief. Will this? Biochemistry extreme.
Thoughts?

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/20/693735499/scientists-release-controversial-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-in-high-securit

The insects were created, using CRISPR, to carry a powerful "gene drive." The mosquitoes could provide a potent weapon against malaria, but they raise fears about unpredictable environmental effects.