Fall is here, but it’s time to catch up on some of the department’s happenings since Spring. It’s been a busy year!
→At the end of the Spring semester, Associate Clinical Professor Chris Saunders was given a University Foundations Teaching Award for Foundations of Sciences. About 500 different instructors teach UF courses at Boise State, and we’re thrilled that Chris was recognized for his exemplary teaching, creativity in course design, and excellence in translating chemistry to non-majors.
→During Employee Appreciation Week, several department members were recognized for their years of service to Boise State University. A couple of them stood still long enough for a picture. Thank you all for your continued service to the university and for making this department an excellence place to work!
Sean Ruettgers: 25 years!! 
Jeunghoon Lee: 15 years
Chris Pajak: 15 years
Kathleen Mukengezi: 10 years
Thaaer Muhammed: 10 years
David Boldridge: 5 years
→Associate Professor Oliviero Andreussi hosted the Undergraduate Python Hackathon in May. He ended the workshop with a picnic in the park, treating the participants to burgers and homemade pizza.
→ Several graduate students from Owen McDougal’s lab attended the BUILD Dairy Annual Conference in Corvallis, OR at the end of May. Habeeb Babatunde, Madison Dirks, Rianat Lukman, Mia Rheede, and Elizabeth Ryan presented during the annual meeting.
→This summer, 17 high school students had the opportunity to research at Boise State in various labs across campus as part of the ACS Project SEED program. 15 of those were working with Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty members. At the end of their summer research experience, students presented posters at the 2024 Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research. Read more about Project SEED.
Thank you to all of our hardworking faculty, staff and students for continuing their amazing work during the summer months!