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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We decorated S2 226 for BU's 80th Anniversary Office Decorating Contest!!! Please come check it out this week when you're free! (Personally, we think it looks pretty amazing 😉)

A picture of a display based on the history of the chemistry department. A large green background is taped to the wall with various photos throughout the years scattered across the green. There's an old periodic table on the top left with a modern one on it's left. Below the green are two tables with green table cloths. The left table cloth reads "Department of Chemistry, Binghamton University" with various tools, old and modern, for photometry to observe the light spectra of elements. The right table has no words on its green table cloth and has an old and a modern balance on its right and more old and modern instrumentation for photometry.

A large grey desk with two computer screen, a computer tower, a landline, black printer, and a pile of black binders on top. The desk has been decorated with a chemistry theme. The computer tower has small child blocks with elemental symbols on them. The back of the desk with two shelfs have large blocks spelling "ScIEsNCe" with elemental symbols. The window on the back has plant diagrams and three plants. There's also a Erlenmeyer flask filled with green pencils and some model molecule s near the printer.

A white wall decorated with a chemistry theme. The left has a corkboard filled with white index cards. The center has the title "The Most Precious Element is You!" The index cards are filled with made up chemical symbols with small hand drawn pictures in the four corners. There are 17 cards in total on the corkboard. The top left and right corners of the cork board have two modern periodic tables. To the right of the cork board is a larger periodic table. At the bottom of the photo on a grey desk and next to a black printer is an old and modern molecular model kits as well as a tall black pencil sharpener tower.

A wooden bookshelf filled with various chemistry items. On top of the shelf are two molecular models, a wooden stand and a tall ring stand. The top shelf is full of books, including "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: 71st edition" and "Lessons in Chemistry." The second shelf has chemicals, empty glass containers, plastic hand pipettors, voltameters, pH paper and FLIR with a connected ipad. The third shelf has three old Bunsen burners, a stir plate with two "fleakers" filled with a green liquid, various sized beakers also filled with green liquid, and two cone like beakers with a foam finger in the back. The fourth shelf has old tube-liked instrumentation. The bottom shelf has four crystal structure molecular models. There's a mail room visible in the back through a doorway on the right.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Graduate Student Award Winners!!! 🎉👏 Matt Aubry for excellence in leadership in mentoring and Nicole VanKirk for excellence in science outreach and engagement

A young woman with pale skin and long brown hair and glasses smiles at the camera. She's wearing a pink sweater and a cross necklace. Green leaves can be seen in the background.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Thank you to the @bugradchemclub for organizing a delicious BBQ welcoming the new graduate students and celebrating the start of the Fall 2026 semester!!!🍔🌭🤤

A large group of young adults outside on the patio surrounded by a small green garden. There's a modern building in the background and houses even further back. Everyone in the photo is standing.

Four young adults stand in front of a green table with freshly grilled meat. There's an adult behind the table serving himself food. The food is blocked by one of the young adults. They're outside and there's two houses in the background.

A small crowd of young adults socializing outside. There's a table filled with chips, plates, and plastic forks on the right. The foreground has two young women sitting on a cement bench in front of some dirt. There's paper towels, more plates, and napkins next to them on the bench. A third young woman is standing and talking to them. There's two houses in the background. There's also empty benches, chairs, and tables spread throughout the group.

Four young adults stand around a grill to prepare food outside. Two more young adults stand in front of them. There's a car and a house in the background.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Our incoming graduate students have finished their first week of orientation filled with meeting new friends, fun, food, and mingling with faculty members!!!

Three groups of young adults are outside on the grass. They are each pulling on a different rope that are all attached to this large wooden "A" shaped structure to stand it upright. Another young adult stands on the bottom line of the "A". There are two buildings with towers visible behind them.

A group photo taken outside in a wooded area. There are 15 young adults and two older adults all smiling at the camera.

Four young adults sit at a table with plates of food and cups in front of them all listening intently to the woman at the head of the table.

Two young adults listening to a woman in a crowded room. There are several people getting or eating food in the background.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

And with that, the Junior scientists for a Sustainable World Camp has come to an end! Their second week was busy seeing research labs, exploring the nature preserve, and doing their own research project before presenting it to the community. Fantastic job everyone!!!

Two kids present their research poster while three adults listen

A bunch of kids and adults on a long wooden bridge looking out at a pond filled with green reeds

A woman in a green shirt explains something in front of a fume hood to a bunch of kids in a chemistry lab

A woman in a white blazer presents to a room. There are 5 kids visible sitting in the front row. There is a slide behind the woman and it reads, "Department of Chemistry, BU Professor Christof Grewer. Binghamton City School District Assistant Superintendent for instruction and Budget Dr. Jennifer Dove. Binghamton City School District Superintendent Dr. Tonia Thompson. Binghamton University President Anne D'Alleva." Below the slide is a table filled with brown boxes on a black table.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The first week of JSfaSW Camp ended with one last hands on lesson, then students began working on their research projects before ending the day with extra fun outdoor activities!

Three kids and an adult watch a wheeled machine move. They're all wearing the some green tshirt

An adult in a lab coat in a biology lab talks while two kids in green shirts listen

Several kids in a chemistry lab raise their hand to answer a question

Two adults sit at a table talking and doing work with two kids at an outside table. They're all wearing the same green tshirt

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Another day of exploring STEM topics through hands on and engaging activities!!!

Two kids measure the length of a floor tile using a black plastic shelf while an adult supervises

Two kids explore a circuit while an adult supervises

A kid writing on a petri dish in a biology lab

A kid observes an experiment on a chemistry lab bench

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The third day of JSfaSW Camp focused on STEM education where the lessons were full of engaging hands-on activities that explored the Life sciences, physical sciences, and Engineering & Math!

Two kids swab a petri dish while three adults supervise

Three groups of kids and their adult mentors huddle around their tables as they fill out a sheet

three kids and an adult working on a fan

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The second Day of the JSfaSW Camp has come and gone! The kids spent most of the day outside in the woods swinging and zip lining, making incredible memories at new heights!!!

A large group of children stand in a circle outside in front of a shed. The woods are in the background

A kid in an orange sweatshirt balances on a tilting platform in the woods

A kid wearing a harness and a red helmet is suspended high above the ground in the woods

A kid stands on a high platform in the woods. He's wearing a harness and a bright red helmet. Two adults in green shirts are hooking him up to the zip line.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The first day of the 2026 Junior Scientists for a Sustainable World Camp has finally arrived!!!

A classroom full of kids looks up at a presentation being given by a woman on the left. The slide reads "Junior Scientists for a Sustainable World Camp 2026" surrounded by a bunch of photos of last years activities. There's fur posters to the left of the slide.

Five boys writing down something on their worksheets. They are in a chemistry lab with a slide at the front of the lab. The slide reads "Laboratory Safety: What do you remember about it?" with cartoon moles around the words. Two adults supervise the children.

Two girls place a marble at the top of a peg board filled with pegs and rubber bands.

Three kids try to lift a dixie cup with string and a rubber band while an adult supervises

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Our grad student award recipients were honored with a luncheon last week. Congratulations to Faisal Pasha and Stephanie Corio for receiving the outstanding Research Assistant Award and Logan Bartlett for receiving the Lois D. Mackey Award for being an Outstanding First Year TA!!!

Two people stand outside in front of a building, posed and smiling at the camera. The first person is a man with really short dark hair and glasses and is wearing a dark green polo with khakis. The second person is a woman with long dark brown hair and glasses and is wearing a black shirt and black pants. She is holding a certificate in an open green folder in one hand and a brown box in the other.

Two men stand outside in front of a building, posed and smiling at the camera. The first man has really short dark hair and glass and is wearing a dark green polo with khakis. The second man has a long black beard with short black hair and is wearing a dark green polo with jeans. The first man has his arm around the shoulders of the second, and the second is holding a certificate in an open green folder.

Three men stand outside in front of a building, posed and smiling at the camera. The first man has really short dark hair and glasses and is wearing a dark green polo with khakis. The second man has cropped black hair and is wearing a gray sweater with black pants. The third man has short gray hair and glasses and is wearing a gray polo and khakis. The first man has his arm around the shoulders of the second, and the second is holding a certificate in an open green folder.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Congratulations to Professor Hirschi for receiving the prestigious 2026 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award!!! The award honors early-career faculty in the chemical sciences who have created an outstanding independent body of scholarship and are deeply committed to education!

A close up photo of a woman with blond hair smiling at the camera. She is wearing a black cardigan and a gray-and-white striped blouse, The background is a pale yellow

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

At the 2026 Binghamton University Innovation to Impact Symposium, Ming An, James Fang, Stan Whittingham, and Lan Yao were celebrated as inventors of 2025 and Huiyuan Guo and Teresa Huho, were recognized as ART ambassador faculty and trainee! Congratulations to everyone!!!🎉

Four people stand in front of a green background. "Binghamton University: State University of New York" is repeated in white numerous times in a grid pattern on the background. The first person on the left is an older man with short white hair, glasses and wearing a grey blazer and a light blue button down. The second person is a shorter woman with shoulder length black hair wearing a green cardigan and a black-spotted white blouse. The third person is a bald man with glasses wearing a black button down shirt. The lastperson is a man with short black hair and glasses wearing a black blazer and a plaid button down shirt. He has a nametag clipped on his blazer. All for people are holding picture frames with papers with writing inside. They're all smiling at the camera

Two people stand in front of a green background. "Binghamton University: State University of New York" is repeated in white numerous times in a grid pattern on the background. The first person on the left is a young woman with her hair in a bun wearing a light blue blazer and white shirt. The second person is a taller woman with long black hair and glasses wearing a black blazer and striped shirt. Both woman have nametags clipped to their blazers and are holding shiny green tiles that read "ART". Both women are smiling at the camera.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Last week our seniors presented their senior seminar posters and our first year graduate seniors presented their grad seminar posters! Fantastic work was seen from everyone!!!👏

Three adults stand in front of a senior who is presenting their poster

Posters are set up around a room that is filled with a small crowd of people. Some are presenting a poster, most are listening. The left wall of the room is windows and the right half of the wall is yellow. A white support column that branches out at the top sits in the middle of the room. The posters are clipped to white grid stands.

Posters lined up against a windowed wall. The posters are clipped to white grid stands. There's a person at each poster presenting to another person.

Two people present posters to a small group. Three people are paying attention to the left poster, one person is paying attention to the right.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table on the 24th during the Earth Day festival to talk about acid rains effect on the environment and make acid/base bookmarks! Huge thank you to our volunteers who ran the table throughout the day, none of this would been possible without you!!!

A pair of hands at the top on a brown table and paint a small slip of paper. A pair of hands on the left rest on a clipboard next to some vials. A woman's shoulder is seen on the right. Two cell phones rest at the bottom of the table.

A man in a brown swaetshirt and a man in a red shirt wearing a blue backpack stand in front of a brown table. The left side of the table has pictures and cups filled with rocks. A woman in a white tank stands behind the display and is talking to the man in the brown. On the right of the table has some different color (pink and yellow) vials. A woman is sitting behind the vials, talking to the man in red. Two more volunteers stand behind the table.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Congratulations to everyone honored at the 2026 ACS Awards Dinner and thank you to everyone who came, whether you helped to make the night run smoothly or came to support our awardees!!! A full album of pictures taken that night is available at www.facebook.com/media/set/?v...

People line up on the left and right side of a black table filled with food, buffet style.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended the 8th BU Conference in Graduate and Undergraduate Research!!! Special thanks to the guess speaker, Dr. Kamalika Mukherjee!

People in line for a green table filled with papers and nametags. A woman behind the desk searches for a name tag

A man in a black blazer and maroon pants presents his research as a presentation. The slide he's currently on is titled "Ghrelin secretion and endocrine signaling" on the slide there's a picture of Acyl Ghrelin moving from the endoplasmic reticulum, out of the cell membrane, and into the cell signal on the membrane of another cell.

A woman in a blue cardigan with short black hair presents her research. There's a screen above her showing the first slide of her presentation titled "A Translational Research Journey: At the Bench and Beyond." Below the title it reads "Kamalika Mukherjee, PhD, April 18th, 2026" indicating that the woman is the guest speaker, Dr. Mukherjee

A crowd of people stand around a large room as half of the people present a poster to the other half. The posters are tacked onto green boards that are set up in lines across the room. The entire wall of the room visible is glass.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The Chemistry Outreach Program had its last school visit last week teaching Glenwood students how Chemistry can be found in their kitchens!!! Thank you to everyone who volunteered last week, we wouldn't be able to do this without you!

An adult shows a group of kids a diagram

Kids huddle around an adult as he does a demonstration

A group photo of 24 volunteers all wearing the same green tshirt. They're standing on stairs with a green curtain behind them.

An adult shows children a pipe cleaner structure

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Our ChOP volunteers returned to Vestal hills last Wednesday evening for their Explore Night, showing a new group of students chemistry that can be found in their kitchen!

Two adults supervise as children sit at a green table and read some handouts

Two adults and two children sitting at a green table in a cafeteria. They're talking and there are safety goggles placed on the table

An adult watches three kids play with colorful packing peanuts

A group of children sitting at a cafeteria table gathered around a petri dish

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Chemistry Outreach Program had its third school visit this week teaching Tioga Hills students how Chemistry can be found in their kitchens!!! Thank you to everyone who volunteered last week, we wouldn't be able to do this without you!

An adult in a green shirt shows off a blue liquid to children

An adult in a green shirt holds out a small white bathroom cup for children to examine

Two adults in green shirts supervise children as they crush cereal

Twelve adults, all in the same green tshirt, pose on stairs with a green curtain behind them

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Don't forget to register for the 8th Binghamton University Conference in Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry Research which will be held on April 18th from 10am to 5pm in the Smart Energy Building!!! Registration Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The 8th Binghamton University Conference in Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry Research will be held on April 18th from 10am to 5pm in the Smart Energy Building (go to conference website for all information)

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Huge congratulations to our 2026 honorees recognized on Monday:✨Stephanie Corio (Excellence in Research)✨ Abdullah Faisal Pasha (Excellence in Research)✨ Colin Clark (Excellence in Teaching)✨ So proud to have our Department Chair and faculty advisors there to cheer them on

Three people stand next to each other, each of them holding a plaque. The man on the left has short black hair, is wearing a blue blazer and holding a plaque that says "Colin Clark". A woman with long brown hair, in the middle is wearing a black pantsuit and holding a plaque that says "Stephanie Corio". The man on the left has a long black beard, is wearing a navy cardigan, and is holding a plaque that says "Abdullah Faisal Pasha". They're facing slightly left, instead of directly at the camera.

Seven people standing next to each other, three of them holding a plaque. The first man on the left has curly black hair and is wearing a plaid shirt. The second man on the left has short black hair, is wearing a blue blazer and holding a plaque that says "Colin Clark". The next person is a woman with long white hair wearing a green shirt and a white plaid jacket. The fourth person is a woman with long brown hair, is wearing a black pantsuit and holding a plaque that says "Stephanie Corio". The fifth person is a man with really short hair in a blue long sleeve tshirt. The sixth person is a man who has a long black beard, is wearing a navy cardigan, and is holding a plaque that says "Abdullah Faisal Pasha". The last man on the right has really short hair and is wearing a light blue shirt.

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The Chemistry Outreach Program had its second school visit this week teaching Vestal Hills students how Chemistry can be found in their kitchens!!! Thank you to everyone who volunteered! We were short staffed but you handled you stations like absolute pros!!!

Two adults observing children sitting at a green table examining q-tips. There's another table with children on the right

Two adults observe as a group of children at a green table write down their observations

An adult watches children examine crushed up cereal

An adult watches children crush up cereal with a mortar and pestle

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The Chemistry Outreach Program had its first school visit this week teaching Chenango Forks students how Chemistry can be found in their kitchens!!! Thank you to everyone who volunteered on Wednesday, we wouldn't be able to do this without you!

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An adult supervising a group of kids adding red cabbage juice to different chemicals. Behind them is a crowded cafeteria

An adult shows four kids how the iron in cereal can be moved around on a paper plate with a magnet

An adult supervises a group of kids crushing something with a mortar and pestle

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Check out this video of our very own Stan Whittingham showing off the battery that he helped invent!!! www.facebook.com/share/r/1DWE...

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The 8th Binghamton University Conference in Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry Research will be held on April 18th from 10am to 5pm in the Smart Energy Building!!! Visit sites.google.com/binghamton.e... to register!

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Congratulations to our seniors who presented their posters yesterday!!! Fantastic work from everyone!👏🎉

A room full of people and posters, half are seniors presenting and the other half are faculty listening to the presentations

Half of a room full of people, half are seniors presenting and the other half are faculty listening to the presentations

A college senior presenting a research poster to three other young adults

A college senior presenting a research poster to a faculty member

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Don't forget the BU Chemistry Department's virtual open house is this Saturday from 5-7 EST!!! We hope to see you there! Send this to anyone who may be interested in attending!!! Register here: forms.gle/6GVEwDD9kAxS...

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Our orgo professors rocking the matching outfits😍🔥💯 Everybody loves a good chemistry pun😄

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Don't forget about the Mole Day celebration happening tomorrow in UU215!!!

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Congratulations to Wei Qiang, Eriks Rozners, and M. Stanley Whittingham for being named among the top 2% of the most cited researchers in 2024!!!

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to Oquaga Creek State Park for our Fall Department Hike!!!

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Our very own Huiyuan Guo is working with the Biology department's Anthony Fiumera as part of an NSF funded project about how microplastics are passed down to offspring! www.binghamton.edu/news/story/5...

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NSF-funded project explores how nanoplastics are transmitted to offspring - Binghamton News

Smaller than a human hair, these tiny plastic particles are widespread in the environment

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Please join us in UU 215 at 6:45pm on October 22nd to celebrate Mole Day and learn about the hidden life of spices!!!

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Congratulations to our very own Eriks Rozners who was awarded the Paul Walden Medal by Riga Technical University!!!🎉

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to the ACS Meet and Greet this week in Oneonta!!! It was great to see people from Hartwick, Oneonta, and Binghamton get together to talk science!

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Minfei Su’s group has recently been awarded a five-year Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA, R35GM160269) totaling $2,074,503 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Congratulations Minfei!!!🎉

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Congratulations to Brent Melot who was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). This is one of the most prestigious awards conferred by the RSC. Congratulations, Brent!!!🎉

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

While you were enjoying the last day of before classes began, our brilliant TAs were prepping for labs to start next week!

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Nothing like a picnic & BBQ to mark the end of summer. Thank you to the GCC for organizing this incredible event! We look forward to seeing everyone when classes start next week!!!

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

More pics from last week's group work and bonding exercises with our incoming Grad students!!!

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Our new Fall 2025 Chemistry Graduate Students at the Outdoor Pursuits Challenge Program Nothing gets one more prepared for the semester like group activities that builds friendships between strangers💖

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acsbinghamton.bsky.social @acsbinghamton.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Congratulations on your retirement, Kim! 🌵 We'll miss you!!!

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