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Learning Spaces

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is housed on the second floor of the Morrell Science Center and extends seamlessly into the newly opened Nobel Hall. Offering an ACS-approved curriculum, our spaces are designed so faculty offices sit directly alongside active learning classrooms and research labs, making mentorship and community a natural part of every day.

  • Small Classes & Personal Attention: Enjoy small, interactive courses and hands-on lab sections capped at 16 or fewer, taught by dedicated faculty rather than in giant lecture halls.

  • Direct Faculty Collaboration: Every full-time faculty member operates a research lab directly connected to their office by an interior door, giving undergraduates open, daily access to their mentors.

  • Specialized Learning Spaces: Learn in active learning classrooms and dedicated recitation rooms built specifically for General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.

  • Centralized Instrumentation: Work in the SAInT Center, a multimillion-dollar facility located right in the middle of our floor that gives students pervasive access to advanced equipment.

  • Student Lounge & Study Nooks: Study in hallway nooks with couches and whiteboards or relax in our student lounge, giving majors a comfortable place to collaborate between classes

Facility Highlights

General Chemistry Suite

Our General Chemistry lab sections are capped at 16 or fewer students to maximize direct interaction with your instructor. Students work in a modern space equipped with research-grade analytical balances, MacBooks, and Vernier data-acquisition probes for real-time experimental analysis.

Organic Chemistry Suite

Featuring eight dedicated fume hood workstations designed for student pairs, our Organic Chemistry lab keeps safety and hands-on technique at the forefront. Students synthesize compounds in lab, and their samples are processed on the SAInT Center’s research-grade instrumentation so students can analyze authentic spectral data.

Advanced & Specialized Laboratories

Designed for upper-level majors in our ACS-approved program, as well as students in our Forensic Science minor, these adjoining, specialized lab suites host advanced hands-on lab courses spanning analytical, inorganic, physical, environmental, biochemical, and criminalistics disciplines. Sitting directly adjacent to the SAInT Center, the labs are centrally located allow students to move freely between spaces and operate advanced instrumentation with guidance from faculty, staff, and trained peer mentors.

The SAInT Center

While our people are the heart of our program, state-of-the-art instrumentation is accessible everywhere you look. Centrally located on our floor and directed by a Ph.D. chemist, the SAInT Center puts research-grade instruments directly within reach of undergraduates for coursework and independent research.

Faculty-Student Research Labs

Every full-time professor has a research lab connected directly to their office by an interior door. With research programs spanning across chemical, biochemical, and forensic disciplines, our unique facilities and programs give undergraduates immediate access to their faculty mentors in a high-support environment built entirely around undergraduate experience.