Degrees offered: B.S. Chemistry, B.A. Chemistry, B.S. Biochemistry, Chemistry minor
Total Chemistry and Biochemistry majors: over 100
Faculty Awards: Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Scholarship, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Teaching Award, Gerald L. Francis Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Service and Leadership
Average annual number of students involved in undergraduate research: 30-35
Average annual number of student presentations at regional and national conferences: 15-20
Major funding for undergraduate research from the National Science Foundation, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Corporation, American Chemical Society
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Lumen Award winners: 29
National Barry M. Goldwater awardees: 2; Goldwater honorable mentions: 2
Active student club for majors, the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society
Participant in the national chemistry honorary society Phi Lambda Upsilon
Advanced instrumentation including 500 MHz NMR, fluorescence spectrophotometer, FT-IR, and gas chromotograph-mass spectrometer (complete list under Instrumentation)
Some places our graduates have gone: Â Masters and doctorate programs (Duke, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Vanderbilt, Emory, University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina, Boston University, Tufts University, Wake Forest), health profession schools (UNC-Chapel Hill, George Washington, Virginia Tech, Johns Hopkins, Wake Forest, East Carolina University, University of Maryland, Tulane, Loyola-Chicago), industry (Moderna, Glaxo, Lab Corp, Innocran Pharmaceuticals, PRA Health Sciences, BASF), public service (AmeriCorp, Teach for America)