ChemBark

It’s Sunday, the babies are asleep, and it’s a good time to freshen up the predictions list. So, with the announcement less than three weeks away, here is my official list of odds against win...

https://blog.chembark.com/2020/09/20/predictions-for-the-2020-nobel-prize-in-chemistry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=predictions-for-the-2020-nobel-prize-in-chemistry

Welcome to our new replacement instructor. He’s still learning the ropes of organic chemistry and remote instruction.

https://blog.chembark.com/2020/03/25/rusty-noggen-orgo-coach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rusty-noggen-orgo-coach

After doing some experimenting this week, I’m feeling much better about the ability to communicate online by drawing Lewis structures. Our university purchased a license for Zoom, and it has a ...

https://blog.chembark.com/2020/03/15/drawing-chemical-structures-in-online-classes-and-office-hours/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drawing-chemical-structures-in-online-classes-and-office-hours

I think I’ve shared this on the blog before, but almost my entire approach to teaching is based on the experiences I had in high school and college. As much as possible, I resolved to eliminate...

https://blog.chembark.com/2020/03/15/step-1-you-say-we-need-to-talk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=step-1-you-say-we-need-to-talk

So, my university has suspended in-person classes until March 23rd, and the rumor mill is buzzing that we are probably likely to follow suit with other universities that have decided to transitio...

https://blog.chembark.com/2020/03/11/orgo-in-the-time-of-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=orgo-in-the-time-of-covid

Hello, friends. Long time, no speak. I’m just checking in to say… Our department is looking to hire a non-tenure-track Assistant Professor to start in August. Before getting into the behind-t...

https://blog.chembark.com/2016/01/19/were-hiring-a-ntt-asst-prof-at-slu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=were-hiring-a-ntt-asst-prof-at-slu

Watching the live stream and weighing in with babble: 4:48 am – They’re here! 4:49 am – This always gets my blood pumping. 4:50 am – Wow…DNA repair, but not the 2015 Lasker Award winner...

https://blog.chembark.com/2015/10/07/nobel-prize-2015-liveblog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nobel-prize-2015-liveblog

The announcement is less than an hour away, so I guess I should post my official list of odds against winning the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Last Thursday, I weighed in with my predictions on...

https://blog.chembark.com/2015/10/07/predictions-for-the-2015-nobel-prize-in-chemistry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=predictions-for-the-2015-nobel-prize-in-chemistry

Another summer has come to an end, and we’re already two weeks deep into the fall semester. I spent part of my last day of summer freedom updating my calendar for the semester, and it was not p...

https://blog.chembark.com/2015/09/09/who-cares/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-cares

My friend Tania put up this photo on her Instagram yesterday, which reminds me of a post I’ve wanted to write about chemistry T-shirts:   Good shirt or greatest shirt? Proud to be wearing #Che...

https://blog.chembark.com/2015/09/04/suggestive-chemistry-t-shirts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suggestive-chemistry-t-shirts