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(315) 859-4730
CHEMISTRY IS CALLED THE CENTRAL SCIENCE, AND FOR GOOD REASON. The inquiry into how matter is composed and combined is a foundation of all fields of scientific knowledge. The chemist's laboratory stretches from the interior of living cells to the most distant reaches of the universe. Between the extremes, chemistry is a key to many of our most crucial issues: environmental safety, global warming, renewable energy, bio- and chemical terrorism, medicine and fertility. At Hamilton, students don't just study chemistry; they help break new ground as members of a scientific community.
The goal of Hamilton's Chemistry Department is to introduce a broad range of students to the principles of scientific inquiry, while providing those who plan to pursue gradute study or careers in the health professions practical, hands-on training.More ...
Academic Program
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Students are among Hamilton's most important researchers in chemistry, working closely with professors in a variety of fields. In connection with their senior projects or as senior fellows, senior students do research with faculty members. Some juniors, sophomores and even first-year students work in the laboratory during the academic year and summer. In addition to the 30 or so students who participate in campus chemistry research each summer, Hamilton students pursue summer research at other colleges, at government laboratories and in industry.
In recent years, students have presented research at the National Organic Symposium, at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society and at an international symposium of the Quantum Theory Project. Hamilton students won the outstanding poster award at an international symposium for two consecutive years. Students also have co-authored papers published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the Journal of Organic Chemistry, the Journal of Physical Chemistry, the Journal of Chemical Physics, the Journal of Luminescence, Tetrahedron Letters and Biochemistry.
THE SENIOR PROGRAM
All senior chemistry students work collaboratively with faculty members on research projects as part of the Senior Program. This intensive two-semester project combines original scientific research with reading and understanding the scientific literature. It culminates in a Senior Thesis that is defended in a public presentation to departmental faculty and student chemistry majors.
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RESOURCES
State-of-the-art facilities, advanced technology and small classes at the new campus Science Center mean that Hamilton undergraduates have the opportunity to work closely with instruments available only to graduate students at many schools. The Science Center is fully wireless and houses more than 100 teaching and research laboratories as well as offices and classrooms, student areas and a coffee shop.
Instrumentation includes a 500 MHz variable-temperature multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, several Fourier-transform infrared spectrophotometers, a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, and a dual pump, high-pressure mixing high-performance liquid chromatograph. Also available are versatile ultraviolet/visible spectrometers, a high-performance glove box, a refrigerated centrifuge and several vacuum lines.
Chemistry classes at Hamilton are small to facilitate individual mentoring and to give all students research opportunities. Even first-semester general chemistry courses have as few as 16 students. All 100- and 200-level courses include intensive laboratory training where students develop proper techniques and problem-solving skills.
A Special Chemistry
Students and professors in the Chemistry Department have published 17 papers in peer-reviewed journals over a recent five-year period.
Student Research Awards
In recent years, nine Hamilton chemistry students have won 14 prestigious national awards for their research, including six Goldwater Scholarships, two Fulbrights and a Watson.
National Leader
Hamilton has regularly hosted the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY). The Chemistry Department houses supercomputers and linux clusters for this National Science Foundation-funded consortium, a group of eight liberal arts colleges from across the nation.
Post-Graduation
Hamilton graduates 15 to 20 chemistry, biochemistry and chemical physics majors each year. Half of those graduates successfully pursue graduate study; another 25 percent pursue other forms of postgraduate professional training.
Chemistry classes at Hamilton are small to facilitate individual mentoring and to give all students research opportunities. Even first-semester general chemistry courses have as few as 16 students. All 100- and 200-level courses include intensive laboratory training where students develop proper techniques and problem-solving skills.
A Special Chemistry
Students and professors in the Chemistry Department have published 17 papers in peer-reviewed journals over a recent five-year period.
Student Research Awards
In recent years, nine Hamilton chemistry students have won 14 prestigious national awards for their research, including six Goldwater Scholarships, two Fulbrights and a Watson.
National Leader
Hamilton has regularly hosted the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY). The Chemistry Department houses supercomputers and linux clusters for this National Science Foundation-funded consortium, a group of eight liberal arts colleges from across the nation.
Post-Graduation
Hamilton graduates 15 to 20 chemistry, biochemistry and chemical physics majors each year. Half of those graduates successfully pursue graduate study; another 25 percent pursue other forms of postgraduate professional training.
Chemistry classes at Hamilton are small to facilitate individual mentoring and to give all students research opportunities. Even first-semester general chemistry courses have as few as 16 students. All 100- and 200-level courses include intensive laboratory training where students develop proper techniques and problem-solving skills.
A Special Chemistry
Students and professors in the Chemistry Department have published 17 papers in peer-reviewed journals over a recent five-year period.
Student Research Awards
In recent years, nine Hamilton chemistry students have won 14 prestigious national awards for their research, including six Goldwater Scholarships, two Fulbrights and a Watson.
National Leader
Hamilton has regularly hosted the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY). The Chemistry Department houses supercomputers and linux clusters for this National Science Foundation-funded consortium, a group of eight liberal arts colleges from across the nation.
Post-Graduation
Hamilton graduates 15 to 20 chemistry, biochemistry and chemical physics majors each year. Half of those graduates successfully pursue graduate study; another 25 percent pursue other forms of postgraduate professional training.
Chemistry classes at Hamilton are small to facilitate individual mentoring and to give all students research opportunities. Even first-semester general chemistry courses have as few as 16 students. All 100- and 200-level courses include intensive laboratory training where students develop proper techniques and problem-solving skills.
A Special Chemistry
Students and professors in the Chemistry Department have published 17 papers in peer-reviewed journals over a recent five-year period.
Student Research Awards
In recent years, nine Hamilton chemistry students have won 14 prestigious national awards for their research, including six Goldwater Scholarships, two Fulbrights and a Watson.
National Leader
Hamilton has regularly hosted the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY). The Chemistry Department houses supercomputers and linux clusters for this National Science Foundation-funded consortium, a group of eight liberal arts colleges from across the nation.
Post-Graduation
Hamilton graduates 15 to 20 chemistry, biochemistry and chemical physics majors each year. Half of those graduates successfully pursue graduate study; another 25 percent pursue other forms of postgraduate professional training.
Chemistry classes at Hamilton are small to facilitate individual mentoring and to give all students research opportunities. Even first-semester general chemistry courses have as few as 16 students. All 100- and 200-level courses include intensive laboratory training where students develop proper techniques and problem-solving skills.
A Special Chemistry
Students and professors in the Chemistry Department have published 17 papers in peer-reviewed journals over a recent five-year period.
Student Research Awards
In recent years, nine Hamilton chemistry students have won 14 prestigious national awards for their research, including six Goldwater Scholarships, two Fulbrights and a Watson.
National Leader
Hamilton has regularly hosted the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY). The Chemistry Department houses supercomputers and linux clusters for this National Science Foundation-funded consortium, a group of eight liberal arts colleges from across the nation.
Post-Graduation
Hamilton graduates 15 to 20 chemistry, biochemistry and chemical physics majors each year. Half of those graduates successfully pursue graduate study; another 25 percent pursue other forms of postgraduate professional training.
AFTER HAMILTON
Hamilton graduates who concentrated in Chemistry are pursuing careers in a variety of fields, including:
Engineer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Researcher, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Public Relations Director, AT&T Corporation
Professor of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine
Medical Oncologist, Yale Cancer Center/Yale University School of Medicine
Senior Toxicologist/ Pharmacologist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Senior Vice President, Bank of America
Surgeon in Charge, Division of Dentistry, Cornell Medical College
