UMN Chemnews December 2020
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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY NEWSLETTER
DECEMBER 2020
Inside this issue...
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Diversity, equity, inclusion key priorities
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Retirees: 77 years of service
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Jessica Lamb joins department
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Jeannette Brown Lectureship
John Beumer wraps one test tube at a time for safe packing in the general chemistry kits.
Department creatively pivots
instruction to meet the challenges
of COVID-19 environment
Results in meaningful learning experiences for classrooms and labs
WITH UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING COVID-19 and its sometimes quick-chang- ing impacts, the Department of Chemistry kicked off the fall semester with meaningful learning experiences for students that include online and in-person blended classroom
and laboratory teaching and learning. That planning also allows for a pivot to all online learning, if necessary. All of this has been done with the safety of students forefront in
mind and meeting COVID-19 protocols.
Professor Lee Penn, director of Under- graduate Studies, is instrumental in helping people keep up with evolving plans at the University- and college-levels and adapt to different learning modalities. Penn also obtained support from the College of Science & Engineering for the creation of two permanent video studios—one for filming
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