Chemistry Outreach and Public Engagement

The Chemistry & Biochemistry Department at Ohio University is committed to engagement with the local community as well as the scholarly community.

Science teachers extracting DNA from lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, and strawberries.

Seriously Fun Chemistry with Summer Produce: Hines collaborates with Discovery Museum for Educators Workshop

On a beautiful summer day out on the balcony of Shawnee State Park Lodge, Dr. Jennifer Hines worked with middle school and high school educators from across the state to mash up lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, and strawberries. They were extracting natural products and DNA from the plant material using common household ingredients: salt, soap, isopropyl alcohol (a first aid antiseptic) and mineral oil (a lubricant laxative). Read more.

Students Take Charge of Community Engagement

Alpha Chi Sigma

OHIO's chemistry fraternity is very active. Activities include organizing the Family Science Saturday in the spring, participating in West Elementary's Haunted Halloween, and helping the department with the Ohio Chemistry Contest and the District Science Fair.

STEAM Team

Supported by a grant from AEP Ohio, the STEAM Team is working in collaboration with the Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery to bring peer-led science engagement experiences to community events in the region.

Recent Scholarly Conferences Hosted at OHIO

ICCB 2019 overlaid over skyview of Athens

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