The American Chemical Society (ACS) Student Chapter of the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao has always distinguished itself by its commitment to share Chemistry knowledge not only with students but also with the entire community. Through our activities we take care to emphasize the importance of chemistry in everyday life and light up a spark of interest in science, teaching how learning new things can be fun. Last academic year we were able to perform a series of enriching activities that included various workshops: Use of Medicinal Plants and T-shirt tie-dye. In the late spring of 2019, together with the Chemistry Department personnel (faculty, technicians, non-faculty and students of Natural Sciences) we painted the biggest Periodic Table in the East zone of Puerto Rico, as part of the International Year of the Periodic Table celebrations. This academic year, after several weeks of student recruitment, we began to interact closely with our community by participating in the Intl. Coastal Cleaning at the Guayanes beach, Yabucoa, P.R., with our members teaming up with other student associations to clean the beach and have fun. We talked with the community from Guayanes beach about healthy enviroment, damage caused by discharging plastic and other materials. Our chapter also participated in the Annual Biosciences Week at our campus. As part of these activities we had the honor to welcome the 2008 Chemistry Nobel Prize Recipient, Dr. Martin Chalfie from the University of Columbia in New York. We hosted him in our Department and witnessed his marvelous presentation entitled “GFP: Lighting up Life”. Some of our professors and students were able to meet with him for career and research advice. We also received the recognition as an Institutional Student Chapter. We are excited for the upcoming National Chemistry Week, this year we celebrate the IYPT and it’s Marvelous Metals with Silver as the metal we chose for the Chemistry Festival. The rest of the year we participate in many activities, such as the UPRH Open House, Agricultural Fair, field-trips, student-professor and student only confraternization activities, initiation, workshops, fundraising, and demos.

Celebrating IYPT & NCW at University of Puerto Rico Humacao

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