Analyze This! A Case Study Approach in the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

August 15, 2004 – Congratulations to Gina Mancini-Samuelson who has been awarded an NSF grant for the project, "Analyze This! A Case Study Approach in the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory." The objective of the grant is to create a case study lab manual for analytical chemistry courses. The grant allowed the college to purchase an atomic absorption spectrometer for use in advanced analytical chemistry courses. Dr. Mancini-Samuelson has developed and tested case studies for the advanced
analytical chemistry course and laboratory.
Dr. Mancini-Samuelson was invited to speak at the 2006 American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Francisco. She presented her work in a symposium entitled National Science Foundation Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Curriculum.

Dr. Mancini-Samuelson also presented her work at the Project Kaleidoscope National Assembly in Chicago, Illinois in a session titled The Urgency of Coming Together to Transform Undergraduate STEM Education. Project Kaleidoscope is a national organization with the goal of enhancing efforts to strengthen undergraduate learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by developing and sustaining networks of leaders - on their home campuses and at the national level - to explore, implement, and assess what works to ensure the highest quality of student learning.