Chemistry 116 - Chemical Principles II

Dr. Hannah Sevian

Tu/Th 2:00-3:15

Science, 1st floor, room 003A (Lipke Auditorium)

Office hours: Tu/Th 3:30-4:30 in W-4-181

Please see syllabus for more details. The syllabus is posted in the Course Information section (see navigation menu at left).

Announcements (most recent first):

1. Announcements after the last class and before the final exam:
   
   • The final exam is on Tuesday, December 16, 3:00-6:00pm, in Lipke Auditorium (not in the Small Science Auditorium as originally scheduled -- we have been moved back to our regular lecture hall). The exam is entirely multiple choice. More information about it is written in your Individualized Academic Prescription which I gave out on the last day of class.
   • There will be a review session (optional, but everyone is welcome) for the final exam on Monday 1:00-2:00, in W-1-006
   • The complete solutions to Exam 3 are posted in the Exams section here on the course website.
   • If you haven't yet picked up your Individualized Academic Prescription or your graded Exam 3, you can stop by my office to get them on Monday or Tuesday. Other people in my office area know where these things are and can get them for you if I am not there. My office is W-4-181. I do plan to be there all day Monday and Tuesday, and you're welcome to stop by anytime to ask chemistry questions.
   • All of the lecture notes students have sent me have now been posted. A *huge* thank-you to all of the students who wrote up their lecture notes this semester and sent them to me to post for you on the website. Thank you to TC, EC, SI, LL, HT, JL, JR, SI, and MO.
     
     
2. If you are planning to graduate from UMass Boston in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering or math) and plan to stay in Massachusetts after you graduate and pursue a career in a STEM field or teach in a STEM field, then you may be eligible for a tuition loan repayment program called the Covenant Program, offered by the Massachusetts State Treasury Office. Please see their website for further details: <Link to MA Treasury Dept website link on Covenant Fund>. There is also a very large megabyte flyer that you can download slowly here which announces the fund and gives a website link to the Treasurer's Office where you can find the link in the bottom corner to the Covenant Fund.
   
   
3. There will be a graded extra credit assignment given at discussion sections on Thursday Nov 20 and Tuesday Nov 25. You must attend discussion on one of these dates to complete this assignment. There will be no makeup for it.
   
   
4. There is an extra credit assignment about the Alka-Seltzer experiment in class. The extra credit is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, Oct 14. The extra credit assignment is posted with the Lecture 11 notes on the Lectures page.
   
   
5. Are you interested in applying to graduate school in life sciences or engineering at UMass Amherst? If so, you will be interested in attending this showcase of programs on Nov 8 at UMass Amherst. Limited travel funds are available (see the link in the agenda to apply for a travel award).
   • Agenda for Fall graduate programs preview on Nov 8
   • Application to attend (this is a Word doc that you have to fill out and send to them, right-click to download and save the file, then edit it to add your information)
   
   
6. Four paid internships are available for biology, chemistry, biochemistry, etc., majors. Please see the following recruiting flyers:
   • Quality control chemistry internship
   • Molecular biology internship
   • Process development internship
   • Cell culture process development internship
   
   
7. Facilitated Study Groups are set! There are two FSGs. FSGs are optional, but to enroll you must commit to attending the same FSG every week. Times and locations are:
   • FSG #1: Mondays, 11:00-11:50am. S-1-89 (Chemistry conference room)
   • FSG #2: Tuesdays, 3:30-4:20pm. S-1-89 (Chemistry conference room)
     
     
8. The link to the site associated with the extra credit assignment announced in class on 9/9/08 is not working to link directly from lecture 3 slides. Here is a direct link to the website.
   Link to Graham's law of effusion simulation discussed in lecture 3
   In order to run the simulation, your computer must have Shockwave software installed. If you don't have that software loaded on your computer, you can view what the results of the simulation are in this PDF printout. The deadline has passed for turning in the extra credit assignment associated with this simulation, but I'm leaving the link here since the link is broken for some reason in the lecture notes that are posted.
   
   
9. Interested in applying for the Commonwealth Corps? Here is a little bit of information about it, and contact info if you'd like to learn more. Applications are being accepted for two more weeks (I think that means until Sept 19, but check with the contact to be sure). Note that the time of the Commonwealth Corps course conflicts with Chem 116, so if you are interested in it, you will need to find out if they would allow you to miss the last hour of their class - because you definitely should not skip chemistry lecture.
   

   The Commonwealth Corps has come to UMB! We are excited to announce a great opportunity for students to participate in an innovative service-learning class and community partnership. We are now recruiting students for The Harbor Point Outreach Partnership. Participation in the class, which meets from 12:30 - 3:00 PM every Tuesday this semester and offers a 3 credit elective, will enable 15 students from across the university to become members of the Commonwealth Corps. Proposed by Governor Patrick in 2007, the mission of the Commonwealth Corps is to engage Massachusetts residents in direct service to rebuild communities and address their unmet needs. The partnership is currently looking to recruit students who are either low income, first generation in college, or students of color. Members receive a stipend of up to $2,500, plus a $500 bonus if they perform 400 hours of community service in a year, including the class, tutoring youth and sharing computer skills. This comes down to about 10-12 hours a week. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Professor Joan Arches, (joan.arches@umb.edu; 7-7288) to join this class. Enrollment is open for another two weeks.

10. We are using the 10th edition of Brown/LeMay/Bursten's "Chemistry, the Central Science". The 11th edition has been released by the publisher, however, many students in this class already own copies of the 10th edition from taking Chem 115, so I arranged with the publisher to use the 10th edition this semester. I am hopeful that this will also enable students who do not yet have books to obtain used copies of the 10th edition of the textbook, from the bookstore or elsewhere, at a lower cost than buying the new 11th edition.