The Department of Chemistry hosted a series of quantum-themed outreach events this fall, sharing the excitement of quantum science with both high school teachers and students across Connecticut. On October 9, 2025, we hosted an ECE Chemistry Teacher Workshop focused on quantum materials. 25 Early College Experience (ECE) high school teachers spent the day on […]
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Interactive Periodic Table Tells Stories, One Element at a Time
Department Chemistry Periodic Table Display | UConn Christian Brückner started collecting more than 45 years ago when he was a young teenager in Germany and his father a metallurgist who’d bring home laboratory leftovers to feed his son’s growing interest in crystals and science. From an early 19th century bottle of a mercury salt to manganese […]
High School Students Exposed to UConn Chemistry Through Virtual Event
Students from Berlin High School didn’t let COVID-19 get in the way of learning directly from UConn faculty The UConn Department of Chemistry, working alongside the Office of Early College Programs & UConn Early College Experience (ECE), annually brings high school students from around Connecticut to the Storrs campus to see exactly what happens in […]