The Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, through the Kenya National Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center (KNMRC) organized for the Fourth (4th) Regional Hands-on NMR Training Workshop from 29th July 2024 - 2nd Aug 2024.
The Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, through the Kenya National Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center (KNMRC) has organized for the Fourth (4th) Regional Hands-on NMR Training Workshop from 29th July 2024 - 2nd Aug 2024.
The Department of Chemistry celebrated its first ever Annual Cultural Day on the 14th of June 2024. The day was set aside to celebrate cultural diversity in the Department under the theme “Our Diversity Our Unity”. The Chief Guest was our very own Professor Emeritus Prof. Raphael Munavu who is currently the Chairperson of The Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms in Kenya.
As part of community Outreach, the Department was happy to receive Sunday school children from Adonai Gospel Church on April 25, 2024 to take them through our laboratories and the equipment. The aim of this visit was to expose them to the University environment in order to motivate them as they study. Some of them are in high and majority of them are in lower primary.
Prof. David Huffman grew up in a small farming community in central Illinois and attended college in Greenville, South Carolina. After college he managed a package plant for biological wastewater treatment. A volunteer lecture in a high school class led to an enjoyable year teaching science, math, and history courses. The ease of this experience led him to begin a master’s degree in Inorganic Chemistry at Illinois State University under the direction of Dr. Douglax X.
The Department of Chemistry organized for mentorship talk which was held on April 19, 2024 at the Department of Chemistry, Seminar Room 119 targeting fourth year students who are set to graduate in September 2024. This was one among the many series of mentorship talks organized by the Department to prepare students for the job market.
The Department of Chemistry through the Departmental mentorship committee organized career mentorship workshop targeting all fourth year students undertaking Chemistry programmes on Friday 22nd March 2024. The aim of this workshop is to prepare students for job market as they transition from the University to the outside world.
The Kenyan National NMR Centre (KNMRC) based at the Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, Kenya, is hosting a hands-on NMR training workshop on July 29 –August 2, 2024.
The Department of Chemistry through KEN-01 team organized a brainstorming workshop on 15th September 2023 held at Arziki Restaurant, Chiromo Campus on the re-establishment of Women in Chemistry(WIC) from 8.30am-11am. This workshop was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology (Professor Leonidah Kerubo), the Chairman of the Department of Chemistry (Professor David K.
Gender Workshop 2 themed “Empowerment of Women in Basic Sciences Towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” was held on 29th September, 2023 from 9.00 am - 2.00 pm at the Arziki Conference Hall, Chiromo Campus, University of Nairobi.
