The Department of Chemistry organized & hosted the First Inaugural Science Communication and Diplomacy Conference in partnership with Scientists Association of Kenya (SCOKA) on October 15th-16th 2024 at the University of Nairobi Towers.
The University of Nairobi led by the Department of Chemistry joined the rest of the world to mark the 12th International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action (ILPPWA) on 20th- 26th October 2024.The UoN has played a lead role in the advocacy and awareness of Lead Poisoning Prevention for the past 13 years. as part of the activities for the #ILPPWA2024 through a multi-sectoral committee led by the Government through the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Environment, Basco paints and other partners.
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 school 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.
