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Chemistry student accepted into nation’s top dental school
“What struck me most the first time I met him, as his advisor, was right off the bat he told me he wanted to be in medical school or go into dentistry, so his laser focus was on those goals,” Dr. Allan Jay Cardenas recalls when he met Andrew Keith nearly four years ago.
Marletta inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows
SUNY Fredonia alumnus Dr. Michael Marletta, ’73, was named to the 2024 Class of the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
STEM students nominated to apply for prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Three students majoring in a STEM discipline have been recommended by SUNY Fredonia to apply for a Barry Goldwater Scholarship valued at $7,500 to help them pursue a research career in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering.
Piede named October’s ‘Honors Student of the Month’
Mia Piede, a junior double major in Biology and Psychology with a minor in Chemistry, is the recipient of the October 2023 Honors Student of the Month Award at SUNY Fredonia.
Record number of Fredonia graduates accepted into medical schools
An all-time high 16 alumni of SUNY Fredonia – half of them members of the Class of 2023 – will matriculate to medical, dental, optometry and veterinary schools and physician assistant programs this fall.
Alumni panel to discuss careers in biotechnology
The departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Biology will present “Careers in Biotechnology and Drug Discovery,” a panel discussion with Drs. Jason Gestwicki, Jeffery Kelly and H. Michael Petrassi, at the Kelly Family Auditorium, Science Center Room 105, on Friday, May 12.
Students bound for health professional schools to speak on panel
Students who have already been accepted to or plan to attend health professional schools after receiving their degrees will explore topics related to enrolling at these schools at a panel discussion in Science Center Room 126 on Wednesday, May 10, at 7 p.m.
Marletta campus talk to show how independent research projects can connect
Dr. Michael Marletta, a ’73 SUNY Fredonia graduate and Professor of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, will give a presentation, “The Path from Making a Biofuel to Rice Blast Disease,” at the Science Center’s Kelly Family Auditorium Room 105 on Thursday, May 4, at 5 p.m.
SUNY Fredonia alumnus receives prestigious Wolf Prize in Chemistry
Dr. Jeffery W. Kelly, ’82, is one of a trio of scientists awarded the 2023 Wolf Prize in Chemistry by the Wolf Foundation.
STEM courses on the rise in Honors curriculum
There are more Honors courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics than ever before at SUNY Fredonia – a far cry from the Spring 2016 semester, when Honors courses in STEM disciplines were mostly limited to College Core Curriculum General Education.