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On August 20th, incoming SMS students kicked off the school year with our Fall Welcome, diving into hands-on experiments that showcased the magic of chemistry and biochemistry. The class of 2028 chemistry and biochemistry majors were warmly welcomed by SMS Director Tijana Rajh.  The event which followed in spectacular style, including lots of bangs, with exciting and colorful demonstrations from four SMS faculty, two academic advisors and SAACS co-presidents. Experiments set fire to hydrogen balloons, explored gas temperature, pressure and volume relations, made water disappear and “Elephant’s Toothpaste”, dazzled with colorful chemistry in solution and in flames, and created a spectacular indoor cloud of water using liquid nitrogen, to show our incoming chemistry and biochemistry freshmen the magic and beauty of chemistry.

Watch our Fall Welcome recap here!