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A $230,000 NSF grant to discover chemical reactions
Chemistry professor Carolyn Anderson is extending her research while developing a new generation of researchers. March 28, 2013 | Myrna Anderson

Beckman Grant funds indepth student research
Calvin College has won a prestigious $77,000 grant from the Beckman Scholars Program to give expanded, intensive research experiences to a handful of Calvin students. April 14, 2008 | Myrna Anderson

Blankespoor named Brummel Chair
Professor Ron Blankespoor installed as the first-ever holder of the Brummel Chair in Organic Chemistry at Calvin College. September 27, 2006 | Myrna Anderson

Calvin's Goldwater honors
Calvin has three Goldwater Scholars and one honorable mention. April 08, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Campstravaganza
From bug hunting to belly flopping, filtering to formatting, kids of all ages are finding plenty to keep them busy this summer at Calvin. July 24, 2009 | Lynn Rosendale

Chem Demos turn 25
The annual Chem Demos have been delighting area middle schoolers for a quarter century. May 13, 2013 | Myrna Anderson

Chemistry and Christmas
Chemistry professor Larry Louters and student Ola Alabi were the architects of the first-ever Christmas chemistry camp. December 22, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Faculty Profile: Douglas Vander Griend
Calvin inorganic chemistry professor Douglas Vander Griend makes shapes with molecules. July 26, 2010 | Amy Surbatovich

Goldwater Scholar, NSF Fellow and now a Fulbright
Senior Lauren Manck will research seagrasses in Spain via a Fulbright Scholarship. April 20, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Goldwater tradition continues: Students earn top research award
Since 2008, Calvin College has had more Goldwater Scholars than any other liberal arts college in the nation. April 05, 2013 | Matt Kucinski

Interim: Sight, Sound and Smell
Students are chopping cabbage, sniffing beakers and missing the gorilla in an interim titled "Sight, Sound and Smell." January 14, 2011 | Phil de Haan

Moving into the ISRx
Student researchers are making themselves at home in the science division's new 4,450 square-foot lab. May 24, 2011 | Andrew Steiner , Myrna Anderson

On the run
Taste the energy and feel the sweat generated by the 19th-annual Calvin Spring Classic 5K Walk/Run and watch as children and their families participate in a special run to honor the late chemistry professor Karen Muyskens. May 01, 2009 | Matt Kucinski

One Goldwater, three honorables
Last summer, as Cheri Ackerman was working to isolate a protein, she put in a lot of hours in the “cold room”—one of the walk-in refrigerators in DeVries Hall that are kept at four degrees Celsius (or 39 degrees Fahrenheit). April 29, 2010 | Myrna Anderson

Researching how berberine works on diabetes
Larry Louters and four student researchers are studying how berberine works on diabetes. June 30, 2011 | Phil de Haan

Ron Blankespoor receives Presidential Award for Exemplary Teaching
A look back at Professor Ron Blankespoor's 1995-96 Calvin College Presidential Award for Examplary Teaching. September 28, 2006 | Phil de Haan

Sophomore to tackle the “puzzle” of research as Beckman Scholar
Sophomore chemistry major Sarah Tasker will also be stepping into some brand new shoes as Calvin’s first Beckman Scholar. May 14, 2008 | Myrna Anderson

Students win Goldwater Scholarship, honorable mention
Calvin student Melissa Haegert receives honorable mention for the Goldwater Scholarship. April 18, 2008 | Myrna Anderson

The winning protein
The students in Eric Arnoys' biochem II class choose their favorite protein via a bracket. May 24, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Two Goldwaters, two NSF fellowships
Four Calvin science students have landed prestigious research awards. April 05, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

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