MilliporeSigma‘s game-changing DOZN™ tool enables scientists to compare the relative greenness of similar chemicals, synthetic routes & chemical processes!
Listen to experts from within our Green Chemistry community including our Executive Director Dr. Amy Cannon, Prof. Irv Levy (GCC advisory board chair), Dr. Ponnusamy (GCC advisory board & MilliporeSigma Green Chemistry Fellow), and Jeffrey Whitford (Head of Sustainability and Social Business Innovation at MilliporeSigma) discuss DOZN in the third episode of Science Will Tell.

Through this podcast, you will learn more about DOZN™, the quantitative, industry-first green chemistry tool that utilizes the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry in order for scientists to make more informed decisions and to reduce their environmental footprint in industry and academic settings. Specifically, DOZN™ enables scientists to compare the relative greenness of similar chemicals, synthetic routes, and chemical processes. Learn more and start using DOZN™ by clicking here.

Through our partnership with Dow to support our 25×25 Initiative Beyond Benign is thrilled to welcome Southern University and A&M College to our Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) community! The Chemistry Department at Southern University will start Green Chemistry education by implementing Green Chemistry Principles in undergraduate chemistry courses and laboratories, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biochemistry. The institution is the third HBCU (Historically black colleges and universities) to join the GCC program.

Check out the Southern University and A&M College Who’s Committed Profile to learn more about the department and its aims!

Beyond Benign was thrilled to welcome the Keck Science Department serving Scripps, Pitzer, and Claremont McKenna Colleges signed the Green Chemistry Commitment in March 2021. The department emphasizes green chemistry throughout the chemistry curriculum. Starting with general chemistry, green chemistry is introduced in the laboratory. Green Chemistry education continues in organic chemistry and the department has opportunities for majors to contribute to green chemistry research. Chemical toxicology is covered in one of the advanced laboratory courses and there is a stand-alone upper-division environmental chemistry class offering. Many of the faculty members have projects related to green chemistry in their research programs, where students can receive training, write theses, and publish journal articles. The department is committed to offering a program where every graduate receives a solid foundation in green chemistry!

Check out the Pitzer College Who’s Committed Profile to learn more about the department and its aims!

Beyond Benign was thrilled to welcome the Keck Science Department serving Scripps, Pitzer, and Claremont McKenna Colleges signed the Green Chemistry Commitment in March 2021. The department emphasizes green chemistry throughout the chemistry curriculum. Starting with general chemistry, green chemistry is introduced in the laboratory. Green Chemistry education continues in organic chemistry and the department has opportunities for majors to contribute to green chemistry research. Chemical toxicology is covered in one of the advanced laboratory courses and there is a stand-alone upper-division environmental chemistry class offering. Many of the faculty members have projects related to green chemistry in their research programs, where students can receive training, write theses, and publish journal articles. The department is committed to offering a program where every graduate receives a solid foundation in green chemistry!

Check out the Claremont McKenna College Who’s Committed Profile to learn more about the department and its aims!

The Executive Director & Co-Founder of Beyond Benign, Amy Cannon, is thrilled to see the Green Chemistry Commitment highlighted in connection with the climate crisis and how higher education institutions are adopting it in their curricula. Teaching future chemists how to design products and processes that are healthier and safer for humans and the environment is an upstream, preventive, solutions-oriented approach to address local and global sustainability challenges. Read in TIME Magazine how higher education curricula across many disciplines are changing.

Beyond Benign is thrilled to welcome California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) to our Green Chemistry Commitment program. CSUSM joined the Commitment in March 2021 and is the first California State University institution to sign the commitment. At CSUSM, there is a workgroup that is developing a proposal to help the department implement the 12 principles of green chemistry with the short-term goal to focus on small substitutions in the existing curriculum to make labs safer and produce less harmful waste while also finding substitutes for hazardous chemicals. The workgroup is also updating existing student learning outcomes and lecture curriculum. Read more about the department’s Commitment here.

Check out the California State University San Marcos Who’s Committed Profile to learn more about this institution and its departmental aim!