Student Initiatives - Beyond Benign

Green Chemistry Connections- Introducing our 2023-2024 Co-hosts and Co-Organizers Alongside the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community

October 20, 2023

In this Green Chemistry Connection, you’ll hear from:

Dr. Juliana Vidal, Dr. Nimrat Obhi, and Dr. Natalie O’Neil, our Higher Education Program Managers and Higher Education Program Director, about new Beyond Benign team members and an overview of the October 2023 session agenda

Senior GCTLC Program Manager, Dr. Jonathon Moir and GCTLC Chief Editor, Dr. Sarah Prescott, as they provide an overview of the many opportunities, tools, and resources available on the newly launched Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community.

Dr. Juliana Vidal, Dr. Nimrat Obhi, and Dr. Natalie O’Neil, our Higher Education Program Managers and Higher Education Program Director, as they share the latest opportunities available to the Beyond Benign community including grants, a curricula project on the GCTLC, and more!

Meet our first ever Green Chemistry Connections Co-Organizers and Co-Hosts: McGill University PhD students Sara Catingan, Jasmine Hong, and Gagan Daliaho as well as Prof. Cintia Milagre, Universidade Estadual Paulista (unesp) and Dr. Oyesolape Akinsipo, Tai Solarin University of Education.

Hear from event hosts about upcoming events at Beyond Benign!

Additional Resources: Find the slides from this presentation here.

Transforming Chemistry Education: Models for Transitioning to Green Chemistry Education in Higher Education

April 2, 2020

This webinar about how the Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) program is fostering a community of practice among higher education institutions through sharing resources and best practices in implementing green chemistry in their courses and programs. Through the GCC program, higher education participants incorporate green chemistry curricula, labs and courses into their chemistry department in their own unique way and with varied timelines to work towards adopting Green Chemistry Student Learning Objectives. Faculty members from the University of Michigan- Flint, University of Toronto and Seton Hall will share their experience in integrating Green Chemistry in their courses and programs, and how they are better preparing the incoming workforce with green chemistry skills to build a more sustainable future.

Featured Speakers:
Andrew Dicks, Professor, Teaching Stream, University of Toronto
Nick Kingsley, Associate Professor, University of Michigan – Flint
David Laviska, Assistant Professor, Seton Hall

Perspectives of Careers in the Chemical Industry

April 30, 2018

From chemical manufacturing to components to final products, there are many paths to careers involving green chemistry— you just have to know where to look for them. In this webinar, three professionals working in the chemical industry discuss how they got to where they are, what their companies are interested in and how it connects with green chemistry, and what they would recommend to early-career scientists looking to pursue careers in the field.

Speakers:

1. Christoph Krumm, Co-founder and CEO-Sironix Renewables

2. Linda B. Sedlewicz, President/CEO–schülke inc.

3. Maureen Kavanagh, Senior Technical Manager-3M