We are passionate about giving back to our local community through various forms of outreach – see below for a brief summary of recent events we have developed and/or participated in
February 16, 2024
Skyler hosted a local high school sophomore student, Copper, and his teacher, Mr. Pulliam, for a morning workshop designed to help prepare Copper for his upcoming Governor’s Honors Program interview. This included a tour of our lab, a research presentation, a mock interview, and several experimental demonstrations. Best of luck, Copper!
February 2, 2024
Skyler delivered a seminar at his Alma Mater, University of North Georgia, discussing his PhD research and graduate school experiences, nice work!
November 18, 2023
A look into our group helping run this semester’s UGA Science Olympiad event (and of course, Audrey making sure everything goes smoothly)
October 18, 2023
The Newton group hosted the UGA Undergraduate Chemistry Club for a tour of the lab and a look into our current work – thanks for visiting!
June 5, 2023
The Newton group hosted a visiting undergraduate, Dat Dam, from Gettysburg College as part of UGA chemistry department’s SURO program (co-lead by Chris Newton). Supervised by Skyler, Dat spent the summer in the lab learning about our research, graduate school, and lots of lab technique!
April 29, 2023
The Newton group pitched in to help prepare meal packages with the foundation, Feed My Starving Children. What a great way to support such an important cause!
March 25, 2023
Under the guidance of our fearless leader, Audrey, the group spent the day helping run the chemistry component of the most recent UGA Science Olympiad event.
November 12, 2022
Spearheaded by our undergraduate, Audrey, the Newton group lends a hand in running the Chemistry component of the UGA Science Olympiad event, where high school students from all across Georgia compete to show off their science skills!
September 12, 2022
As part of our inaugural outreach event, we were fortunate enough to host a lively and enthusiastic group of students from Clarke Central High School for a day of lab demonstrations. We look forward to further collaborations with our local schools!
