final exams and final grades

Dear ChE170,

Your final exams have been graded and course grades have been assigned. You can find information on grade distributions here. If you would like to pick up your exam, please stop by my office any time this quarter or at the start of the next.

I enjoyed the class this quarter, and we'll leave up the gallery for a while for all to admire your work. Good luck in your future courses and endeavors!

Cheers,
MSS

HW 5 pickup

Hi all,

If you would like to pick up graded HW5, I will be available in my office (or the lab next door) from 2-4 PM. (Chemistry 3219)

Sunyia

Review session for final

Hi class,

I will hold a question-and-answer review session for the final exam on Monday from 2-3pm in 1519.

Cheers,
MSS

Movies

Class-

If you're interested, here is a link to the website with the movies that I showed today in class:

http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/

Also, I was able to find the NY Times article that Sam mentioned that describes the efforts to produce these movies (Thanks, Sam):

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/science/16animate.html

Cheers,
MSS

Cancer rates

In class today someone asked about cancer incidents and deaths over time. Here are several telling charts from the NIH:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20811/figure/A5099/?report=objectonly

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20811/figure/A5100/?report=objectonly

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20811/figure/A5101/?report=objectonly

As you can see from this data, death rates from stomach cancer have decreased over time, likely due to improved food practices (refrigeration, food storage and handling). On the other hand, lung cancer deaths increased dramatically in the 20th century, peaking around 1990. Other cancer rates have fluctuated somewhat.

Cheers,
MSS

Protein gallery

Dear class,

Your bonus projects have been posted in the hallway outside of 3301. They turned out quite nice! I encourage you to take a look at the gallery.

Cheers,
MSS

Guest lecture

Class,

I posted Prof. Doyle's slides from last Tuesday online at the course website.

Cheers,
MSS