This week Brenda Beatty was declared a Covid Superstar for her tireless and cheerful work this semester. Beatty is the only laboratory assistant in our department and performs the set-up and take-down of all the freshman and organic laboratories each week. She has been working with us for about 15 years and we have very much enjoyed the excellent work she has done and continues to do. In early August she prepared all of the materials for use in the filming of the CHEM-C121, C125, and C126 experiments for our online offering of C121 and backup plans for C125 and C126. Much of her effort this fall has been the redesign and expansion of the layout of stock chemicals, equipment, and waste containers in the laboratories to let each student work independently (rather than with a partner) and not have to move around the lab so that students can maintain a 6-foot distance from each other at all times. For more information, please view her story in the Daily Titan.
