Recognizing it is typical in the world of chemistry-lab safety to point out what people are doing wrong, employees in Environmental Health & Safety set out to create a program to highlight what’s ...

This month, three teaching assistants in the college of science became the first at the University of Nevada, Reno to be formally recognized for their success in chemistry laboratory safety. These ...

Start the school year safely by assigning the Lab Safety STEM Certificate! Designed for middle and high school students, each video introduces essential lab procedures and safety guidelines, including ...

Ensuring student safety in undergraduate teaching laboratories is a critical component of the responsibilities of the Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S). It is very difficult for ...

Evicting chemical waste from an academic laboratory can be an awkward task. With squeaky-wheeled carts and wobbly solvent jugs, spills can happen. But if no one gets hurt, small spills and other close ...

Test tubes go missing. Equipment gets glitchy. The fume hoods roar more loudly than normal. Chemists usually find reasonable explanations for laboratory peculiarities. But sometimes even the most ...

Fire Safety and Regulation oversight is the responsibility of the campus Fire Marshall. The Fire and Life Safety department's mission is to "Ensure the safety of the University of Colorado students, ...

In the late 19th century, Ellen Swallow Richards worked to equip women with the tools of chemistry. Illustration by Shaylyn Esposito This past election cycle, hundreds of women ran for office on a ...