Curriculum green chemistry focus

Julie A. Haack is a senior instructor and assistant department head for chemistry at the University of Oregon, where her work has focused on the incorporation of green chemistry principles into the introductory chemistry curriculum for both science and nonscience majors. She is a leader in facilitating the identification, development, and dissemination of green chemistry educational materials throughout the chemistry curriculum. 

In the mid-1990s, Carnegie Mellon University s Environmental Institute began to implement the Environment across the Curriculum initiative (75). The goal was to develop modules that contained environmental themes that could be used in courses in every college in the university... One of the modules, which focused on green chemistry and was specifically designed for the first year chemistry student, will be discussed. 

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