With over seventy total researchers during the summer, the Furman University Chemistry Department boasts one of the largest undergraduate research programs in the nation. The summer of 2006 marked the 46th consecutive program in which undergraduates, masters students, post-docs, faculty mentors, and visiting faculty from area schools worked together over a ten-week period in a wide variety of scientific research projects. The undergraduate students, who received a stipend for the summer, carried out independent investigations in the areas of analytical, inorganic, physical, organic and bio-organic chemistry. This program would not be possible without the support of wide variety of public and private sources including those listed on our contributors page.

As a result of these student/faculty collaborations, over 170 research papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals over the last decade. To see these publications, click on one of the links below.

The summer is also a time where students and faculty become better acquainted through various social outings and the annual Ironman - Ironwoman Competition.