Department of Chemistry

Luci Benedict, associate professor of Chemistry at USM and director of the University’s Quality Control Collaboratory (QC2 lab), discussed the lab's work in a WGME 13 feature about Maine’s booming craft beer industry.

With his USM mentor at his side, scientist Ray Stevens '86 announced plans to renovate the lecture hall inside the Portland Campus science building. It will be renamed, “The John S. Ricci Lecture Hall.”

Luci Benedict, associate professor of Chemistry at the University of Southern Maine, will present a talk on the Chemistry of Brewing on Wednesday, March 7, at Portland's Novare Res Bier Café.

In 2016, Andrew Kiezulas helped create the Recovery Oriented Campus Center (ROCC) on USM's Portland Campus, which is building a community of students in recovery from substance use and other mental health conditions.

Now taking applications for the John Ricci Undergraduate Research Fellowship

A group of University of Southern Maine students and faculty sparked a partnership with Portland High School's environmental science class, working together to find out just what's killing all the fish in the Green River.

USM is pleased to announce its undergraduate chemistry program has received accreditation from the American Chemical Society (ACS).

The USM Chemistry department now offers an ACS accredited degree in chemistry. See the Degrees and Certificates page for details.

The American Chemical Society (ACS) student chapter at the University of Southern Maine has been selected to receive a Green Chemistry Award for its outreach activities conducted during the 2011-12 academic year.

Applications are now being accepted for the John Ricci Fellowship.