Caring for the City of Pittsburgh Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies @ CMU

We are so proud of @ksandybelle for successfully proposing her PhD thesis today!

California wildfires: Air quality is increasingly unhealthy ⁦Jen Research Group⁩ usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Assistant Professor Jen Research Group talks about the dangers of poor air quality thanks to California wildfires.

In the Air Tonight: Why California Wildfires Could Be Affecting Your Health – LX ⁦Jen Research Group⁩ lx.com/news/in-the-ai…

Day two of our ChEGSA symposium started off with presentations by Mariah Arral (@mariaharral) from the Prof. Katie Whitehead. She was followed by Sandra Fomete (@ksandybelle) from Jen Research Group and Kimberly Hui from Prof. Schneider group.

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Malgré tout le chaos autour de l’élection américaine, le vrai vainqueur c’est la transition démocratique, l’expression populaire et un système électoral imparfait mais efficace. Chaque peuple devrait pouvoir choisir et changer ses dirigeants s’il ne se reconnaît plus en eux.

Engineering faculty Neil Donahue, Valerie Karplus, @DestenieNock, Costa Samaras, and Ryan Sullivan and the Scott Institute’s Anna Siefken were quoted on President Biden’s climate policy. cmu.edu/news/stories/a…

Fufu for You! Grand Opening of African Eats Cuisine in Squirrel Hill.

"If someone is speaking to you in a foreign accent, they are smart enough to know [at least] two languages and were brave enough to do their job in their second."💚

~3 years ago I was alone with my baby when I heard noises from my basement in my house in DC. I went to check it out and the house alarm went off. I called the police and was relieved to see them—until I was held at gunpoint bc they thought I was the intruder. I was terrified.

Our hearts melt each time we see our students build video games by themselves using Scratch Computer Language. Good job👏🏽 , Anoushka! As young people create with Scratch, they learn to think creatively, work collaboratively, and reason systematically.

Happy Birthday, Michael Brown Jr. You should be turning 25 today. We marched in Ferguson for 400 days for you. And now we’re in Congress, working to build a world where you’d never have been taken from us. We love you.

Even the statement, “Let’s invite more Black people to the table,” implies ownership of the table and control of who is invited. Racism is about power. ~ Be A King

We are shocked and angry every day at the images of migrants taking incredible risks in search of a better life. Let's devote some of our anger to supporting them so that they don't feel pressured to leave their homes. Let’s open our hearts and doors when they need our help.

The immigration policy of the so-called "rich" countries is to keep away from "their" borders and dehumanize nationals of countries that they have historically plundered and on which they have made their fortune. The world would be much better off without walls and borders.

Receive the gratitude of these children as we share images of the improved college renovation project after completing preliminary milestones 👉🏾 m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Alkanolamines widely used in post-combustion carbon capture can play an important role in sulfuric acid nucleation and can influence regional air quality and climate. Jen Research Group Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Sandra Fomete go.acs.org/1AN

Congratulations to Jen Lab alumna Dr. Sandra Fomete! Her paper on Ion-Molecule Rate Constants for Reactions of Sulfuric Acid with Acetate and Nitrate Ions was published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…