One of the best ways to move from high a stress/cortisol state to normal is to debrief among friends. Social recovery flips us into a positive hormonal and mood state. You can use this as an excuse to go to happy hour after a tough day at work.

We're glad to have this new work published on new materials for carbon capture!

NEW WORLD RECORD Eliud Kipchoge smashes his own marathon world record, winning the #BerlinMarathon in 2:01:08 Takes 31 seconds off his old record. #marathon

WORLD RECORD 2️⃣:0️⃣1️⃣:0️⃣9️⃣ ‼️ Eliud Kipchoge - EGH🇰🇪 SMASHES his own marathon world record by 30 seconds to win his fourth BMW BERLIN-MARATHON title. 🐐🐐🐐🐐 📸 NN Running Team

We’re very pleased to have our most recent work out now in Nature Communications!

Polymer Science and Engineering students doing great things and going to great places - Congrats to Yunfei Wang and to her research advisor Xiaodan Gu!

It is an honor to be supplanted by none other than dear friend Ben Savino.

It’s an honor to be recognized by the graduate school here at USM! I’m very fortunate to have so much support from my advisor (Zhe Qiang), labmates, and USM Polymer Science & Engineering.

Congratulations to all 2023 PSME Early Career Investigator Awardees - particularly excited to see USM Polymer Science & Engineering's Zhe Qiang honored and recognized among this group! Congrats Zhe!

Kudos to Dr. Zhe Qiang on securing the esteemed U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award! Zhe's project engages USM Polymer Science & Engineering students to transform plastic waste into valuable mesoporous carbons for water purification, promoting sustainability & a healthier environment!

Very pleased that one of our (Qiang Research Group) most recent works on converting thermoplastic elastomers into mesoporous carbons has been selected as one of this month’s 🔥HOT🚒 articles. Go check it out! doi.org/10.1039/D3ME00…

[Photos from ACS PMSE Division /ACS POLY Division Award Ceremony] Early-Stage Investigator Award Winners. Hearty congratulations! Hope you all had a great time at #ACSFall2023. All the very best to your careers. American Chemical Society #RisingStars

Transformative R&D is performed daily at MS's research institutions, like Southern Miss, which has been awarded a $4M grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to establish a hub of plastic-climate-health research focused on environmental & social equity & workforce diversity! bit.ly/3qAaQmB

BACK ON TOP 🫡 After a rare loss in spring 2023,Eliud Kipchoge - EGH🇰🇪 is once again victorious at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, taking the win in 2:02:42. That’s officially the fifth sub-2:03 of Kipchoge’s career and he has still never lost two marathons in a row.

It’s an honor to have the opportunity to participate in both of these sessions! Great to see so much awesome research and so many inspiring scientists.

Look at our School Director Go! Well done Derek Patton on this appointment!

Had fun with the polymer science and the art on this one! You'll have to read the paper to understand why we featured Benjamin M. Alameda's motorbike in the cover art. Still many challenges to address with degradable thermosets and with carbon fiber recovery/reuse.

“You cannot be a good mountaineer, however great your ability, unless you are cheerful and have the spirit of comradeship. Friends are as important as achievement. ...teamwork is the one key to success and that selfishness only makes a man small. No man, on a mountain or

Being a DYSS speaker has been a fantastic experience! It was a pleasure to learn from the students and faculty at UW Chemical Engineering and to have the opportunity to present my research. Seattle has always been one of my favorite places and I’m fortunate to have had this opportunity!