This handbook contains essential information for all graduate students in the Ph.D. and M.S. programs in the Department of Chemistry as well as the Chemical Physics graduate program. All students are responsible for understanding and following the information and policies contained in this document.
Chemistry Department Front Office
139 Smith Hall
(612) 624-6000
chemistry@umn.edu
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) in Chemistry
Prof. Aaron Massari
245 Smith
612-626-8416
DGS in Chemical Physics
Prof. Renee Frontiera
233 Smith
612-624-2501
Asst. to the DGS (for current students)
Nancy Thao
115 Smith
612-624-0313
612-624-0026
Asst. to the DGS (for prospective students)
Stephanie Stathopoulos
135 Smith Hall
612-624-8008
Mental Health Advocates
Mental health advocates are not counselors, but are trained on how to identify and respond to distressed students, and refer them to possible resources. While focusing on the mental health concerns of students, mental health advocates are available to talk to staff and faculty as well. List of Mental Health Advocates at the University of Minnesota.
Edgar Arriaga, arriaga@umn.edu, 323 Smith Hall
Philippe Buhlmann, buhlmann@umn.edu, 325 Smith Hall
Michelle Driessen, mdd@umn.edu, 113 Smith Hall
Mollie Dunlap, msdunlap@umn.edu, 139B Smith Hall
Lee Penn, rleepenn@umn.edu, 225 Smith Hall
Sapna Sarupria, sarupria@umn.edu, 229 Smith Hall
Stephanie Stathopoulos, stephs@umn.edu, 135 Smith Hall
Nancy Thao, thao@umn.edu, 115 Smith
Chuck Tomlinson, chuck1@umn.edu, 139 Smith Hall
MYU website (registration, class info and schedules, payroll): www.myu.umn.edu
UMN Student Conduct Code: https://regents.umn.edu/sites/regents.umn.edu/files/2022-07/policy_student_conduct_code.pdf
Graduate School Student Service (GSSP): https://onestop.umn.edu/academics/graduate-student-services-and-progress-gssp
Graduate School Forms: http://onestop.umn.edu/forms
Boynton Health Services – Graduate Assistant Health Plan: http://shb.umn.edu/health-plans/gahp-home
Community of Chemistry Graduate Students (CCGS): https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/ccgs
CSE TALK and ITA courses: https://cei.umn.edu/programs/international-teaching-assistant-ita-program/cse-talk-teaching-and-language-kick
Council of Graduate Students (COGS): https://www.cogs.umn.edu
Diversity and Inclusion Committee: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/chemintranet/diversity-inclusion
Graduate Student Workshop Committee (GSWC): https://sites.google.com/view/chemgswc
International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS): http://www.isss.umn.edu
Mental Health Resources (UMN): https://safe-campus.umn.edu/mental-health
Mental Health Resources (Chemistry): https://cse.umn.edu/chem/mental-health
Student Conflict Resolution Office http://www.sos.umn.edu/
Student Organizations, full listing: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/studentpostdocintranet/student-organizations
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE): https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/chemwise
Harassment Reporting
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action (EOAA). Call to report the incident(s) (612-624-9547) or you can fill out an online form.
Aurora Center. This is a confidential resource that specializes in issues like sexual assault and relationship violence, but also sexual harassment. They may be able to provide support in situations where you are not yet ready to go to the University’s EOAA office with a complaint.
Any faculty or staff member with whom you are comfortable reporting can serve as a reporting resource. Faculty, staff, postdoctoral researchers and fellows, and graduate assistants are “mandatory reporters” – they must report sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct that they learn about in the course of performing their job duties to the University’s EOAA office. Upon receiving a report, the University’s EOAA office staff will determine whether the issue needs to be investigated.
Ureport is an anonymous reporting service independent of UMN and can be used to anonymously report “any situation or University conduct you believe violates an applicable law, regulation, government contract or grant requirement, or University policy.”