The CHEX Lending Library is a far-reaching program. In the past year, a total of 3,560 students have used our kits including 1,011 underrepresented minority students and 1,770 female students. The Lending Library provides students with the opportunity to interact with lessons and kits they would not otherwise have access to.
 
Rebecca, an experienced teacher at Cortland High School in New York State, sent us a heartfelt thank you note (after implementing the DNA Profiling Lab) that read in part:

The center, part of the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) program supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, was created in 2018 with an initial $10.75 million grant from the DOE Office of Science.

Today's latest still shot of the construction area.

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Richard Gillilan, BioSAXS guru, assisted in running a workshop on small-angle scattering. He also co-chaired the session "Phase Separation and Aggregation of Biomolecular Systems and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins", and gave a talk in it about the use of multi-protein simulations and structure factor measurements. It was noteworthy that all the speakers at the session reported on work done at the CHESS BioSAXS station!

Summer Engineering Research for Community College Students (SERCCS) selects 4-5 students from (2-year) community colleges for eight-week internships in accelerator and x-ray sciences research, during which students also attend/lead formal seminars, tour research facilities, and enjoy social and

Dear CHESS Community,

CHESS is a vital resource for educating new and emerging synchrotron scientists. As the only synchrotron located on a university campus, it is CHESS's mission to engage students who will directly benefit from this amazing resource.