The Department of Chemistry ranks among the top 10 undergraduate colleges in the country. Its students are consistently among the national eladers in publishing and presenting the results of their research, and its innovative curriculum has been cited by the American Chemical Society as a model for other schools. Many factors contribute to this remarkable record, including our outstanding faculty, the impact of one of the nation's largest undergraduate research programs, and ane xcellent collection state-of-the-art scientific instrucmentation.