Albion College Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

05/02/2026

Getting the ducks in a row… 🐥🎓

03/31/2026

The smartest students at Albion are working on Ochem!

12/19/2025

Sending our sympathy to the family, friends, students and colleagues of Dr. Schmitter.

It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the loss of Dr. Ruth Schmitter, an emerita faculty member of the Biology Department from 1982 to 2017, who also served in the Women and Gender Studies Program. Dr. Schmitter was a well-respected and beloved faculty member and friend. She was a great teacher, focused listener, and a source of support for many. She will be missed. May she rest in peace. Here is a link to her obituary (https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/mason-mi/ruth-schmitter-12664372).

For more information about Dr. Schmitter, please read an interview by Beau Brockett Jr. ‘19 that was published in The Albion Pleiad in 2017 (https://albionpleiad.com/2017/04/after-35-years-a-look-back-with-dr-ruth-schmitter/).

11/27/2025

Hey Brits! You can make a GIANT difference in a young students life. We have a big crop of great students looking for a very few available spots in labs across the country. Our program makes sure everyone gets a spot. It’s easy too!

Just go https://advancement.albion.edu/register/give, and select Chemistry Summer Researchers.

10/11/2025

It is with sadness we share that Dr. Bob Armstrong passed away on August 28, 2025 after a prolonged illness.

Today, at the First United Methodist Church in Albion, there will be visitation at 11 AM and Celebration of Life at noon with lunch to follow.

Besides being know for a challenging biochemistry course that made med school biochemistry courses seem easy, Bob also donated blood regularly (27+ gallons), worked with Habitat for Humanity, served on the Pre-med Committee and hosted many students at his home. Bob and his spouse, Bobbie, established an endowment to support a biochemistry lecture series to nurture the interest of future Albion biochemistry students. He is missed.

Celebrate the life of Robert Armstrong, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of J. Kevin Tidd Funeral Home.

11/22/2024

It’s our dedicated faculty and staff that make us #1 in the Midwest! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

DePauw and Kalamazoo are next in the WSJ/College Pulse ranking.

05/13/2024

Summer 2024 research has begun! It was made an extra special day because Brit-supporter Dr. Ron Lessard visited today from California as Summer Gibson and Bode Brown start their 8-weeks of Alumni-funded research in the Harris lab. Next week the Rohlman and Streu Labs get started. It’s going to be a great summer.

05/06/2024

Congratulations, Class of 2024 Chemistry and Biochemistry Majors and Minors!

05/06/2024

Top notch scholar, research student, admitted to several top graduate schools, and top 10 sprinter in the USA. Holds multiple records at Albion. Presenting her undergraduate research at the ACS Meeting next week! Go Brits!

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Avery Campbell: All-American.

03/21/2024

Looking forward to our trek with to ASBMB 2024 this weekend.
Let us know if you will be in the neighborhood.

is the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology taking place March 23–26 in San Antonio.