Undergraduate Student Club
Free Radicals is the main undergraduate student club for chemistry and biochemistry majors. Contact: radicals@uw.edu. Club news can be received by subscribing to the Free Radicals ACS Student Chapter/Phi Lambda Upsilon email list. To subscribe, visit https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/, enter PLUUW, and then subscribe.
Organic Steps
Organic Steps aims to improve students' experience of the organic chemistry sequence. We strive to achieve this goal by focusing on 5 elements; a term we coined FRICH:
Foundational ideas of the curriculum
Relevant practice problems
Important questions
Community mindset
High yield study strategies
With the right approach to understanding and practicing organic chemistry, students will thrive in their courses. Our plan is to share the strategies that helped us find success while building a community of students interested in the subject. We are passionate about teaching, participate in research, and have course experience beyond organic chemistry.
We would be honored to join you in your academic endeavors. Join our Discord.
Other Student Organizations
- Phi Lambda Upsilon is the UW affiliate of the national chemistry honorary society. Contact: radicals@uw.edu.
- See also Campus Community and Student Organizations
Community Service Opportunities
- Riverways Education Partnerships is a K-12 outreach program that connects undergraduate students from the University of Washington with educational and service opportunities in local and regional schools and community organizations through tutoring and mentoring. Students can earn credit for service by registering for EDUC 401.
- STEM Alternative Spring Break STEM ASB is a quarter-long program where students take a preparatory EDUC 401 seminar in the Winter quarter (Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30-5:50 pm), then spend the week of UW's Spring Break running STEM outreach programming (in teams of 4-5 UW students) with 3rd- to 12th-grade students in rural and tribal communities in Washington state.
- The Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center at the University of Washington provides students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to contribute to thriving communities; building authentic community and campus partnerships drive our work.