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Good to know: Understanding the chemistry of the world’s great art

      To the untrained eye, strands of unprocessed wool, silk and linen look very much alike. But an analysis of their chemical components shows big differences among them. “Wool is a protein: alpha keratin. You can see alcohol, the chain of carbons, nitrogen and hydrogen,” said Vincen Pierce, a Saint Rose Saint Rose chemistry and Saint Rose math …

Good to know: color science connects Lisha Deming Glinsman ’82 to world’s masterpieces

If Lisha Deming Glinsman, ’82 had listened to her high school self and simply quit chemistry class, she never would have studied chemistry at The College of  Saint Rose, never would have met professor Sister Mary Rehfuss, never would have learned how chemistry and art connect and, oh …, never mind. Click here to read all about Glinsman’s route from…

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