UNT hosted the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education in August. About 1,200 educators discussed technology in chemistry education, how cooking relates to chemistry, and green chemistry.

The conference, co-sponsored by UNT and the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education, accepted about 800 papers, 65 workshops and 70 posters from chemists in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Sudan, Turkey, Venezuela and the U.K.