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Cindy Strong, Cornell College – Pottery and Chemistry

Dec 12, 2017

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Academic Minute

in Archaeology, Chemistry, History

Can chemistry help us better understand the past? Cindy Strong, professor of chemistry at Cornell College, examines fragments of ancient pottery to reveal different cultures. Cindy Strong earned her Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and has been at Cornell College since 1989, where she teaches courses in analytical and inorganic chemistry.…