Activism
Mrs. M.K. Murray using nitrometer at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory

Women in Chemistry Tour

Event
group of women standing around a lab table with periodic table in background

Women in Chemistry Tour

Event
Jeannette Clarke performs blood analysis with Perkin-Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotomer

Women in Chemistry Tour

Event
Two Women Using a Model F Coulter Counter

Women in Chemistry Tour

Event
Glass Art by Anna Mlaswosky

Enabling Transparency
Museum
Ad featuring industrial power plant 1943

Science & Activism Tour

Event
A biologist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) examines animal tissue, ca. 1970.

Science & Activism Tour

Event
Ad for soft water chemicals

Science & Activism Tour

Event
Ad for Hercules' Parlon paint 1940

Family Day

Event
ad for water toys 1954

Family Day

Event
Emblem 31 from Atalanta Fugiens 1618

Family Day

Event
Ad for Hercules' Parlon paint 1940

Family Day

Event
ad for water toys 1954

Family Day

Event
Emblem 31 from Atalanta Fugiens 1618

Family Day

Event
Ad for Hercules' Parlon paint 1940

Family Day

Event
ad for water toys 1954

Family Day

Event

Chemistry International: Downstream
Media Coverage
Frances Arnold headshot

Science History Institute Announces Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold Will Present 2022 Ullyot Lecture
Press Release
Slide from The Mighty Delaware lecture 1954

Institute Awarded Turning Points in History Grant from Villanova’s Lepage Center

Press Release
Water Pics exhibition

Water Pics
Museum
Archival photo of Forest Service after the 1910 fires.

Paradise Is Burning

Distillations Podcast
Ida Noddack banner

Chemistry World: Ida Noddack and the Trouble with Element 43
Media Coverage
Interior of old German ID card

Escape from Nazi Terror

Distillations Article
Downstream museum view

Downstream
A nurse in a mask

UWISHUNU: The Top Things to Do in Philly This Week & Weekend, November 2–8
Media Coverage
Bike delivery person in a mask

PhillyVoice: Photos of Essential Workers to Be Displayed by the Science History Institute
Media Coverage
Mask makers shown with a sewing machine and their dog

Science History Institute Debuts New Outdoor Exhibition
Press Release
Gabriela Serrato Marks doing fieldwork in a cave.

Bonus Episode: Interview with Gabriela Serrato Marks

Distillations Podcast
Photo of FDR in a wheelchair

Bonus Episode: Interview with Kim Nielsen

Distillations Podcast
Catalogue image of microscopes

Science and Disability: Part 1

Distillations Podcast
large crowd outside in city

Philadelphia Earth Week, Fifty Years On

Distillations Article
Rubella (German Measles) vaccination clinic in 1969

Roe v. Wade v. Rubella

Distillations Podcast
Group of Beckman Instruments scientists standing in a lab and smiling at the camera

Disability and the Myth of the Independent Scientist

Distillations Article
Wizard and Prophet photo illustration

Where Lies Humanity’s Salvation—Conservation or Innovation?

Distillations Article
Close-up view of valves, pipes, and fittings

Whose Knowledge Counts? Scientists with Cognitive Differences

Distillations Article
Roger Eadley-Pryor takes a guided kayak tour of the Schuylkill River led by Drexel chemistry professor Pete DeCarlo and University of Pennsylvania environmental humanities professor Bethany Wiggin.

Imagining a Way Forward

Distillations Article
Wichterle created the first wearable soft contact lens at his kitchen table on Christmas Eve 1961 using toys borrowed from his son, a hot plate, and a motor from a gramophone.

Politically Unreliable: The State v. Otto Wichterle

Distillations Article