{"id":4197,"date":"2018-03-23T16:01:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T21:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/chemistry\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:17:09","slug":"a-big-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/a-big-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"A big gift to the department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/FullSizeRender-1024x707.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4198\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/FullSizeRender-1024x707.webp 1024w, 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Chemistry would like to thank Warren and Kathy Kosman for their generous donation to the department of a new X-ray fluorescence instrument.\u00a0This instrument will be used both for research and teaching in the upper division labs offered during the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/FullSizeRender-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4199\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/FullSizeRender-1.webp 738w, https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/FullSizeRender-1-271x300.webp 271w, 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