Release Date: March 31, 2005

MONMOUTH, Ill. — The Monmouth College chemistry department recently received a $9,000 grant from the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy to purchase an instrument for performing high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

According to associate chemistry professor Patricia Draves, who prepared the grant proposal, the equipment will be used in a number of courses, for such purposes as purification of DNA samples, isolating metal compounds and analyzing environmental water runoff samples.

“It will be a versatile and welcome addition to our department,” Draves said.

Monmouth was one of 13 small colleges in the United States to receive grants totaling $100,000 under the Pittsburgh Conference’s 2005 Memorial National College Grants Program.

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