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Caelan Frazier ’23 (left) and Shay Brown ’23 (right) took Bippy to the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) Conference in Orlando, Florida. They posed here with Merck Senior Scientist Dr. Devin J. Swiner.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Brown ’23 receives some help from Bippy in making her poster presentation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Frazier, Brown and University of California Irvine Graduate Research Assistant Alissa Matus pose with Bippy at the NOBCChE Conference in Orlando, Florida.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

His name is Bippy and he\u2019s the Squishmallow that\u2019s making Kalamazoo College famous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Squishmallows are soft, squishy, cuddly stuffed animals that come in a variety of colors and sizes, and their popularity has grown exponentially over the past year or so. The K Hornet versions of the plushies\u2014available at the College\u2019s bookstore\u2014are round and orange with thin, black arms; antennae; beady eyes; a friendly smile and a K on their belly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor of Chemistry<\/a> Daniela Arias-Rotondo, known affectionately to her students as Dr. DAR with her lab students called DARlings, uses a K version named Bippy as her lab\u2019s mascot. He\u2019s helping K gain recognition and students gain opportunities in their field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI bought it right away last summer when the Bookstore restocked them because I thought it was the cutest thing,\u201d Arias-Rotondo said. \u201cI thought it would be fun to take him places and he made his debut at the fall ACS (American Chemical Society) conference in Chicago last year. I tweeted beforehand that I was going to have this little guy with me, and I asked, \u2018Who else is going to be at the conference?\u2019 It was really fun because a lot of people were excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arias-Rotondo\u2019s lab develops molecules that absorb energy from light while transforming that energy into electricity. Bippy gets his name from 2,2\u2019-bipyridine, which is a key part of [Ru(bpy)3<\/sub>]2+<\/sup>, a ruthenium compound nicknamed \u201cRubpy.\u201d Ruthenium is a rare and expensive metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rubpy \u201cis a molecule that has been key in the development of photophysics and photocatalysis because it works so well,\u201d Arias-Rotondo said. \u201cOne of the problems with it is that it\u2019s very expensive, so we keep trying to find alternatives that are cheaper, greener and more Earth friendly. Yet we use it for now, so Bippy\u2019s name is a nod to a molecule that has had a huge impact on my career and on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Arias-Rotondo\u2019s reach on Twitter has allowed chemists from all over the world to see Bippy\u2019s pictures and learn about Arias-Rotondo’s and her students\u2019 accomplishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a way for me to say on Twitter, \u2018You know me and these are my students,\u2019\u201d Arias-Rotondo said. \u201cI can invite others to go talk to them even if they\u2019re at a conference when I\u2019m not. It\u2019s definitely generating visibility, and if it generates visibility for me and the College, it benefits my students, too, because at the end of the day, they are the ones who need the most opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last winter, Arias-Rotondo wanted Caelan Frazier \u201923 and Shay Brown \u201923 to take Bippy to the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers<\/a> (NOBCChE) Conference in Orlando, Florida. Frazier, a Kalamazoo native, plans to attend graduate school at the University of Michigan and he credits K for preparing him for that with benefits such as small class sizes in a supportive environment and a study abroad<\/a> experience in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shay Brown ’23 (from left), Crystal Mendoza ’23, Lindsey Baker ’24, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Daniela Arias-Rotondo, Maxwell Rhames ’25 and Caelan Frazier ’23 pose with Bippy at the American Chemical Society Conference in Indianapolis.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bippy, however, Frazier was unsure of\u2014at least at first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the time I thought, \u2018I don’t really know why you want me to take him, but I’m going to trust you on this one,’\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any remaining skepticism melted away when reputable scientists approached Frazier\u2019s and Brown\u2019s poster presentations to learn about their work, and of course, meet Bippy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe ended up being very helpful,\u201d Frazier said. \u201cWe sat at a table with a few of the people that Dr. DAR told us to talk to, and immediately three of them said, \u2018Oh, my gosh, it’s Bippy from Twitter! I know who you guys are.\u2019 It was an incredible conversation starter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, Frazier, Brown, Lindsey Baker \u201924, Crystal Mendoza \u201923 and Maxwell Rhames \u201925 have attended the spring ACS conference in Indianapolis with Bippy to similar fanfare for the cuddly plushy, not to mention their work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Frazier poses with Bippy at his poster presentation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Abby Barnum ’23 poses with Bippy during a recent conference.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cObviously, Bippy doesn’t directly influence the work that we do, but he very much helps us look forward to presenting it,\u201d Frazier said. \u201cHe has shown me that when you go to these conferences and you\u2019re meeting some of the biggest names in science from around the world, they’re still people. And when they see this stuffed animal you’re carrying around, 90% of them are going, \u2018Oh, that’s cute. I wonder what that’s about\u2019 and \u2018I want to learn more about that.\u2019 I think it’s really important to have that comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as beneficial as Bippy is now for her students, Arias-Rotondo hopes his influence will continue in the years ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe could just have a unicorn or a random stuffed animal, but institutional visibility is important, so the addition of the brand right on Bippy helps a lot,\u201d she said. \u201cI want other students to also get those opportunities and I want people to say, \u2018Oh, Kalamazoo College. They put out good chemistry students.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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