One often hears and reads about the decreased interest in science among the young people of today. If that is true, we certainly are not seeing it in the Chemistry Department at Cornell. While the number of chemistry majors graduating each year has While the number of chemistry majors graduating each year has graduate enrollment in chemistry courses has increased dramatically this year. It is true that Cornell took in an additional 250 (approximately) students; however, even taking this into account the percentage of all students taking chemistry has increased. This past fall there were 270 more people taking freshman chemistry alone.