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Dunbar/Armentrout Graduate Student Travel Fellowship Accepting Applications

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that the new Dunbar/Armentrout Graduate Student Travel Fellowship is accepting applications. The Dunbar/Armentrout Graduate Student Travel Fellowship supports domestic travel by PhD students in the Department of Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University that directly advances doctoral dissertation research and professional development....

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Frontiers in Chemistry with Shaomeng Wang and Ju-Yun Li Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Ben Cravatt Hosted on November 13

On November 13, 2025, the Chemistry Department hosted Dr. Ben Cravatt as the Shaomeng Wang and Ju-Yun Li Distinguished Lecturer as part of the Frontiers in Chemistry lecture series. Dr. Cravatt's talk, "Activity-Based Protein Profiling - Target and Ligand Discovery on a Global Scale," described the application of ABPP...

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Chemistry Researchers Challenge Decades-Old Asthma Theory, Find Newly Discovered Molecules May Be Real Drivers of Disease

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have made a breakthrough discovery that may lead to new treatment options for asthma and other inflammatory diseases. For decades, molecules called "leukotrienes" - chemicals that are released from white blood cells when the airways are inflamed or an allergen is inhaled - were...

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