College of Arts and Sciences

The Department of Chemistry's Fall 2025 Ph.D. and M.S. in Chemistry applications are open! Interested applicants are invited to start their application through Slate today. Our graduate students enjoy a highly individualized program of study, learning from our world-class faculty and state-of-the-art facilities. Ph.D. students receive financial assistance through a...

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PhD in Chemistry student Mai Rashwan recently won the runner-up Student Poster Presentation Award at NASA's 35th Annual Thermal Fluids Analysis Workshop (TFAWS 2024). Rashwan, representing the Burda research group, was the only awardee from Case Western Reserve University and won for her presentation of her poster, "Effective Photothermal...

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On July 26, 2024, the Chemistry Department hosted its annual Project SEED Poster Session and Ice Cream Social in the Hovorka Atrium. The poster session wraps up eight weeks of the Project SEED Program, allowing our SEED scholars to share their summer research and engage with attendees. Congratulations to...

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Applications are now open for the 2024 CWRU Chemistry Research Symposium! The CWRU Chemistry Research Symposium (C2RS) is a half-day, student-led research symposium showcasing the exciting research happening in the Chemistry Department. The symposium will take place on Tuesday, August 20, at 1 PM in Clapp 108. All Ph.D. students...

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The Chemistry Department held its annual Chemistry Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, May 1, in the Frank Hovorka Atrium. The department shared 33 awards with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. Drs. Leonard and Judith Andrews (CWRU, '71) were both awarded the 2024 Outstanding Alumnus Award and shared a...

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