chemistry
May 29, 2015
Mary Barkley isn’t afraid of change. In fact, she’s often the one inciting it—especially when it comes to advancing the status of women in academia, and in the sciences in particular. Barkley’s achievements in the area of inclusion—both for women and minorities—earned her the American Chemical…
February 13, 2015
Faculty members Anna Samia and Clemens Burda have built careers on chemistry—and a life on the chemistry they feel toward each other. Burda and Samia met at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1999. Both were studying chemistry—Burda as a postdoctoral fellow and Samia as a PhD candidate. Their…
February 09, 2015
The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will present several free, public events in February, including lectures on chemistry as an art, ethics shared by humans and animals and Latin America in the past 40 years. On Thursday, Feb. 12, at 4:30 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center, the…
June 19, 2014
James Zull remembers when a single chain separated Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology. The chain was a futile effort to create an illusion of separation. People often stepped right over it to visit someone at the other university, showing that, from the outset, the two…
June 16, 2014
The Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University invites post-doctorate, graduate and undergraduate students to attend the Polymer Initiative of Northeast Ohio (PiNO) Conference Friday, June 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Thwing Center. Registration and…
March 24, 2014
Kelvin Smith Library will host a series of lunchtime presentations by speakers who will show participants how SciFinder can benefit their research. SciFinder provides researchers with access to the world's largest collection of chemistry and related science information, and is a one-stop-shop…
March 05, 2014
Foam-like polymer/clay composite offers an array of potential applications, from packaging hazardous materials to possible oil-spill cleanup solution Compadre, a company best known for transit packaging solutions, obtained an exclusive license to pursue commercial uses for AeroClay, an…
August 28, 2013
During his high school career on Cleveland’s West Side, one of Robert F. Savinell’s teachers said he needed to choose a field of focus. He selected chemistry and immediately hit the ground running. After graduating from Cleveland State University with a degree in chemical engineering, Savinell…
August 08, 2013
John D. Protasiewicz, professor of chemistry, has been selected as a member of the 2013 class of American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows. Protasiewicz’s areas of research interest include inorganic chemistry, materials and energy, organometallic chemistry, crystallography and more. His research…
June 24, 2013
Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández, an assistant professor of chemistry, won a National Science Foundation CAREER award to investigate how compounds found in human cells and medicines trigger DNA mutations that can damage cells and lead to skin cancer when exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Crespo,…