News Archive
Chemistry and Biochemistry Announces Annual Honors Week Celebration
March 30, 2018
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host its annual Honors Week plenary lecture on Friday, April 6 at 3:30 p.m. in the Kiva. This year's speaker is Dr. C. Grant Willson from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Willson's talk is titled, "…
Read More »51³Ô¹ÏÍø Chemists Reveal Changes in the Density and Chemical Composition of Major League Baseballs
March 22, 2018
Are the new Major League baseballs "juiced"? An article on FiveThirtyEight.com goes to bat on this controversial topic and has drawn interest from several other media outlets, including ESPN, USA Today and CBS Sports to name a few.
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51³Ô¹ÏÍø Researchers Take New Approach with OLEDs
Feb. 12, 2018
Organic light-emitting diode technologies (OLEDs), a key technological feature in the display of many models of mobile phones and televisions already provide great image quality and high-resolution. But are they as efficient as they can be? Inspired by methods used in liquid-…
Read More »51³Ô¹ÏÍø Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF
Aug. 7, 2017
Several 51³Ô¹ÏÍø professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected to receive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). REU grants are designed to provide faculty with funding to create research…
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Department Mourns Loss of Dr. Anatoly Khitrin
July 7, 2017
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is saddened to announce the death of Dr. Anatoly Khitrin, a professor who specialized in physical chemistry.
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Choose Ohio First Scholarship Available to Chemistry Majors
May 22, 2017
Will you be a new Freshman Chemistry major at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø this Fall? Are you interested in the Traditional Chemistry Concentration or the new Industrial Chemistry Concentration? Consider applying for a Choose Ohio First Scholarship from the Workforce Training for Ohio…
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Nobel Laureate to Speak at Honors Week Event
April 6, 2017
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host its annual Honors Week plenary lecture on Thursday, April 13 at 3:00 p.m. in the Kiva. This year's speaker is Dr. W. E. Moerner, Nobel Laureate, from Stanford University. Dr. Moerner's talk is titled, "What Can…
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51³Ô¹ÏÍø Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
March 27, 2017
A 51³Ô¹ÏÍø professor, his graduate students and researchers from Kyoto University help offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
Read More »51³Ô¹ÏÍø Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
March 27, 2017
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017. These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how…
Read More »Now Hiring: Faculty Position
Sept. 30, 2016
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is seeking to fill one tenure-track or tenured faculty position in analytical chemistry. Successful applicants will be expected to establish highly productive and extramural funded research programs, engage in collaborative…
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