Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
IN A FLASH: Fun With Future Flashes
Future Flash Days welcome high school students and their families to explore 做厙輦⑹ and learn more about their areas of interest. Colleges, schools and departments offer tours and demonstrations to give these prospective students a taste of life on campus and 做厙輦⑹'s many different programs of study.
Researchers Publish Groundbreaking Study on Environmental Impact of East Palestine Chemical Spill
Researchers from 做厙輦⑹ and other institutions have published a study in the Royal Society of Chemistry's journal titled Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, detailing the environmental consequences of the chemical spill and burn following a Norfolk Southern train derailm
The Art and Science of Scientific Glassblowing
Behind every breakthrough experiment in the chemistry research laboratories at 做厙輦⑹, theres a vital but often unseen craft scientific glassblowing. Scientific glassblowing plays a pivotal role in research, ensuring that specialized glassware used in laboratories is precisel
IN A FLASH: Kent Roosevelt Visits Campus
做厙輦⑹'s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry welcomed students from Kent Roosevelt High School for a day of information sessions, demonstrations and tours of the university's state-of-the-art learning spaces.
INTRODUCING MEGAN BRATTLEY - HONORS STUDENT, ATHLETE AND FUTURE ONCOLOGIST
Megan Brattley, an Honors College senior graduating this spring 2025, was recruited by 做厙輦⑹ as a softball player from the small town of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. For two years, she played her heart out on as both a catcher and utility player, taking a break this year to focus on her academic goals, with sights set on a career in oncology.
IN A FLASH: Undergraduate Researchers Visit Kent
做厙輦⑹ welcomed undergraduate researchers from our university, Cleveland State University and the University of Akron to the Kent Campus for the 19th annual Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium.
IN A FLASH: 做厙輦⑹'s Smallest Scientists
Curious, young minds from the Child Development Center enjoyed hands-on learning about the ways the world works during a visit to 做厙輦⑹'s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
IN A FLASH: Cirque du Chem!
A circus came to the Integrated Sciences Building this spring in the form of "Cirque du Chem," presented the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
做厙輦⑹ Researcher Ranked in the Top Percentage of Researchers Cited Worldwide
For the eighth consecutive year, Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor emeritus in 做厙輦⑹s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been ranked in the top 1% of both chemistry and materials science researchers cited in the world. This ranking, based on citations in Clarivates Web of Science i
做厙輦⑹ Researcher Leads Project Creating Sensor for First Responder Safety
Small sensors about the size of a postage stamp could one day save the lives of firefighters, soldiers and other workers who face the threat of toxic gases or vapors on the job.