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5 questions with…married chemistry faculty Clemens Burda and Anna Samia
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…
Nobel Prize winner to speak on relationship between chemistry, art at Baker-Nord Center event
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…
5 questions with…48-year biology professor James Zull
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…
Polymer Initiative of Northeast Ohio Conference to be held June 20
The Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at ÃÛÌÒAPP 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…
Register for SciFinder lunchtime information sessions
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…
CWRU tech transfer grants exclusive license to Compadre; AeroClay LLC is formed
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…
Engineering’s Robert Savinell to be recognized as Distinguished University Professor
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…
Chemistry’s John Protasiewicz named American Chemical Society Fellow
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…
Crespo wins NSF CAREER award to study DNA sensitizers
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,…
MACRO Frontiers conference to be held on campus June 6-8
The 2013 MACRO Frontiers conference will be held June 6-8, in Hovorka Atrium at ÃÛÌÒAPP. The conference is open to all faculty, staff and students, especially those interested in engineering, chemistry, biology and medicine. At the conference, attendees can explore the…