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A pair of hands hold two baseballs, one coated in mud, the other pristine.
In the News, Research + Innovation

The Secrets of Baseball’s Magic Mud

The unique properties of baseball’s famed “magic” mud have never been scientifically quantified — until now. In a new paper in Proceedings of the National … Read More ›

Posted on November 4, 2024November 4, 2024
Side-by-side images of the liquid crystals in action, with the right side in false color.
Research + Innovation

Beyond Displays: Liquid Crystals in Motion Mimic Biological Systems

Liquid crystals are all around us, from cell phone screens and video game consoles to car dashboards and medical devices. Run an electric current through … Read More ›

Posted on September 16, 2024
Portrait of Jennifer Wilcox
In the News, Research + Innovation

Net Zero by 2050: a Q&A with Jen Wilcox on Carbon Management

In February 2020, at a talk hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, Jen Wilcox, who at … Read More ›

Posted on September 3, 2024
A strand of RNA assembling itself
Grants, In the News, Research + Innovation

Melding AI and RNA: $18M NSF AIRFoundry to Revolutionize RNA Research

In a typical foundry, raw materials like steel and copper are melted down and poured into molds to assume new shapes and functions. The U.S. … Read More ›

Posted on August 28, 2024June 2, 2025
The Clark Scholars stand on the stairwell in the Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Alumni, Students

Clark Scholars Program Rewards Effort, Fosters Connection

As most students finish packing their bags for a return to campus and the start of the fall semester, one small group will already be … Read More ›

Posted on August 23, 2024August 21, 2024
Chinedum Osuji represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Here he kicks someone in the midst of a match while wearing protective gear.
In the News

The Rigors of Engineering and the Olympics: A Conversation With Chinedum Osuji

In 2004, Chinedum Osuji, Eduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), represented Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympic Games … Read More ›

Posted on August 7, 2024August 6, 2024
Henry Coshburn poses in front of a vase of flowers, wearing a button down shirt and blue jacket
Alumni

Catalyzing Change: Henry Coshburn and the Power of Mentorship

In the early 20th century, as Isabel Wilkerson recounts in The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, millions of Black … Read More ›

Posted on June 24, 2024June 26, 2024
Chinedum Osuji
Academics, Research + Innovation

Environmental Innovations Initiative Faculty Spotlight: Chinedum Osuji

Chinedum Osuji, a faculty fellow of the Environmental Innovations Initiative (EII), is the Eduardo D. Glandt Chair and a professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department of the School … Read More ›

Posted on June 13, 2024July 17, 2024

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