Students participate in B-wiser Science Camp in 2019.

B-WISER Summer Science Camp runs June 12-17

The Buckeye Women in Science, Engineering, and Research (B-WISER), an educational partnership of The College of Wooster and the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, will […]

Dr. Diane Brown-Young ’87

Chemistry alumna combats high infant mortality rates as OB-GYN Physician

In 2020, of the 13,204 babies born in Cuyahoga County, 101 didn’t make it to their first birthday. The majority (73%) of these babies […]

Professor James West

Professor West publishes scientific research with eight Wooster students

James West, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, biology, and chemistry at The College of Wooster, worked with eight Wooster students to publish an […]

Rachelle Burks

Raychelle Burks to Present Helen Murray Free Lecture

Raychelle Burks, an associate professor of chemistry at American University and a popular science communicator who has appeared on TV, in podcasts, and at […]

Helen Murray Free attends the lecture of Madeleine Jacobs, president of Strategic Science and former executive director and chief executive officer of the American Chemical Society who spoke for the Helen Murray Free Endowed Lecture Series in 2016.

Alumna and renowned chemist Helen Murray Free dies at 98

Lecture, endowment honor legacy of Helen Murray Free at Wooster

Jennifer Faust, assistant professor of chemistry

Wooster chemistry professor receives CAREER grant from NSF

Jennifer Faust awarded $641,239 grant over 5 years to support research with students in atmospheric and environmental chemistry

Wooster Science Café

Wooster Science Café resumes this spring beginning Feb. 24

Discussions and insights on current science topics open to the community via Zoom

Malika Jeffries-EL

Malika Jeffries-EL to Present Helen Murray Free Lecture Jan. 26

Associate Dean and Associate Professor at Boston University to speak to Wooster community

Megan Cooper ’95

Chemistry alumna researches genetic sequencing of COVID-19 patients

Megan Cooper ’95 leads a research laboratory that is part of the international COVID Human Genetic Effort

Diane Gorgas ’86

Chemistry alumna fights coronavirus in Ohio and globally

Diane Gorgas ’86 draws on Wooster experience in all facets of her career

spring campus Andrews Library

Jodi Nunnari ’84 a Newly Elected Member of European Molecular Biology Organization

Cell biologist and professor at UC Davis honored for her remarkable achievement in the life sciences

NSF Picks Wooster Alumna, Current Wooster Student for Graduate Research Fellows

Laura Leventhal ’18, senior Kyndalanne Pike receive prestigious fellowships

Wooster Student a 2019-20 Goldwater Scholarship Recipient

Prestigious award goes to chemistry and mathematics double major Kyndalanne Pike

Wooster Receives $325,000 Grant from NSF in Support of Summer Research Program

Physics and chemistry departments will continue to serve as REU site over next three years

Wooster Science Cafe

Lisa Robbins, a research associate in the department of horticulture and crop science at The Ohio State University, will present “The Science of Wine.”

Science Superstars

Wooster Libraries’ “Hidden Science Superstars” Revealed

Four busts and two portraits of scientists from historically underrepresented groups now displayed in Timken Science Library

Joseph S. Francisco

Accomplished Chemist Joseph S. Francisco to Present Helen Murray Free Lecture

Former president of the American Chemical Society and professor at Penn to speak

NSF chemistry grant

NSF Awards $525,000 Grant to Wooster’s Chemistry Department

Three-year grant will be used to study soil-dwelling bacteria’s ability to break down pollutants

Rose Taylor, Chris Good, and Jeff Gilbert '85

Internships at Dow AgroSciences give Wooster students experience where research and industry meet

Dow veteran Jeff Gilbert ’85 happy to welcome and mentor younger Scots

Jenelle Booker ’21, Prof. Jennifer Faust, Shayna Vicker ’21 and Kevin Wokosin ’18 measure the reactions of the molecules in rainwater as they interact with the atmosphere.

Tapping into a Cloud

Students study carbon cycle impact on rainwater