College of Arts and Sciences

Diamond continues to shine: new properties discovered in diamond semiconductors (as seen in The Daily) Diamond, often celebrated for its unmatched hardness and transparency, has emerged as an exceptional material for high-power electronics and next-generation quantum optics. Diamond can be engineered to be as electrically conductive as a metal, by...

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The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics has awarded a Simons Fellowship to Professor Pavel Fileviez Perez to work on particle physics and cosmology. The Galileo Galilei Institute is one of the leading centers for theoretical physics and in partnership with the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and the University...

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Hello, alumni! Have you registered for Case Western Reserve University homecoming?! We hope to see you back on campus in November! The schedule for our department reunion & events is here: https://lnkd.in/g7i8-jmb Register here: https://lnkd.in/gAPSzVcF? (choose "College of Arts and Sciences" at the beginning of the registration process CWRU...

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Nominations are invited for the 26th Annual MICHELSON POSTDOCTORAL PRIZE LECTURESHIP, to be held Spring 2025, in the Department of Physics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. This prize will be awarded to a junior scholar active in any field of physics. The winner will spend...

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As seen in the College Bulletin      The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Lydia Kisley in the Department of Physics a 2024 Early Career Award.  With this five-year, $875,000 grant, Kisley and her collaborators are seeking to understand the process of separating and extracting rare-earth elements—essential for green technologies—by imaging...

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