College of Arts and Sciences

As seen in The Daily (Dec 2022)  and WEWS: Fusion breakthrough could be climate, energy game-changer Physics Professor Harsh Mathur broke down a “major scientific breakthrough” in the decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars, which in the future could create a carbon-free energy source. “Basically all...

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Cyrus Taylor, the Albert A. Michelson Professor in the Department of Physics, discussed a breakthrough in nuclear fusion, which he said could have a major impact on the future of energy. “We have a real prospect for sort of commercial fusion. Clean, limitless power to basically power mankind,” Taylor...

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Congratulations to Lydia Kisley, Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor, Departments of Physics & Chemistry, for being named a 2022 Allen Distinguished Investigator by The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of the Allen Institute. Professor Kisley and collaborator Laura Sanchez, professor at University of California, Santa Cruz, were awarded...

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EXCERPT from Nicole Yunger Halpern in Quantum Frontiers: a blog by the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter @ Caltech  "...Today, both scientists enjoy renown across Case Western Reserve University. Their names grace the sit-down restaurant in the multipurpose center, as well as a dormitory and a chemistry building. A fountain on the quad...

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Earn a total of $50,000 extra in stipend & research support over the first four years of your PhD graduate research. Applicants interested in biophysics or condensed matter research will be eligible for the Philip and Sarah Taylor Graduate Fellowship in Physics.

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