A class taught by chemist Li-Qiong Wang teaches the molecular building blocks of artistic expression and enables students to make some art of their own along the way.

Staff Spotlight: Melissa Shein takes chemistry to the community

It is with deep sorrow the Chemistry Department announces the passing of Professor Emeritus Peder J. Estrup.

It is with heavy hearts that we share that Russ Hopson, NMR Supervisor and well-respected member of the Brown Chemistry staff, died of glioblastoma in July 2025.

Three Brown University undergraduates and two recent alumni were named among this year’s classes of Goldwater, Truman, Gates Cambridge and Ellison scholars.

Over 200 students from Providence and Warwick attended the annual STEM Day at Brown.

Professor Moungi Bawendi, Lester Wolfe Professor of Chemistry, MIT, co-laureate of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will deliver the 2025 John Howard Appleton lecture "Quantum Dots: From Curiosity to Technological Impact" on Thursday, April 3, 2025.