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Interested in a Fall 2026 undergraduate TA position? Learn more and apply for an undergraduate TA position.

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BS in Chemistry BS in Biochemistry BS in Chemical Physics Fifth-Year Master’s Degree Program: BS/MS in Chemistry Minors in Chemistry MS in Chemistry MS in Chemistry/Biotechnology PhD in Chemistry PhD in Chemistry/Biotechnology PhD in Chemical Physics Joint PhD in Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering

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Department of Chemistry News

Could Targeting Receptors From Inside the Cell Improve Metabolic Therapies?

Laidlaw Scholar Nikita Bhat has studied a new way to influence metabolic signaling with greater precision

Kevin Clark receives 2026 ASMS Research Award

This award promotes the research of academic scientists within the first four years of joining the tenure track or research faculty at a North American university

Ira Caspari-Gnann selected for a 2026 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

This highly competitive award supports the research and teaching careers of talented early career faculty in the chemical sciences

How Learning Assistants Are Capitalizing on Confusion

Undergraduates who assist professors in STEM courses strengthen not only their peers’ learning, but also their own ability to think critically

Tufts Is in the National Academy of Inventors 2025 Top 100 for Faculty Patents

The ranking for patents shows the wide range of innovative research led by scientists across the university

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Introduction to Graduate Programs in Chemistry at Tufts University

Learn more about the unique strengths of the graduate programs at Tufts Chemistry.

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The Leonard Carmichael Society hosts the annual Kids Day at Tufts University on April 19, 2014.

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