{"id":357,"date":"2021-10-06T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/chemistry-biochemistry\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:14:27","slug":"chemistry-biochemistry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/chemistry-biochemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Clowes Department of Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section style=\"--hero-accent:#00a3e0\" class=\"hero hero--standard alignfull has-no-block-start-margin hero--has-image hero--has-social-links wp-block-butler-hero-standard\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"hero__headline butler-auto-contrast\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tClowes Department of Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__subheadline-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hero__subheadline\">Solve society&#039;s most pressing 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