The primary purpose of the interdisciplinary Polymer Research Center is to respond to the very broad-based need for an understanding of polymeric materials. The faculty of the Center are drawn from the Departments of Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science. They carry out a wide variety of research projects in collaboration with students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scholars. An extensive curriculum of approximately twenty courses on polymers is presently being offered, and this list is being augmented by additional courses under development.