On June 13, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry hosted its commencement ceremony to celebrate the graduating class of 2026. At the ceremony, 66 students received Ph.D. degrees, 24 […]

Distinguished Professors Yu Huang and Richard Kaner have been elected full members of the European Academy of Engineering (EAE). Huang, holder of the UCLA Traugott and Dorothea Frederking Endowed Chair […]

Professor Soumitra Athavale and graduate student Justin Manoff team up for a new Keck Foundation-funded project with powerful potential implications By Jonathan Riggs, UCLA College Almost all of the physical […]

The fifth Houk Research Conference (HRC) brought together leading computational and experimental chemists from around the world to celebrate the remarkable scientific legacy of Distinguished Research Professor Kendall N. Houk. […]

Distinguished Professor Paul S. Weiss was recently featured in ACS Nano Medicine in a profile highlighting his pioneering contributions to nanoscience, his approach to scientific discovery, and his leadership in […]

Distinguished Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor, Neil Garg, will speak at the popular Lectures on Tap series this summer.  Lectures on Tap is a prominent event series where professors and experts […]

At Clarkson University’s commencement ceremony on May 9, 2026, Professor Joseph Loo received an honorary Doctor of Science degree and delivered the commencement address. Clarkson University recognized Loo for his […]

This year’s annual Organic Graduate Symposium, held in the Yoo Conference Hall and Collaboratory on June 12, 2026, featured brilliant talks by 16 chemistry graduate students. The annual Organic Graduate […]