‘Science is for everybody’: Exploring Your Universe fair connects the community to UCLA
7 months ago
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On November 2, UCLA’s student-led Exploring Your Universe (EYU) took place on campus. Now in its 16th year, LA County’s largest science fair introduced K-12 students and the public to science […]
2025-2026 Audree V. Fowler Fellows in Protein Science
7 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Graduate students Nikki Cheung (Clubb Group), Jonathan Jih (Zhou Group), Eileen Olivares (Loo Group), and Lily Taylor (Rodriguez Group) have been selected as 2025–26 Fowler Fellows and shared their research […]
Caitlyn Fick’s 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award Video
7 months ago
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- Graduate
- Student
In a new short video recorded as part of the UCLA Academic Senate’s recognition, Ph.D. candidate Caitlyn Fick (Srivastava group) explains how small, caring practices—like anonymous surveys—can build trust and […]
Fall 2025 SMACS AXS Student Faculty Mixer
7 months ago
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- Undergraduate
On October 24, 2025, UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry students and faculty gathered in the Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory in Young Hall for a student-faculty mixer. This year, UCLA’s Student […]
gBSA Trivia Night and Costume Contest 2025
8 months ago
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- Graduate
- Student
The UCLA Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA) hosted its annual Trivia Night and Costume Contest on October 24, 2025, bringing together graduate students from across the biosciences for an evening […]
Five graduate students receive UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) 2025 Fellowship Awards
8 months ago
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- Graduate
- Student
Ph.D. candidates Mai Abdusamad, Katarina Cohen, Teagan Dean, Jadyn Malone, and Jack Scully receive UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) 2025 Fellowship Awards to support their cancer research projects. […]
Ph.D. candidate Kodi Thurber receives 2025 SSRL Scientific Development Award
9 months ago
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- Graduate
- Student
Materials chemistry graduate student Kodi Thurber (Tolbert group) has been awarded the 2025 Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) Scientific Development Award for his development of a novel battery cell that […]
New stretchable light-emitting material holds promise for photon-based devices
9 months ago
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Professor Xiangfeng Duan and graduate student Boxuan Zhou (Materials Science and Engineering) lead a research team that has developed a durable, low-cost, printable light-emitting membrane from ultrathin molybdenum disulfide and […]