Popular instructor Laurence Lavelle receives 2018-19 UCLA NSF Professional Development Award for the cutting-edge learning resources he developed for students. In addition to teaching large diverse undergraduate chemistry courses, Lavelle […]

Professor Michael Jung received the LA BioStar Award from the California State University, Los Angeles for his significant contributions to biomedicine. The award was presented to Jung at the February 13, 2019, […]

Professor Neil Garg has received the 2019 NYU Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater New York University. A professor of organic chemistry, Garg is known for his innovative teaching […]

Thanks to MIC’s UV-visible spectrophotometer, Gavin Loughran was able to investigate the absorbance rate of UVA rays by various colors of glass.      ** Update as of April 3, […]

Ground-breaking solvent research by Professor Benjamin Schwartz’s group was recently highlighted by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. Schwartz and graduate student Devon Widmer (pictured right) reported on the […]

The team, co-led by Professor Xiangfeng Duan, has developed a highly durable aerogel which could ultimately be an upgrade for insulation on spacecraft. Their study titled “Double-negative-index ceramic aerogels for […]

First-year graduate students Ernest Armenta, Milauni Mehta, Yi Shen, and Stephanie Tenney have been awarded 2019 Stone Graduate Fellowship Awards. The fellowships are awarded by the UCLA College of Letters […]

First-year chemistry graduate student Daniel Robertson (Tolbert group) has been awarded a prestigious UCLA Alumni Association Fellowship. The award, which is funded by a grant from the UCLA Foundation, was […]