Mail and Information staff member Vincent Scarelli and his motorcycle appeared on a recent episode of comedian Jay Leno’s YouTube show about vehicles. In the 20-minute interview, which first aired on February 16, 2019, and can be viewed here, Leno raves about the motorcycle that Vincent spent 11 years transforming into a street-legal race bike. According […]

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 conceptualized and developed a popular online forum and database for chemistry students as well as a successful peer learning program at UCLA. Lavelle received the […]

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, graduation ceremony for participants of Cal State LA BioStart, an intensive training program for emerging bioscience entrepreneurs. The project is part of Cal State LA […]

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 techniques, and his breakthroughs in methods development, achievements in natural product total synthesis, and transformative chemical educational initiatives. In 2018, Garg was appointed as the […]

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, 2019 – Gavin placed third out of about 40 entries in the Material Science Division at the Los Angeles County Science Fair and he is now […]

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 highlighted research in their 2018 Nature Chemistry paper.  A professor of physical chemistry at UCLA, Schwartz is Senior Editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry. […]

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 thermal superinsulation” was published in the February 15, 2019, issue of the prestigious journal Science. The research team was led by Xiangfeng Duan, UCLA professor […]

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 and Sciences in recognition of the recipients’ achievements. The Irving and Jean Stone Graduate Fellowship Awards are made possible by the generosity of Jean Stone […]