The Organization for Cultural Diversity in Science (OCDS) held its second annual Spring Science and Engineering Showcase for local community college students.    On Saturday, May 19, 2018, OCDS volunteers […]

Professor Benjamin Schwartz and graduate student Devon Widmer co-authored the paper featured in a recent issue of the prestigious journal Nature Chemistry. Widmer (pictured right), a sixth year graduate student, science […]

Alumnus Harlan Amstutz (’53, MD ’56) has been selected for the 2018 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Award.  Amstutz will accept the award and present his commencement address at the […]

New Endowed Professors in General Chemistry, Albert Courey & Yung-Ya Lin, will work together to enhance the learning experience for life science undergrads.  Courey and Lin will bring together a […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Student Association (CBGSA) members inspire young chemists at local elementary school science fair. At El Marino Elementary School’s annual science fair in Culver City on April […]

Professor Ellen Sletten was presented with the 2018 UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma (AXΣ) Glenn Seaborg Award at the annual AXΣ Seaborg Banquet on May 5th.            […]

On May 8, 2018, Professor Neil Garg and his students hosted a visit to UCLA by 25 science students from Valencia High School.   The students were joined by two of […]

On May 8, 2018, the Houk group hosted a virtual symposium on synthetic organic chemistry featuring talks by Sarah Reisman (Caltech) and Phil Baran (Scripps).   The first quarterly American Chemical Society (ACS)-DOC […]