The UCLA Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) were selected for the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Commendable Student Chapter Award. The Society Committee on Education (SOCED) selects ACS […]

Professor Timothy Deming has been appointed as an Associate Editor for the ACS Journal, Biomacromolecules. Biomacromolecules focuses on interdisciplinary investigations exploring the interactions of macromolecules with biological systems and their […]

Professor Al Courey has been appointed as the first Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences. The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry […]

For the second consecutive year, UCLA ranked No. 5 in Kiplinger Personal Finance’s list of “Best Values in Public Colleges.” The report takes into consideration admission and retention rates, student-faculty […]

Professor Anne Andrews and colleagues have published that early exposure to antidepressants affects adult anxiety and serotonin transmission. About 15 percent of women in the United States suffer from anxiety […]

Professors Sabeeha Merchant, Joseph Loo, and colleagues have found that some cells build intracellular compartments that allow the cell to store metals and maintain equilibrium. LLNL.Gov (By Anne M. Stark): […]

Graduate student Jeffrey Vinokur and his act as the “Dancing Scientist” was recently profiled by ASBMB Today. ASBMB Today (By Maggie Kuo): The Dancing Scientist is decked out like a […]

Professor David Eisenberg has been awarded the first Switzer Prize for Biomedical Discovery. The Switzer prize is in honor of Irma and Norman Switzer, whose estate gave an unrestricted gift […]