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CBE faculty announced as Bakar Fellows

September 6, 2019
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
UC Berkeley Professor Roya Maboudian and Assistant Professor Markita Landry, have been named to the 2019-20 cohort of Bakar Fellows.

Public Health and Chemistry join forces to reimagine chemistry education for sustainability

October 4, 2019
UC Berkeley, School of Public Health
A novel collaboration between the School of Public Health and the College of Chemistry through the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry (BCGC) is leading the nation in reimagining chemistry education to reduce waste, develop safer chemicals, and achieve sustainability.

Anne Baranger to serve as interim dean of UC Berkeley College of Chemistry

May 29, 2025
College of Chemistry Press Release
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry's professor of chemistry and associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion Anne M. Baranger has been named the interim dean of the college, effective July 1, 2025.

2021 Priestley Medalist A. Paul Alivisatos helped introduce the world to the nanocrystal

April 14, 2021
Mitch Jacoby | C&EN

Paul Alivisatos

2021 Priestley Medalist A. Paul Alivisatos helped introduce the world to the nanocrystal. Photo Gabriela Hasbun for C&EN.

Some scientists make discoveries that trigger a tidal wave of research. Some inspire so many others to join their scientific endeavor that a new field of research is born. But few people do the kind of extreme-impact work that helps...

Integrating green chemistry into general chemistry

February 3, 2020
Laura Howes | C&EN
An injection of cash from the Dow Chemical Company was earmarked for developing new teaching curriculum with a focus on sustainability.

Graduate student Jose Roque awarded Bristol-Myers Squibb Fellowship

August 20, 2019
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
Jose Roque, a Ph.D. student in the chemistry lab of Professor Richmond Sarpong, has been awarded a 2019–2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) Graduate Fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.

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Frances Arnold: from graduate student to Nobel Laureate

March 3, 2019
by Michael Barnes | College of Chemistry
Caltech professor and Cal alum Frances Arnold, has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discoveries in the directed evolution of enzymes. Arnold is the fifth woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry since it was first awarded in 1901.