# Our Community ## expand\_more ## **Our Community** CCB's inclusive, supportive, and innovative community collaborates with a vast network of university- and hospital-based research and education programs. With the creative power of diverse perspectives, we can explore new chemical frontiers and build the next generation of innovative scientists and educators. We educate and train scientists at all career stages and across disciplines, including undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral scholars. ## **Our Mission & Values** Our mission is to make critical discoveries and advancements in both chemistry and chemical biology, in basic discovery and applied or clinical settings. We are committed to transforming research ranging from sustainable energy technologies to human disease, and to training the next generation to explore creative new frontiers through a vast range of disciplines. We see scientific exploration as a service to humankind, and diversity of discipline, background, and perspective as essential to its success. ## **Collaboration** CCB is a starting point to launch innovation networks and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Our faculty collaborate across sectors with research institutions at Harvard and across the world, entrepreneurs, industry researchers, and discovery scientists in a wide range of settings, always with the goal of translating discoveries into solutions. ## Latest Community News [### CCB launches new K–12 outreach partnership with Watertown High School ](/news/2026/06/ccb-launches-new-k-12-outreach-partnership-watertown-high-school) June 11, 2026 On Thursday, June 4, the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology’s Advanced Undergraduate Teaching team welcomed 12 AP-level students from Watertown High School for the inaugural visit of the new CCB Advanced Teaching Labs K–12 Outreach Program. The... ![Watertown High School students visiting CCB, posing in front of the CCB building.](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/IMG_2809JPG.jpg?itok=3l0twkG1) [### Harvard undergraduates launch new ACS student chapter ](/news/2026/05/harvard-undergraduates-launch-new-acs-student-chapter) May 26, 2026 Harvard undergraduates have officially launched the Harvard Undergraduate Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS), which seeks to bridge the gap between undergraduate chemists and the broader scientific community. The chapter was launched... ![ACS Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/ACS%20logo%20big.jpg?itok=6vIIP_KA) [### Abigail Scott wins two NOBCChE awards ](/news/abigail-scott-wins-two-nobcche-awards) December 02, 2024 CCB graduate student Abigail Scott (Woo Lab) won two awards at the 2024 annual National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) conference which took place in Rosen Shingle Creek Orlando, FL from... ![img_7986jpg.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/img_7986jpg.jpg?itok=-f1hPmkq) [### Adam Beaver (Bok Center) discusses diversity statements ](/news/adam-beaver-bok-center-discusses-diversity-statements) November 07, 2024 On October 28, Adam Beaver of the Bok Center delivered a lecture entitled "Demystifying Diversity Statements" as a part of CCB's ongoing EDIB seminar series. This talk provided the CCB community with crucial information on the composition and use of such... ![adam_beaver_2.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/adam_beaver_2.png?itok=EjW1As4L) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/news)