Undergraduate

For students interested in science, getting started in a research laboratory can be daunting. Finding a lab, approaching a faculty member, designing experiments, and even knowing what questions to ask can be unfamiliar territory—particularly for first...

The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) celebrated undergraduate researcher Sunny Shi on June 8, 2026, during the department's Summer Undergraduate Research Community Opening Social, where she was presented with the Royal Society of...

Lizbeth Ibarra grew up next to an oil refinery, and every day she saw its impact on her community of Richmond in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her family and friends suffered from asthma and other respiratory illnesses. School days were sometimes cancelled...

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...

It’s your typical biotech love story: A couple of eager Harvard students stumble upon a brilliant scientific breakthrough in anti-aging, drop out of school to pursue their dream, experience a fast and furious rise to fame before … well, we won’t give the...

Sometimes it just takes one class, or even one project, to make everything else click into place. In the spring of their second year, Bella Pignataro took “ES50: Introduction to Electrical Engineering” at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering...

When Lilian Smith left Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to attend Harvard, she was eager for new experiences and a fresh start in a bigger city. She didn’t expect to ever look back. But during her junior year, a religion course on nationalism prompted her to re...

Harvard’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology hosted its third annual undergraduate research symposium, showcasing its undergraduates’ state-of-the-art research projects and honoring the historic contributions of CCB professor and renowned...

Sirazam Munira, a Chemistry concentrator and Course Assistant in LPSA and PS11, has received the Spirit of Harvard College Award from the Harvard College Dean of Students Office Leadership Awards . In partnership with students and colleagues, the Dean of...

CCB undergraduate Dicle Ezgi Ekinci is a recipient of the 2025 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for excellent undergraduate work and excellence in the art of teaching. Ekinci, a member of the Woo Lab, has won a for her submission entitled “Development of...