# News ## Browse Events [Calendar](/calendar "Upcoming Events") [Read the latest CCB Magazine](/magazine "CCB Magazine") ## Feature Your Research Contact: [Yahya Chaudhry](mailto:yahya_chaudhry@fas.harvard.edu) Communications and Outreach Manager Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Sort & Filters close ## Filters News by Type expand\_more - Alumni (19) - Student Groups (7) - CCB Spotlight (6) - Community (31) - Faculty (312) - Prizes & Awards (166) - Undergraduate (45) - Research (230) - Education (52) - Graduate (118) - Staff (34) Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 604 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by NewestOldestAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-APublish Date (DESC)Publish Date (ASC) sort list grid\_view ## 604 results [### CCB faculty members awarded Frontiers of Innovation for Societal Impact Fund. ](/news/2026/06/ccb-faculty-members-awarded-frontiers-innovation-societal-impact-fund) June 15, 2026 Curbing the spread of malaria, catching breast cancer before it becomes deadly, and creating an immersive archive on the Giza pyramids are the goals of just a few of the 20 faculty research projects recently awarded grants through the Frontiers of... ![Chemical layout](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Stock%20Science.png?itok=fT7pkgvN) [### 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) [### Sunny Shi honored with RSC Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence ](/news/2026/06/sunny-shi-honored-rsc-certificate-undergraduate-excellence) June 10, 2026 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... ![Sunny Shi sitting in her Harvard graduation regalia.](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Sunny%20Shi_5055.jpg?itok=wtJGkvKo) [### Adam Cohen receives Genomic Medicines Fund award ](/news/2026/06/adam-cohen-receives-genomic-medicines-fund-award) June 08, 2026 The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) is pleased to announce that awards have been made to five projects from the Harvard University Genomic Medicines Fund. The fund is intended to support of research involving genome editing that is useful... ![Adam Cohen](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Adam%20Cohen-Memories%20PUBLIC.jpg?itok=7EBCJf1R) [### Xiaowei Zhuang awarded the 2026 Dickson Prize in Medicine ](/news/2026/06/xiaowei-zhuang-awarded-2026-dickson-prize-medicine) June 05, 2026 Xiaowei Zhuang, David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Dickson Prize in Medicine, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine’s highest... ![A photo of Xiaowei Zhuang in her lab](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chemistry/files/101518_zhuang_011_h_2500.jpg?itok=6bduJW0-) [### Profile: Environmental engineer inspired by community ](/news/2026/05/profile-environmental-engineer-inspired-community) May 29, 2026 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... ![Ibarra](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/SEAS%20Keutch%20Ibarra.png?itok=N0Zj8FAF) [### Profile: First rule of a disease fighter: Be curious ](/news/2026/05/profile-first-rule-disease-fighter-be-curious) May 29, 2026 It was DNA replication that first captured Isaac Witte’s scientific imagination as a high school student in Overland Park, Kansas. “It’s this orchestration of so many different proteins and molecules that come together to do this core element of life,” he... ![Isaac Witte](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Witte-David%20Liu-Broad.png?itok=_ht0FUpd) [### 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) [### Profile: The atlas maker of the microscopic world ](/news/2026/05/profile-atlas-maker-microscopic-world) May 29, 2026 Throughout the history of biology, numerous discoveries stemmed from observing living systems, but seeing the innerworkings of living organisms presents challenges. Xiaowei Zhuang, David B. Arnold Professor of Science, has spent her career developing... ![MERFISH](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/MERFISH_whole%20mouse%20brain%20cell%20atlas_11485952504197301151_web.jpg?itok=EK3L4kll) [### Eric Jacobsen Wins 2026 Cotton Medal ](/news/2026/04/eric-jacobsen-wins-2026-cotton-medal) April 20, 2026 Professor Eric Jacobsen, Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry, has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research named for one of the most honored faculty members in Texas A&M University history. The... ![A headshot of Eric Jacobsen](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chemistry/files/eric_jacobsen_square.jpg?itok=7K99vHTQ) [### New research: Unlocking hidden pocket on a billion‑dollar drug target ](/news/2026/04/new-research-unlocking-hidden-pocket-billion-dollar-drug-target) April 17, 2026 For years, a protein inside our cells has quietly powered billions of dollars’ worth of cancer drugs. Now a team of researchers have discovered that this workhorse protein, called cereblon, in addition to its known functions, can also fine‑tune which... ![Christina Woo](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Woo-Dippon_0.png?itok=-xq9hn_S) [### Kang-Kuen Ni receives Brown Investigator award ](/news/2026/04/kang-kuen-ni-receives-brown-investigator-award) April 16, 2026 Kang-Kuen Ni, Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics, has been named to the 2026 class of Brown Investigators, a cohort of midcareer faculty recognized for bold, curiosity-driven research in physics and chemistry. 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