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Changing Key and Chemistry

In “Changing Key and Chemistry,” a ten-minute film from Chemistry Shorts®, UCLA Professor Dr. Neil Garg shows us that organic chemistry can be understood much like music — one key, one scale, and one step at a time. Each atom in a molecule is like a note in a melody: once you learn the basic components, you can put them together in infinite combinations from the simplest molecules to the most complicated symphonies.

Elements of Education

How the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department has grown into a teaching powerhouse at UCLA

Arismel Tena Meza

Harvesting a dream at UCLA

Arismel Tena Meza is graduating with a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and an education that goes beyond the lab

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