The University of Maryland, along with state officials, gathered on August 24, 2021, to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Chemistry Building. The 105,000-square-foot research building will expand the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry’s innovations in advanced materials, energy storage, nanoscience, drug discovery and delivery, and quantum chemistry.

Professor Lai-Xi Wang's team developed a method that could make enzyme replacement therapy for Pompe disease patients more efficient, less expensive and less frequent. A study on their new method was published on August 19, 2021, in the journal Chemical Science.