The Center for Nanoscale Science supports collaborative, interdisciplinary research efforts on nanoscale materials. The principal research activities of the Center are organized into two interdisciplinary research groups, as described below. Comprehensive educational and outreach efforts both support the professional development of our early-career members and communicate materials research advances to the broader community. All these efforts occur in the context of diversity-enhancing initiatives and partnerships and an emerging focus on sustainability-related aspects of research practice and outcome.