By Matthew Finn Having grown up in Connecticut, I have had several opportunities to visit Boston when I was younger. Although the city was familiar to me, coming here for the ACS conference gave me a fresh perspective on the city. Since Washington, D.C. is (relatively) close to Boston, my […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
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By Elikplim Adaba I attended the meeting in San Francisco last fall, and since Boston was my second ACS experience, I was more prepared this time around. The secret to any ACS meeting, I have found, is not only attending the talks (both professional and technical), but also experiencing the […]
By Jill Granger, Former Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Chemistry On the days that followed the Board of Directors’ announcement that Sweet Briar College was slated to close, I was gripped with following Facebook and watching my inbox blow up with messages from around the world. I […]
It’s October, which means fall has arrived, Halloween is just around the corner, and it’s Blindness Awareness Month, or Meet the Blind Month. October is also National Disability Employment Awareness Month. An extra bonus is that 2015 is the 25th anniversary year of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, […]
Yes, this is a very odd question coming from a chemistry professor, but it is a question that I ask myself a lot. And I think that it is an important question to ask as it pertains to what I teach my students and how I train them in preparation […]
Many articles in the Capital Chemist have focused on the challenge of employment and careers. Incoming ACS President Donna Nelson has instituted a Task Force to look into exactly that issue. Recently, President-Elect Nelson reached out to the Capital Chemist with the following invitation to participate in an upcoming symposium […]
Project SEED is a flagship program of American Chemical Society because of its unique chemistry related research opportunity to economically disadvantaged HS students. This year CSW supported 18 high school students from Washington DC (McKinley Technology HS, Woodrow Wilson HS), Virginia (Thomas Jefferson HS, John Randolph Tucker HS) and Maryland […]
Contributed by Regina Cody, 2015 Chemistry Olympiad Coordinator Great news for the 2015 CSW High School Chemistry Olympiad! One of our local students not only attended the Study Camp but was a member of the U.S. team that participated in the International Chemistry Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan. Read on; details […]
Every year, illegal telemarketing and mail fraud schemes rob consumers, often elderly citizens, of their hard-earned life savings. Come to our luncheon meeting on October 20 and hear the presentation of Charles B. Wickersham, U.S. Postal Inspector: “Protecting Older Americans from Financial Scams”. Charles Wickersham has been a United States […]
Please join us as the American Chemical Society dedicates the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center as a National Historic Chemical Landmark for the isolation of phytochrome. In 1959, researchers at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center first isolated phytochrome, a light-sensitive pigment found throughout plant species. Phytochrome allows plants to […]