By Tao Ye I have lived in the U.S. for only one year. Journeying to Denver for the ACS National Meeting was my first trip to another big city – and my first conference – which made it special and exciting. At first, the two-hour jet-lag from DC to Denver […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
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The Chemical Society of Washington is pleased to announce a student travel award to defray travel and/or registration costs to the National ACS meeting in Boston this Fall. The Boston meeting will be held August 16-20, 2015. The topic for the meeting is “Innovation from Discovery to Application.” Eligible expenses include […]
The Fred Kavli Science at the Frontiers Lecture Presents “Science & Religion” by Dr. Alan Lightman – Physicist, MIT Professor, and Author Monday, May 4, 2015 6-7PM (Doors: 5:30PM) National Geographic Society Grosvenor Auditorium (Enter on M St, between 16th and 17th Sts, NW) Book signing to follow at 7:00PM, […]
It’s hard to imagine a more chemistry-centric law than the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. The law is usually known by the acronym “TSCA” – Pronounced “tosca” and not to be confused with La Tasca – though pronounced essentially the same, La Tasca deals with things you may actually want to ingest whereas […]
A new data age is sweeping the nation. In February 2015, the White House hired the first-ever U.S. Chief Data Scientist, D.J. Patil, announcing that “the data age has arrived.” This accelerates Federal agency efforts to unleash the power of government data by making it available to everyone, as a […]
The Board of Directors is the Executive arm of ACS governance and leadership. At each National Meeting, the Board provides a report to the ACS Council on their actions, and CSW Councilors report back afterward. CSW Councilors Report – Actions of the Board of Directors John M. Malin The […]
The Council is the deliberative assembly of the ACS, charged with partial responsibility of governing ACS. At each national meeting, CSW Councilors represent our section, and report back afterward. CSW Councilors Report – Spring 2015 ACS National Meeting (Denver) John M. Malin CSW Councilors attending Council Meeting: Regina Cody, Monika Konaklieva, Stefanie […]
As part of the Chemists Celebrate Earth Day activities, the American Chemical Society is sponsoring an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten through 12 grades. Students are asked to write and illustrate a poem using the Chemists Celebrate Earth Day 2015 theme, “Climate Science – It’s More Than A […]
Money. We need it, want it, and never have enough of it to get by and be happy . Many of us, including myself, hoped that higher education would immediately result in a higher salary. It doesn’t always work that way. Additionally, the personal cost of education is rising, and […]
Please join the CSW on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 for a dinner meeting featuring Dr. Thomas Connelly, the new Executive Director of the American Chemical Society. The meeting will also feature the presentation of the 2015 Local Section Volunteer of the Year Award to Professor Nevart N. Tahmazian of Montgomery […]