Yearly Archives: 2018

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WAS Accepting Nominations for Awards

The Washington Academy of Sciences has presented several prestigious awards in several areas to local scientists, engineers and educators since 1940. Nominations are now open for the 2018 awards, and the deadline by e-mail is March 1, 2018. WAS will consider nominations submitted in any scientific or engineering discipline, including […]

College Chemistry Achievement Award Honorees

The CSW Monthly Dinner Meeting on February 8th featured presentation of the College Chemistry Achievement Awards, which awards are presented annually by the Chemical Society of Washington to outstanding seniors majoring in chemistry and biochemistry from each of the area colleges and universities. Photo credit: Allison Aldridge Honorees (Left to […]

WAS Journal seeking manuscripts

The Editor of the Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sethanne Howard, would like to remind us all that the Journal is continuously accepting manuscript for publication. Submissions from all science and engineering disciplines are welcomed. The Journal is peer-reviewed and has no page charges. The turn-around time […]

February 8th Dinner Meeting featuring College Chemistry Achievement Awards

Undergraduates will be honored at the February Meeting, followed by a presentation, “There is More to Responsible Conduct of Research than Scientific Misconduct.” The College Chemistry Achievement Awards are presented annually by the Chemical Society of Washington to the outstanding seniors majoring in chemistry and biochemistry from each of the […]

Project SEED 2018 is Underway

Student applications for Project SEED will be solicited from local high school students soon. If you are an educator, or simply know of an outstanding student who meets the requirements for participation (https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/students/highschool/seed/studenteligibility.html), please contact the Project SEED chair, Wes Farrell ([email protected]), for more information. 2018 marks the 50-year anniversary […]

Opportunity: U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) College Mentor

The USNCO seeks a Chemistry Olympiad College Mentor.  Some of the duties and responsibilities associated with this position are: helping to conduct a two-week study camp for the nation’s brightest twenty chemistry high school students for the following years: 2019, 2020 and 2021, developing practice problems, theoretical and practical tests […]