The Environmental/Sustainability Report addresses the Climate solutions for the challenging problem of Climate Change. There are 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The focus is on United Nations Sustainable Goal No 13, Climate Action, “Take urgent Action to combat climate change and its impacts. “There is strong need for public […]
Yearly Archives: 2024
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As part of our celebration of National Chemistry Week, students from K-12 were invited to submit an illustrated poem around this year’s theme “Picture Perfect Chemistry”. The Outreach committee was impressed by the talent and creativity shown by our local students. Our regional winners will now go on to compete […]
Maya Mourshed, previous local winner of the ACS Illustrated Poem Contest, has become a published author with her first book, Chemistories. This book is a collection of her short stories and poems about chemical elements that come to life, accompanied by her own illustrations. As the back cover explains “Each element […]
The Younger Chemists Committee, with the support of the GMU ACS Graduate Chemistry Club, sponsored a Pottery Painting class on October 25, 2024, during National Chemistry Week. Attendees were able to pick a piece of pottery and paint it while enjoying ice cream and light conversation.
Picture Perfect Chemistry at the Spooky Mad Science Expo CSW celebrated National Chemistry week this year by running chemistry-based activities for kids at the Spooky Mad Science Expo in Alexandria, VA. CSW was joined by dozens of other local groups to spread science and fun on a sunny October Saturday. […]
The WCC Merck Research Award recognizes eight individuals* who will present their research at a Women Chemists Committee (WCC)/Merck half-day symposium during the ACS Fall 2025 Meeting and be recognized at the Awards Symposium Luncheon and the WCC Luncheon. Individuals* in their third and fourth year of graduate school with […]
Thank you to everyone who turned out for the luncheon on December 14, 2024! Below are pictures from the event. WHEN: Saturday, December 14, 2024……………11:30 a.m. Check-in……………12:00-2:00 p.m. Lunch WHERE: Maggiano’s Little Italy Tysons Corner – 2001 International Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102 RSVP [email protected] by: Wednesday, December 11, 2024…………………………………..please provide the […]
The ACS National Meeting for Spring 2025 will be held in San Diego, California, on March 23-27, 2025. This will be a hybrid event. ————————————————————The Chemical Society of Washington is pleased to announce a student travel award to defray travel and/or registration costs to the Spring 2025 National ACS meeting. […]
The American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) has the world’s largest collection of cell lines, microorganisms, and biomaterials, and on Tuesday October 15th, from 9:30-11:30 AM, you can joinAIChE NCS on an exclusive tour of their facilities. The tour is free but space is limited to the first 20 people to sign up, age 16+. Please reach out to [email protected] by […]
The US Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) provides a coaching program to help prepare students for the USNCO local and national exams. Coaching sessions will be hosted on Zoom and coordinated by ACS on Fridays every other week in January and February 2025. The coaching sessions start with a 30 minute tutorial […]