CSW members are doing amazing work! We asked you to tell us who you are and where you’re presenting. Check out all the great CSW work featured by CSW members below! Follow us on Twitter at @CapitalChemist to get reminders and notices when CSW members talks are getting started! Sunday, […]
Christopher Avery
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Are you presenting at the upcoming ACS National Meeting in New Orleans? Many CSW members are doing amazing work, and we want to feature YOU! Fill out this short form (it only takes a minute!) to let us know when and where you’re presenting. We’ll feature your talks and posters on the […]
UPDATE: Around 20 local chemists attended to network, enjoy refreshments, and hear about upcoming YCC events in 2018. Thank you to everyone who attended and the staff at The Prospect for the great hospitality! Happy Holidays! (If you’re not receiving YCC emails and would like to be added to the […]
On Saturday, December 9th, the December CSW meeting will be held at Alfio’s La Trattoria, featuring a presentation by Dr. Carl G. Simon, Jr. This meeting is co-sponsored by the CSW Senior Chemists Committee. Logistics can be found below. Biography: Dr. Carl G. Simon, Jr Dr. Simon is a biologist […]
CSW held a Career Seminar for the Project SEED Fellows on August 12th. The panel included five CSW chemists: Joseph Duran, Cardinal Health; Julius Green I, Ph.D., Executive Director of Empowerment Enterprise II and adjunct professor at Northern Virginia Community College; LaKesha Perry, Physical Science/Engineering Technician in the Inorganic Materials […]
CSW held a joint symposium with the National Capital Area Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (NCAC-SOT) on October 13, 2017 on “TSCA: Best Practices in Toxicology, Risk, and Chemical Management Strategies.” The successful event attracted over 75 attendees, plus over 40 additional participants connected via webinar, and 26 poster […]
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 […]
I’m a total government nerd. I admit it, and I own it. Some of my need to understand how governments work comes from my mentality of being a scientist: I want to know how things work. I hate black boxes, and government can be one of the hardest black boxes […]
I love it when the Ig Nobel Prizes come out every year. I never remember when it’s happening, but without fail when they do, my Facebook feed fills up with hilarious summaries of the weird and weirdly-charming research that has won. For those of you unaware, the Ig Nobel Prizes […]
On March 3, 2015, the academic world changed. That day, the Board of Directors for Sweet Briar College announced that the college would be closed, citing “insurmountable financial challenges.” The announcement landed with a loud, painful thud on the Sweet Briar community, and the academic community writ large. The closing […]