The Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Leo Schubert Memorial Award to recognize an outstanding teacher of high school chemistry in the Washington, D.C. area. The award was established in 1979 to honor Dr. Leo Schubert (1916-1978), a chemistry professor at […]
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The following summary is provided to help Councilors report to their Local Sections and Divisions on key actions of the ACS Council meeting held on March 20, and the Board of Directors meetings held on March 15 – 17, 2024 View Document
View the recording Meeting Logistics Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024 Time: 6:00 p.m. Check-in/Social Hour 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Speaker Presentation Location: ACS Headquarters – Marvel Hall / Othmer Hall 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC Menu: Meal will be catered by St. Germain Catering and will […]
by Lauren Ragle On Thursday, March 14, 2024, we had one of our largest dinner meetings in years! We had 50 attendees, many of whom were not regularly attending dinner meetings. The 2023 Hillebrand prize awardee Chris Cahill, shown with his award on the left, brought his family and at […]
The annual election of the Chemical Society of Washington will be held in October/November of 2024, in accordance with the Bylaws and Standing Rules of the Section. Nominations for elections will open in May, with details to be provided both on the CSW website and in the May issue of […]
I bring you greetings from New Orleans! “Laissez les bons temps rouler!” (“Let the good times roll!”) The Committee has accomplished several things on our strategic plan, trying to keep to our mission of “Making Chemistry Accessible to All”. If you’d like, we have t-shirts with tactile Braille for sale, […]
We had 6 projects submitted for a total of ~10 student positions. To fill these positions, I (Lauren) had intended to post our flyer around my campus in Ashburn, VA and visit area community centers and possibly libraries. However, we have already have 24 students apply to our program, with […]
The ACS National Meeting for Fall 2024 will be held in Denver, Colorado, on August 18-22, 2024. ————————————————————The Chemical Society of Washington is pleased to announce a student travel award to defray travel and/or registration costs to the Fall 2024 National ACS meeting. Eligible expenses include meeting registration, travel expenses, […]
As part of Chemists Celebrate Earth Week, CSW will be hosting the ACS Illustrated Poem Contest for students K-12. Students are invited to create poems and illustrations around the theme, “Get a Charge Out of Chemistry”. Local submissions are judged based on grade categories and local winners advance to the […]
This year chemists across the world will celebrate Earth Week 2024 from April 21-27. The theme this year is “Get a Charge Out of Chemistry”. CSW has three ways you can help us celebrate. Volunteer with us: The Chemical Society of Washington will be celebrating “Chemists Celebrate Earth Week”- CCEW […]