Contributed by Dr. Deana Jaber, CSW-YCC Co-chair Marymount University’s biology department, in collaboration with the Chemical Educational Foundation and the CSW-YCC committee, is hosting a chemistry challenge for middle school students from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28 in the Reinsch Library Auditorium. “You Be the Chemist” is […]
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Contributed by Ajay Mallia, YCC Co-chair Please join CSW’s Younger Chemists Committee on February 24th for a group viewing of Chemistry on the Silver Screen, a webinar being held by the ACS Webinars Program. CSW’s YCC is sponsoring a networking event prior to the webinar, and encourage you to attend […]
My first job out of grad school was teaching physical science courses to all manner of first-year students at community colleges across San Diego County. The geology community graciously refers to this as ‘rocks for jocks.’ I was thrilled, to both be DONE with grad school and because I felt […]
Between the latest round of climate talks and the weather I’ve had a lot to think about. Over twenty years of international negotiations have yet to produce a binding climate treaty effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The November US-China announcement looks helpful since cooperation and participation by both nations […]
It is both an honor and a privilege to serve you, the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) membership, as the CSW President in 2015. The CSW was established in 1884 as an organization and is currently the local section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) for the Washington, DC area […]
On Saturday, January 10, Dr. John Malin, former CSW President, will speak about the history of CSW at the January CSW meeting. The meeting will be held at Old Ebbitt Grill in NW Washington, DC at 11:00 am. Dr. John M. Malin is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. After education […]
The Chemical Society of Washington is pleased to announce a travel award to defray travel and/or registration costs to a National ACS meeting. Eligible expenses include meeting registration and travel expenses, such as airfare and lodging. Applicants should submit the following to CSW (email: csw@acs.org) by January 16, 2015: A […]
Contributed by Dr. Ajay Mallia, Chair, CSW Project SEED committee For the last four decades, Project SEED has provided hands-on scientific research opportunities with a mentor at a research institution to more than 9,000 economically disadvantaged high school students. This year, CSW’s Project SEED program supported 20 high school students […]
By Dr. Ajay Mallia, Dr. Deana Jaber, and Dr. Joseph Houck, CSW YCC Committee As part of National Chemistry week, the CSW Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) celebrated Mole Day and Halloween on October 23, 2014 at the University of Maryland, College Park. About 40 attendees enjoyed Halloween and National Chemistry […]
Sponsored by the American Chemical Society The USNCO seeks a College Chemistry Mentor. Some of the duties and responsibilities associated with this position are: Preparing students for the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) competition, Helping to conduct a two-week study camp for the nation’s brightest twenty chemistry high school students at […]