We are pleased to present you with the highlights of the recent meetings of the ACS Board of Directors and Council held at the Society’s national meeting in San Diego, California. We hope that you will find this document helpful.
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On May 18, 2019, CSW’s Women’s Chemist Committee performed two chemistry demonstrations with middle school girls in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The event was sponsored by STEMisHER, it included mathematics, robotics computer science, and medicine. STEMisHER is a conference which brings women leaders in STEM and middle-school girls together to provide […]
CSW Dinner Meeting – Thursday, October 10, 2019 Location: Department of Chemistry Atrium – University of Maryland Topic: NCW Theme “Marvelous Metals” Speaker: Dr. Janice Reutt-Robey, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland CSW and WCDG Joint Dinner Meeting – Thursday, November 14, […]
If you are available to volunteer for the event below, contact Allison Aldridge at [email protected] 3rd Annual Spooky Science Expo Saturday, October 5, 2019 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Watergate at Landmark Terrace Lounge 211 Yoakum Parkway Alexandria, VA 22304 3rd Annual Spooky Science Expo The Watergate Youth Committee Science […]
Discussion Theme: Personal Development through Professional Organizations When: 6 – 9 P.M. Thursday, June 13th Where: Jackson’s, 11927 Democracy Drive, Reston, VA 20190 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-chemistry-on-tap-pub-crawl-tickets-63082017011 Join like-minded professionals from around the world who are attending the joint 23rd Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference and 9th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry […]
Greetings Fellow Chemical Society of Washington Members! The Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) is an organization with a great history that is built upon the strength of its many skilled and concerned members. In keeping with this tradition, CSW will be updating its Strategic Plan in order to chart […]
The Chemical Society of Washington is holding a joint event with Expanding Your Horizons (www.eyhn.org) May 25th 2019 , 9 am – 12:30 pm, at ACS Headquarters (1155 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036). Registration begins at 8:30 am. We are expecting about 50 middle and high school students. Students […]
Elizabeth Weisburger, Ph.D., D.Sc.cancer researcher Elizabeth Weisburger, 94, a cancer researcher at the National Institutes of Health for 40 years before retiring in 1989, died February 12th at her home in Rockville, Md. The cause was respiratory failure and pneumonia, said a son, William Weisburger. She is survived by three children, William, Diane, […]
Call for Nominations: William F. Hillebrand Prize Nominations are invited for the 2019 Hillebrand Prize, awarded annually for original contributions to the science of chemistry by a member or members of the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW), the local section of the American Chemical Society. The Hillebrand Prize is the […]
CSW Councilors attended the ACS Council Meeting in Orlando, Florida on April 3rd. The full reporting of meeting results and actions can be found in the councilor talking points at this website: https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/about/governance/councilor-talking-points-governance-actions-orlando-2019.pdf Highlights: #1 – Candidates for President-Elect, 2020 The Committee on Nominations and Elections presented to the Council […]