Each year as part of Chemists Celebrate Earth Week activities, the American Chemical Society (ACS) sponsors an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten – 12th grades. CSW sponsors a local Illustrated Poem contest. This year’s contest theme was “The Buzz about Bugs: Insect Chemistry.” CSW is proud to announce […]
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The Spooky Mad Science Expo is an annual event that celebrates science each year at Halloween with activities for all ages. This year’s event will be held at Armistead Boothe Park (520 Cameron Station, Alexandria, VA) on Saturday October 21 (October 28 rain day) from 3 pm to 7pm. CSW […]
WHEN: Saturday, December 2, 2023WHERE: Maggiano’s Little Italy Tysons Corner 2001 International Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102 The Chemical Society of Washington congratulates the members of the American Chemical Society who have reached their 50th, 60th, and 70th membership anniversary in 2023! It is a pleasure to recognize this milestone and to […]
By: Lauren Ragle, President-Elect This summer has been quite busy for 18 high schoolers in our area. That’s right, we have been running the Project SEED Program this summer. Allison Aldridge and I were the co-coordinators for this year’s Project SEED. Once we had our 18 excellent mentors and their […]
The Outreach Committee encourages the CSW Community to celebrate the National Chemistry Week. Activity ideas and educational resource can be found at this link. Please let the Committee know about your events and/or if you have any questions about activities. A great way to participate in National Chemistry week is to […]
The theme this year for Chemists Celebrate Earth Week-CCEW is “The Curious Chemistry of Amazing Algae”. CSW in collaboration with the Montgomery College STEM ED Club will be celebrating Earth Week during the Rockville Science Day, RSD 2023, at Montgomery College, Rockville Campus. The event is on Sunday, April 23 […]
This event is over. You may view the recording. View Photos from this event It was an honor to present 2022 Hillebrand Prize to Awardee Richard Weiss at the April 6, 2023, CSW dinnermeeting. After the award ceremony, Richard Weiss presented a seminar on, “What Your Parents Didn’t Tell You […]
The Committee on Minority Affairs (CMA) held its Career Day May 7, 2023 from 2-4pm at ACS HQ in Marvel Hall, including career consultants including CSW’s Allison Aldridge, along with consultants from industry and academia. Events include, but are not limited to resume reviews, mock interviews, and career consultant speakers. Career […]
Chemists Celebrate Earth Week, CCEW, is the week of April 16-22, 2023 with the theme, “The Curious Chemistry of Amazing Algae.” During CCEW,chemistry enthusiasts celebrate by coordinating events to communicate the importance of chemistry. Please let CSW know if you organize and hold events, for this important celebration. This year […]
View the list of Awardees REGISTER NOW Schedule of Events Speaker Bio Iris R. Wagstaff, PhD, is a chemist, educator, mentor, and STEM policy advisor. She is Founder and Executive Director of Wagstaff STEM Solutions – a STEM education and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) consulting company. She has over […]