Please join the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) on January 26, 2022, 12:00 – 1:00pm ET for a virtual meeting on the topic of “Balancing a Chemistry-Related Career and Caretaking: Two Full Time Jobs.” This one-hour panel discussion, co-sponsored by the Women Chemists Committee (WCC), aims to cover perspectives from […]
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H. N. Cheng, PhD2021 President, American Chemical Society “Future Prospects of Chemistry: New Frontiers and Sustainability” We will also congratulate the 50, 60, and 70 year ACS members during the meeting. Read more about our Honorees. This event is over, but you may access the recording. Speaker Bio H. N. Cheng […]
One of the activities for celebrating National Chemistry Week 2021 “Fast or Slow- Chemistry Makes it Go” for the Chemical Society of Washington will be on October 22 at the Rockville Town Center . This event will be hosted by the Rockville Science Center Organization. CSW will be collaborating with […]
Each year as part of National Chemistry Week (NCW) activities, the American Chemical Society (ACS) sponsors an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten – 12th grades. Schools are encouraged to have a contest within the school as part of their classroom studies and submit one entry per grade category. […]
The Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) remembers a long-time CSW board member, Dr. Joseph Antonucci, who served as CSW President, Councilor, leader of the local Senior Chemists Committee, and beloved mentor. Joseph M. Antonucci passed away on Monday, April 26, 2021 at his home in Kensington, MD of natural causes. […]
To view a recording of the joint virtual meeting of the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) and the Washington Chromatography Discussion Group (WCDG), please register at this link. Speaker BioTongtong is a Senior Scientist supporting the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), managing development and modernization of FCC standards for food ingredients, as […]
The Chemical Society of Washington would like to remind its members and anyone interested in providing chemistry related activities that can easily be performed at home using materials that are available at your local store that the ACS is making educational resources available by topic to aid parents and teachers […]
Elise Ann Brown, NIH, USDA scientist Elise Ann Brown, 92, a research pharmacologist at the National Institutes of Health from 1962 to 1979 who then was a toxicologist with the Agriculture Department until her retirement in 2003, died Jan. 4 at her home in McLean, Va. The cause was metastatic pancreatic […]
The recording of the May CSW meeting is available here. Patrick Megonigal, Ph.D.Associate Director of ResearchSmithsonian Environmental Research Center “Methane Production and Emissions in Trees and Forests” Abstract: Forest ecosystems are important to managing global climate change because they take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in wood. […]
Thank you for spending Chemists Celebrate Earth Week 2021 outside to give back by taking away trash or reducing your footprint! Here are the pictures shared by CSW members who spent a morning (or a whole day!) helping to clean a local outdoor space while maintaining a safe social distance. View […]