This Year’s National Chemistry Week theme is “Chemistry is out of this world!” focusing on astrochemistry. You will learn more about the chemistry of outer space in this year’s issue of Celebrating Chemistry. Outer space is mostly empty, with some objects such as planets, moons, stars, asteroids, and comets scattered […]
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Join us on Thursday, May 10th for the May dinner meeting of the Chemical Society of Washington. Vernon R. Morris, Ph.D. Director, NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program Professor, Chemistry and Atmospheric Sciences “Physical Chemical Processes of Saharan Dust Aerosols During Their Atmospheric Life Cycle” […]
The CSW Education Committee along with the STEM ED Community Club at MC, co-hosted the ACS Live Webinar event on “OPIOIDS – Combating addiction with Chemistry”, on Tuesday Feb. 27, 2018 at Science West 301, Montgomery College, Rockville campus. The event was very successful with about 50 attendees. Students took […]
Mid Atlantic Regional Meeting NanoMARM Small Meeting Big Results A One Day Meeting for the Mid-Atlantic Region June 3, 2018 Lehigh University, Iaccoca Hall Bethlehem, PA Meeting Highlights General Poster Sessions: 12:00-2:00PM, and 2:00-4:00 PM Chemagination 12:00-4:30PM Oral Sessions 12:00-2:00PM, and 2:00-4:00PM Plenary Speaker: 4:00 PM Dr. Jenny Rampling, Assistant Professor, History […]
As part of the Chemists Celebrate Earth Day activities, the American Chemical Society is sponsoring an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten through 12 grades. Students are asked to write and illustrate a poem using the Chemists Celebrate Earth Week 2018 theme, “Dive into Marine Chemistry.” This year’s theme […]
The March meeting of the Chemical Society of Washington will include the presentation of several awards: Hillebrand Prize, Gordon Award, Schubert Award, and Outstanding Volunteer Award. Dr. Kafafi, winner of the Hillebrand Prize, will present, From Inert Bond Activation to Organic Optoelectronics: My Journey in Chemical and Materials Research. Please join […]
Undergraduates will be honored at the February Meeting, followed by a presentation, “There is More to Responsible Conduct of Research than Scientific Misconduct.” The College Chemistry Achievement Awards are presented annually by the Chemical Society of Washington to the outstanding seniors majoring in chemistry and biochemistry from each of the […]
The USNCO seeks a Chemistry Olympiad College Mentor. Some of the duties and responsibilities associated with this position are: helping to conduct a two-week study camp for the nation’s brightest twenty chemistry high school students for the following years: 2019, 2020 and 2021, developing practice problems, theoretical and practical tests […]
Applications for the 2018 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science program are NOW OPEN and are due by February 2, 2018. The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program honors female scientists at a critical stage in their careers with grants of $60,000 each. Since 2003, we’ve awarded 70 postdoctoral […]
Rigoberto Hernandez, Ph.D. Gompf Family Professor Chemistry Johns Hopkins Department of Chemistry Diverse Chemistry Topics and the Diversity of Chemistry Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez is the Gompf Family Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University as of July 2016, and remains as the Director of the Open […]