Congratulations to all the students who received awards! See the full list of students receiving the award. We were pleased to be able to acknowledge these students at CSW’s February 14, 2019, dinner meeting, where we presented each with an award certificate and $25 Amazon gift card. These awards are […]
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The Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair is scheduled for the weekend of March 15-17, 2019. Chemical Society of Washington members are invited and encouraged to participate this year on Saturday, March 16th. It is wonderful to have local chemists support the science fair and the students who have worked long […]
Dr. Lyle Isaacs was presented with the 2018 Hillebrand Prize for his elucidation of the remarkable molecular recognition properties of cucurbit[n]uril-type molecular containers and demonstration of their biomedical application as solubilizing excipients and reversal agents. Following the dinner, Dr. Isaacs presented his talk “Cucurbit[n]uril Molecular Containers: From Basic Science to […]
Intersection of Chemistry and Toxicology in the 21st Century Save the Date! When: Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Where: American Chemical Society (ACS) Headquarters, 1155 16th St. NW, Washington DC 20036 Synopsis: Databases, software, machine learning, and online marketplaces are increasingly used by chemists and toxicologists […]
The Younger Chemist Committee hosted a networking happy hour on February 21. Thirty-five attendees came to Provision No 14 in the U St neighborhood of Washington DC to meet their peers and learn more about CSW and what the YCC can do for them. Bonds spontaneously formed as young chemists […]
CSW is pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Hillebrand Prize: Professor Lyle Isaacs Professor Isaacs is in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Maryland. He is recognized for his excellent work in elucidating the remarkable molecular recognition properties of cucurbit[n]uril-type molecular containers and demonstrating […]
The deadline to submit your application for the Student Travel Award to attend the ACS Spring Meeting has been extended to February 3rd The Chemical Society of Washington offers a travel award to defray travel and/or registration costs to National ACS meetings. This award is open to current graduate and […]
The CSW High School Chemistry Olympiad for 2019 will begin in early February. The letter introducing the Olympiad will be emailed to those high school chemistry teachers for whom we have an email address. This letter will ask for student nominations to take the Local Section Examination at their school during the […]
Early Bird Registration is Now Open! Join us at the premier gathering of scientists, students, professors, government and industry leaders from all different sectors of green chemistry and engineering. Register now for the lowest rates to the Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference/International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry (GC&E/GSC-9) which […]
Join us on Thursday, February 14th, for the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) dinner meeting, including presentation of the College Achievement Awards. These awards are presented annually to outstanding seniors majoring in chemistry and biochemistry from each of the area colleges and universities. Following the awards presentation, Dr. Daniel Glavin […]