Science Coaches is a joint American Chemical Society (ACS) and American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) educational outreach initiative dedicated to enhancing science skills in students across the United States. The program pairs chemists (coaches) with AACT teacher members in elementary, middle, and high schools. Coaches accepted into the program […]
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) needs STEM professionals to assist K-12 teachers in the DC metro area during the 2018-19 school year. The details of the collaboration are worked out between the teacher and the volunteer, and may involve giving demonstrations, assisting in lab experiments, lecturing […]
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 annual election of Officers, Councilors, and Managers of the Chemical Society of Washington will be held in November 2018 in accordance with the Bylaws and Standing Rules of the Section. All CSW Members are invited and encouraged to submit nominations for the open positions. Self-nomination is allowed. Elected members […]
Project SEED is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and we hope to make it our best year yet! The summer will kick off with an orientation in early June (date TBA), which will include recognition of this milestone. Eleven projects at local universities and national labs have been approved, […]
YCC and CSW hosted a career day workshop April 15th at ACS Headquarters. The day started with three career overview presentations to give participants perspective on careers in academia, industry/consulting, and government. Next, a career panel with 7 CSW members gave thoughtful and interesting answers to audience questions, drawing from […]
Join us at the Awards Banquet of the Washington Academy of Sciences. This is our annual ceremony when we will give awards for achievement to outstanding scientists, engineers and educators from the Washington DC area. Please see details on the attached invitation. The event will take place at 6:30pm on […]
The Leo Schubert Memorial Award — established in 1979 to honor Dr. Leo Schubert, a chemistry professor at American University who devoted much of his career to developing programs for high school teachers and students — recognizes outstanding teachers of high school chemistry in the Washington, D.C. area. Mr. Mallory, […]
The Hillebrand Prize — named for William F. Hillebrand (1853-1925), one of Washington’s most distinguished chemists — is awarded for original contributions to the science of chemistry by member(s) of CSW. Dr. Kafafi received this award in recognition of her pioneering contributions to organic optics and electronics technologies through innovative […]
The University of Washington offers a Green Chemistry and Chemical Stewardship Online Certificate Program. The program is in it’s third year, and enrollment just opened for the 2018-2019 program, which will kick off in September 2018 and run through June 2019. This program is entirely online, and consists of three […]