National Chemistry Week (NCW) is a public awareness campaign that promotes the value of chemistry in everyday life. ACS members and chemistry enthusiasts celebrate NCW by coordinating events and communicating the importance of chemistry. Each year the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) NCW campaign reaches millions of people with positive messages […]
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The Chemical Society of Washington Local Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is sponsoring an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. View/Download a PDF of the details. View/Download Contest Entry Form. Contest Deadline: November 1, 2019 Prizes: Chemistry Themed Tee Shirt Contact: Kim Morehouse, kim.morehouse@fda.hhs.gov […]
The annual election of Officers, Councilors, and Managers of the Chemical Society of Washington will be held in November 2019 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 […]
Discussion Theme: Personal Development through Professional Organizations When: 6 – 9 P.M. Thursday, June 13th Where: Jackson’s, 11927 Democracy Drive, Reston, VA 20190 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-chemistry-on-tap-pub-crawl-tickets-63082017011 Join like-minded professionals from around the world who are attending the joint 23rd Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference and 9th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry […]
Greetings Fellow Chemical Society of Washington Members! The Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) is an organization with a great history that is built upon the strength of its many skilled and concerned members. In keeping with this tradition, CSW will be updating its Strategic Plan in order to chart […]
The Chemical Society of Washington is holding a joint event with Expanding Your Horizons (www.eyhn.org) May 25th 2019 , 9 am – 12:30 pm, at ACS Headquarters (1155 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036). Registration begins at 8:30 am. We are expecting about 50 middle and high school students. Students […]
I am excited to highlight some of the amazing opportunities available at the 2019 American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting. The 47th MARM will be held May 30 through June 1, 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. This year’s theme is ‘Seeking Solutions through […]
Elizabeth Weisburger, Ph.D., D.Sc.cancer researcher Elizabeth Weisburger, 94, a cancer researcher at the National Institutes of Health for 40 years before retiring in 1989, died February 12th at her home in Rockville, Md. The cause was respiratory failure and pneumonia, said a son, William Weisburger. She is survived by three children, William, Diane, […]
Call for Nominations: William F. Hillebrand Prize Nominations are invited for the 2019 Hillebrand Prize, awarded annually for original contributions to the science of chemistry by a member or members of the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW), the local section of the American Chemical Society. The Hillebrand Prize is the […]
CSW Councilors attended the ACS Council Meeting in Orlando, Florida on April 3rd. The full reporting of meeting results and actions can be found in the councilor talking points at this website: https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/about/governance/councilor-talking-points-governance-actions-orlando-2019.pdf Highlights: #1 – Candidates for President-Elect, 2020 The Committee on Nominations and Elections presented to the Council […]