By John Bain It was Friday night, the day before we were to set off to the national ACS meeting in Boston, and the situation looked grim. My fellow lab mates and I had yet to secure lodging in the great city of Boston. It was looking like we would […]
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The Policy Studies Organization invites CSW members to attend our annual Dupont Summit in Washington DC. Presentations will span across sectors and partisanships on topics including education, health policy, climate change, water policy and management, urban farming, transportation, and the implications of science and technology policy. Breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be provided […]
With 200+ briefings to date, the ACS Science & the Congress Project conducts congressional briefings that provide opportunities for Members of Congress and their staffs, and the wider science policy community, to gain a greater knowledge of the science involved in numerous public policy issues. CSW members are welcome to […]
By Matthew Finn Having grown up in Connecticut, I have had several opportunities to visit Boston when I was younger. Although the city was familiar to me, coming here for the ACS conference gave me a fresh perspective on the city. Since Washington, D.C. is (relatively) close to Boston, my […]
By Elikplim Adaba I attended the meeting in San Francisco last fall, and since Boston was my second ACS experience, I was more prepared this time around. The secret to any ACS meeting, I have found, is not only attending the talks (both professional and technical), but also experiencing the […]
By Jill Granger, Former Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Chemistry On the days that followed the Board of Directors’ announcement that Sweet Briar College was slated to close, I was gripped with following Facebook and watching my inbox blow up with messages from around the world. I […]
It’s October, which means fall has arrived, Halloween is just around the corner, and it’s Blindness Awareness Month, or Meet the Blind Month. October is also National Disability Employment Awareness Month. An extra bonus is that 2015 is the 25th anniversary year of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, […]
Yes, this is a very odd question coming from a chemistry professor, but it is a question that I ask myself a lot. And I think that it is an important question to ask as it pertains to what I teach my students and how I train them in preparation […]
Many articles in the Capital Chemist have focused on the challenge of employment and careers. Incoming ACS President Donna Nelson has instituted a Task Force to look into exactly that issue. Recently, President-Elect Nelson reached out to the Capital Chemist with the following invitation to participate in an upcoming symposium […]
Project SEED is a flagship program of American Chemical Society because of its unique chemistry related research opportunity to economically disadvantaged HS students. This year CSW supported 18 high school students from Washington DC (McKinley Technology HS, Woodrow Wilson HS), Virginia (Thomas Jefferson HS, John Randolph Tucker HS) and Maryland […]