Greenhouse Gas Removal by its Transformation to Valuable Commodities Stuart Licht, Department of Chemistry, George Washington University As the levels of carbon dioxide increase in the Earth’s atmosphere, this greenhouse gas’s effects on climate change including species extinction, flooding, draught, famine and economic disruption become increasingly apparent. An incentive to remove […]
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Early registration closes April 28th! Register now. 2017 NextGen GreenChem Workshop: Making Green Chemistry Work for You Looking to sharpen your Green Chemistry knowledge and professional skills? The NextGen GreenChem Workshop provides undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post-doctoral scholars, unique opportunities for professional development along with practical examples of […]
Early registration closes April 28th! Register now. 2017 NextGen GreenChem Workshop: Making Green Chemistry Work for You Looking to sharpen your Green Chemistry knowledge and professional skills? The NextGen GreenChem Workshop provides undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post-doctoral scholars, unique opportunities for professional development along with practical examples of […]
The Thirty-third Annual Chemathon will take place on Saturday, April 29, 2017. The Chemathon is an annual chemistry competition for high school chemistry students in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The Chemathon competition is organized by a committee of area high school chemistry teachers and chemists, and […]
The 28th annual Rockville Science Day will take place on Sunday, April 23, 2017. Held annually on the Montgomery College campus, Rockville Science Day features a variety of science and technology-related exhibits, activities, games and demos. Activities and exhibits over the 27 years of the program have included rocket-building (and […]
Nominations are invited for the 2017 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 most prestigious honor given each year by […]
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 area colleges and universities. The following students received awards: Award Winner School Mentor Pegah Bakhshi Georgetown University Dr. Christian Wolf Sarah Burkhard American […]
The 21st Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference (GC&E), hosted by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® (ACS GCI), will be held on June 13-15, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, Va. In other words…GC&E 2017 is happening in your backyard! We encourage you to take this opportunity to […]
The call for papers for the 2017 Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM) has been issued. The meeting will take place June 4-6 at the Hershey Lodge, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Details, including names and contact information for program and session chairs, can be found on the meeting website (http://marm2017.sites.acs.org/). The final […]
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 Day 2017 theme, “Chemistry Helps Feed the World.” This year’s […]