Earth Day was first officially recognized on April 22, 1970 as a way to demonstrate support for a healthy environment, raise awareness about environmental issues, and remind people that we all need to contribute to a sustainable planet. For years, chemists have been promoting a better world through recyclable plastics, […]
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The American Chemical Society Committee on Project SEED has announced the winners of its 2016–17 college scholarships. The recipients, who were selected from participants in ACS’s Project SEED research program, received one-year, non-renewable scholarships of up to $5,000 to help cover tuition and fees during their freshman year of college. The […]
CSW is pleased to announce that Dr. Stuart Licht, Dean’s Research Professor at George Washington University, is the 2016 Hillebrand Prize recipient. Dr. Licht will accept the award, and be the featured speaker at the March CSW meeting on Thursday, March 23. Meeting logistics can be found on the next […]
The Washington Academy of Sciences Awards Committee has requested an extension to accept more nominations for WAS awards, so we are extending the deadline to submit an award nomination until Friday March 17th! The award nomination form can be found here: http://www.washacadsci.org/activities-and-events/awards/latest-awards/ Be sure to include a CV of the […]
ACS and CSW’s Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) hosted a networking happy hour on December 14th at La Tasca DC. The turnout was excellent at nearly 40 chemists. Attendees included a variety of ACS members from local universities, government agencies, and companies. We received positive feedback on the event and are sure […]
Contributed by Allison Aldridge, CSW Project SEED Coordinator CSW’s Project SEED program continues to provide chemistry-related research opportunities to economically disadvantaged high school (HS) students in the DC area. In 2016, 19 fellows completed the program, including four SEED II (returning) fellows. The students represented Washington DC (Roosevelt HS), and […]
At this month’s CSW meeting, Dr. Cynthia Srigley, a Research Chemist at the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, will give a presentation entitled, “Recent Advances in the Analysis of Long Chain Omega-3 PUFA in Fish Oil Dietary Supplements”. In addition, CSW will present the College Chemistry Achievement […]
You gotta start somewhere. As a recent job seeker, I got used to hearing this phrase. The rites of passage of a job search are familiar, and like many people I needed time to acclimate myself to new organizations and to a different country than I was working at the […]
Project SEED is a program for economically disadvantaged high school students administered by the American Chemical Society (ACS) that offers a unique opportunity to spend a summer conducting hands-on research with a scientist in a laboratory setting. Project SEED programs are initiated and hosted by research institutions (academic, government, or […]
Sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) The USNCO seeks a Chemistry Olympiad Mentor. Some of the duties and responsibilities associated with this position are: helping to conduct a two-week study camp for the nation’s brightest twenty chemistry high school students at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado […]