The Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) participates in Project SEED, a summer research program for economically disadvantaged high school students to experience what it’s like to be a chemist. Participants are asked to share with CSW members something from their experience that has impacted their perspective as a chemist. By […]
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The Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) offers a travel award to defray travel and/or registration costs to a National ACS meeting. The award is open to current graduate students in the jurisdiction of CSW. Awardees are asked to share with CSW members something from their experience that impacted their perspective […]
On Saturday, January 10, Dr. John Malin, former CSW President, will speak about the history of CSW at the January CSW meeting. The meeting will be held at Old Ebbitt Grill in NW Washington, DC at 11:00 am. Dr. John M. Malin is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. After education […]
Greetings and welcome to the newly launched Capital Chemist! The Chemical Society of Washington has been working for a year to bring you this resource, and I’m thrilled to announce its launch. As the Editor-in-Chief, I am very excited for this new phase of CSW, and I hope you will […]
The Chemical Society of Washington is pleased to announce a travel award to defray travel and/or registration costs to a National ACS meeting. Eligible expenses include meeting registration and travel expenses, such as airfare and lodging. Applicants should submit the following to CSW (email: [email protected]) by January 16, 2015: A […]
Contributed by Dr. Ajay Mallia, Chair, CSW Project SEED committee For the last four decades, Project SEED has provided hands-on scientific research opportunities with a mentor at a research institution to more than 9,000 economically disadvantaged high school students. This year, CSW’s Project SEED program supported 20 high school students […]
By Dr. Ajay Mallia, Dr. Deana Jaber, and Dr. Joseph Houck, CSW YCC Committee As part of National Chemistry week, the CSW Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) celebrated Mole Day and Halloween on October 23, 2014 at the University of Maryland, College Park. About 40 attendees enjoyed Halloween and National Chemistry […]
Sponsored by the American Chemical Society The USNCO seeks a College Chemistry Mentor. Some of the duties and responsibilities associated with this position are: Preparing students for the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) competition, Helping to conduct a two-week study camp for the nation’s brightest twenty chemistry high school students at […]
Dr. Bill LaCourse, University of Maryland, will speak at the joint Chemical Society of Washington/Washington Chromatography Discussion Group meeting on December 17th at the U.S. Pharmacopeia in Rockville. His talk is entitled, “Adventures in Analysis: New Approaches to Old Problems.” William R. LaCourse is the Dean of the College of […]
‘Speaking Simply’ Webinar Was A Great Success The CSW Younger Chemists Committee participated in the webinar “Speaking Simply: Communicating Your Science” on October 7, 2014, from three different locations: Virginia (Marymount University), Maryland (University of Maryland, College Park), and Washington, DC (Georgetown University) and it was a big success. The […]