The Committee on Minority Affairs (CMA) held its Career Day May 7, 2023 from 2-4pm at ACS HQ in Marvel Hall, including career consultants including CSW’s Allison Aldridge, along with consultants from industry and academia. Events include, but are not limited to resume reviews, mock interviews, and career consultant speakers. Career […]
Capital Chemist
588 posts
CSW Councilors attended the Indianapolis ACS Council Meeting Wednesday, March 29th. The summary of governance issues and actions discussed can be read below:
Astra Zeneca is offering a conference on April 14, 2023, “Inhaled Biologics: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions” at the AstraZeneca Office, 1 Medimmune Way, Gaithersburg, Maryland. There is a $50 registration fee. Food and refreshments are included. Read More…
The ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety Workshop “RAMP in the Research Lab” will be held on Thursday, April 13, 2023, from 3 PM to 6 PM EDT via Zoom. This 3-hour workshop is for frontline researchers in academic institutions: graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and undergraduate students. It will […]
New for 2023- Come see what members of CSW have published in the recent literature! April 2023 V. Simonenko*, X. Lu*, etc., A novel siRNA-Gemcitabine construct as a potential therapeutic for treatment of pancreatic cancer, NAR Cancer, 2020, 2, zcaa016 X. Lu, Proprietary Peptide Docking Vehicle (PDoV) -GalNAc RNAi delivery platform, […]
Chemists Celebrate Earth Week, CCEW, is the week of April 16-22, 2023 with the theme, “The Curious Chemistry of Amazing Algae.” During CCEW,chemistry enthusiasts celebrate by coordinating events to communicate the importance of chemistry. Please let CSW know if you organize and hold events, for this important celebration. This year […]
View the list of Awardees REGISTER NOW Schedule of Events Speaker Bio Iris R. Wagstaff, PhD, is a chemist, educator, mentor, and STEM policy advisor. She is Founder and Executive Director of Wagstaff STEM Solutions – a STEM education and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) consulting company. She has over […]
This event is over. View the recording Have a chemistry degree (or working on it still) and realizing that the lab is not for you? Want a career change that doesn’t require a complete restart? This panel gathers chemists who have pivoted away from the bench and into a variety of other career options you […]
Every year, the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) hosts a CSW Cohort with ACS Project Seed (Summer Experiences for the Economically Disadvantaged) where High School students join laboratories across the DMV for a paid summer research internship in chemistry or a chemistry-related field! Through participating in Project SEED CSW and our amazing research mentors support the growth of underrepresented […]
CSW’s Board of Managers (BOM) meets quarterly to discuss CSW business and have open floor discussion of new business. This includes all officers and reports of committee chairs. It is open to CSW membership. Dates of the board meetings for 2023 are as follows: Our meetings are always at 7-9 […]