The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is recruiting volunteers (called Ambassadors) to work with museum visitors in Spark!Lab, its hands-on invention space for children and families. Unlike traditional classroom-style learning, Spark!Lab is very “curiosity-driven” and there is no […]
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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, […]
Congratulations to the newly elected members of CSW’s Board of Managers! Here are the results of the annual CSW election, which closed on November 15: President-Elect, 2023 Lauren Ragle Treasurer, 2023-2024 Reyniak Richards Councilor, 2023-2025 LaKesha Perry Nevart Tahmazian Xiaoyong Lu Alternate Councilor, 2023-2025 Joseph Duran Ravinder Paul Lall Managers-at-Large, […]
2023 President, Chemical Society of Washington Alessandra Zimmermann Greetings and Happy New Year! On behalf of the Board of Managers, it is my pleasure to welcome the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) to 2023. I am honored to have the opportunity to represent over 4,000 members within the Washington, DC […]
We would like to highlight the work of CSW Members’ accomplishments in terms of publications, book chapters, an op-ed, reports, and presentations at local/national/international meetings. If you had such contributions during 2022 (January to present date), please complete the Google form using the link below. Note that submission does not […]
Dr. Richard Weiss Department of Chemistry Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology Georgetown University In recognition of his contributions to an understanding of the relationship between structure, function and the chemical and photophysical properties of polymers and gels, as well as their applications, and of the impact he had […]
ACS announced 45 new fellows, honored for their contributions to science. CSW Member Raychelle Burks was among 2022’s honorees. Congratulations Dr. Burks! https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/programs/Announcing-2022-ACS-fellows/100/i27?utm_source=mostread&utm_medium=mostread&utm_campaign=CEN Raychelle Burks Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry American University
The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities host a conference every year as National HBCU Week. The conference is scheduled for September 20-23rd 2022. The Committee of Minority Affairs would like to recognize all CSW members who attended an […]
Dr. Brandi Toliver Program ManagerOffice of Workforce Development for Teachers and ScientistsU.S. Department of Energy “Breaking up With Plastics” The recording is now available. View here – It requires a passcode to view: rBH1H+2+ ———- This will be a Zoom meeting. There is no charge to attend, but you must […]
The four passionate students participating in the 2022 CSW Project SEED Program have been conducting research under their dedicated mentors at three research institutions within the DMV. The program kicked off June 20th with a welcome and small networking session, and will culminated on August 20th with a poster session […]
Schedule of Events: 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Presentation of the 2021 College Chemistry Achievement Awards 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Presentation by Dr. Jeanita Pritchett followed by Q&A View the collegiate honorees here! This event is over. You may view the recording here. Jeanita S. Pritchett, Ph.D. Leadership Coach| STEM Educator| […]