The annual election of Officers, Councilors, and Managers of the Chemical Society of Washington will be held in November 2016 in accordance with the Bylaws and Standing Rules of the Section. All CSW Members are invited and encouraged to submit nominations for the open positions. Self-nomination is acceptable. Elected members […]
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The Chemical Society of Washington is pleased to announce a student travel award to defray travel and/or registration costs to the national ACS meeting in Philadelphia this Fall. The Philadelphia meeting will be held August 21-25, 2016. Eligible expenses include meeting registration, travel expenses, airfare and lodging. The award is […]
Contributed by Dennis Chamot, CSW President As summer approaches and the academic year draws to a close, I thought this would be a good time to examine the current job market for chemists. This will be the topic to be discussed at the May 26 membership meeting, featuring a presentation […]
On April 26, 2016 Dr. Stephen A. Wise, Senior Analytical Chemist and Program Coordinator for Food and Nutrition within the Chemical Sciences Division of NIST, will receive the 2015 Hillebrand Prize and be the featured speaker for the evening. Logistical details can be found on the next page. The selection […]
Contributed by Dennis Chamot, CSW President At the time this is being written (mid-March), it is still unsettled as to who will be the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates in November. What can be said, though, is that the process for choosing the candidates has been rough, very expensive, and […]
The 44th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting is open and ready to receive abstract submissions. The meeting will be held at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, NY, June 9 – 12, 2016. Below are important deadlines and meeting information. Important Deadlines Abstracts Open: January 11 Abstracts Close […]
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 2016 theme, “The Great Indoors—Your Home’s Ecosystem!” The illustrated […]
Brita Johannessen-Kluk The co-recipient of the 2015 Leo Schubert Memorial Award for outstanding teaching of high school chemistry is Brita Johannessen-Kluk, Chemistry Teacher at Northwest High School in Germantown, Maryland. She joined the faculty at Norwest High School in 2006. Ms. Johannessen-Kluk received her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Secondary […]
The following students were honored at the February CSW Dinner Meeting: Last Name FirstName School Augustine Kyle F. University of Maryland, Coillege Park Bible Michael S. American University Fisher Richard The George Washington University Kabirpour Armita George Mason University McDonough William P. The Catholic University of America Osunsade Adewola […]
Contributed by Dennis Chamot, CSW President In the past, members of the physics community seemed to me to be much more active and visible than chemists in public debates about support of research and other national policy issues with a high technical content. In more recent years, the biology and […]