Huge thanks to the Committee on Minority Affairs and the Outreach Committee for bringing the Cloud Bubble to life at the Mad Spooky Expo this Saturday October 18th!
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This year chemists across the world will celebrate National Chemistry week from October 19-25. The theme this year is “The Hidden Life of Spices”. CSW has three ways you can help us celebrate. Volunteers with us on October 18th, 2025 The Spooky Mad Science Expo is celebrating its 10th year! […]
CSW is kicking off our illustrated poem contest and would love for you to participate. In celebration of National Chemistry Week, students are invited to submit an illustrated poem around the theme of “The Hidden Life of Spices”. Local submissions are judged based by grade and local winners advance to […]
The Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) celebrated “Chemists Celebrate Earth Week” during the annual Rockville Science Day event on Sunday, April 27, at Montgomery College, Rockville Campus. CSW partnered with the Montgomery College Chemistry Department and the STEM ED club to host activities for ~250 kids and their families. Activities […]
The Chemistry Society of Washington is pleased to announce we are hosting Project SEED for another year! We will be welcoming students from across the DC metro area to participate in a paid summer research internship at one of our local host sites. We had several excited students apply; however, […]
This past spring, the Chemical Society of Washington welcomed over 140 local high school students into the official reboot of the Chemistry Olympiad competition. The co-coordinators (Lauren Ragle, Eva-Marie Rudler, and Savannah Shumaker) worked diligently to communicate with local high school teachers who already had students sign up for the […]
HMChO will be offering a contest to inspire more students to be passionate about chemistry. Registration is totally free and more details can be found at www.hmcho.org. The competition is open to all high school students in grades 9 through 12 worldwide. While the Olympiad primarily targets students in the United States, international students […]
As part of Chemists Celebrate Earth Week, CSW will be hosting the ACS Illustrated Poem Contest for students K-12. Students are invited to create poems and illustrations around the theme, “Glaciers: Hot Topic, Cool Chemistry!” Local submissions are judged based on grade categories and local winners advance to the national […]
As part of our celebration of National Chemistry Week, students from K-12 were invited to submit an illustrated poem around this year’s theme “Picture Perfect Chemistry”. The Outreach committee was impressed by the talent and creativity shown by our local students. Our regional winners will now go on to compete […]
Maya Mourshed, previous local winner of the ACS Illustrated Poem Contest, has become a published author with her first book, Chemistories. This book is a collection of her short stories and poems about chemical elements that come to life, accompanied by her own illustrations. As the back cover explains “Each element […]