St Louis Section–ACS
Calendar — 2008
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January |
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| 7 | Nominations for St Louis Award (extended deadline) due today. See here for criteria, contact info, and nominating guidelines. |
| 17 | Board Meeting at Glen Echo Country Club Note special date: the third Thursday, not the second! |
February |
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| 7 | Board Meeting at Glen Echo Country Club Note: first Thursday to avoid Valentine’s Day on the second Thursday |
| 15 | Nominations for Chemical Science and Technology Award (extended deadline) due today. See here for criteria, contact info, and nominating guidelines. |
March |
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| 7,8 | High School Chemistry Contest |
| 13 | Board Meeting at Glen Echo Country Club |
| 17 | Robert W Murray Lecture Dr William Roush, Exec Director of Medicinal Chemistry; Assoc Dean of Kellog Graduate School; Professor of Chemistry, Scripps, FL Applications of the Double Allylboration Reaction in the Synthesis of Natural Products 451 Benton Hall, UM–St Louis. Reception 3:30 pm, Lecture 4 pm |
| 22 | Illinois Junior Academy of Science Region 12 Science Fair at SIU–Edwardsville. Judging 10 am–12 noon |
| 25 | William J Probst Memorial Lecture at SIU–Edwardsville Dr C Dale Poulter, Dept of Chemistry, University of Utah The Terpenome: A Cornucopia of Natural Molecules for Life, Health, and Commerce, Meridian Ballroom, Morris University Center, 7 pm Additional lecture: Isopentenyl-diphosphate Isomerase: Two Enzymes for One Reaction, Science Bldg, Rm 3114, 2 pm Also: Student Research Symposium, Meridian Ballroom, Morris University Center, 3:30 pm |
| 25 | Society of Cosmetic Chemists Technical Meeting Pujols 5 Westport Grill, 5:30 pm registration and networking, 6:00 pm dinner, 6:45 pm presentation: Steve Savastano of Access Technologies on Silicone Technology: Past, Present, and Future. ACS members cordially invited. Reservations to Kevin Tibbs, ktibbs@chemiacorp.com or 314-567-0013. The cost of the dinner is $35. |
| 26 | Joint meeting with AIChE, featuring tour of the Monsanto Creve Coeur site and dinner. Sign in starting at 5:30 pm at “A” Building lobby; tour at 6 pm, dinner 7:15–8:30 pm. Space is limited; reservations required by March 19. Contact both Juan Arhancet (juan.p.arhancet@monsanto.com, 314-694-7757) and James Taylor (james.w.taylor@monsanto.com, 314-694-8252). |
| 29 | Recognition Night La Bonne Bouchée, 12344 Olive, west of I-270 in the Westgate Shopping Center 5:30 pm social hour, 6:30 pm dinner. Celebrate and honor! Past Chair address; Distinguished Service Award presentation; more. Spouses always welcome. Reservation and payment by March 26. Send member’s name, choice of entrée (trout, chicken breast, or steak) for each person attending, and a check for $26 per person payable to St Louis Section–ACS to: Dr Samir El-Antably |
| 31 | Midwest Award nominations due |
April |
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| 1 | Younger Chemists Committee Organizational Meeting University of Missouri–St Louis Benton Hall, B-325, 6:30 pm. Pizza and refreshments provided. See the meeting notice for more information. |
| 10 | Board Meeting at Glen Echo Country Club |
| 12 | St Charles/Lincoln County Science and Engineering Fair at St Charles Community College. Judging starts at 9 am |
| 16 | Marcus Award Symposium 4:00 pm in Room 171, Busch Student Center, Saint Louis University Competition consists of research presentations by Saint Louis University senior chemistry majors. Winner is determined by vote of all professional chemists in the audience. All ACS members are invited. Refreshments follow the competition. Parking will be validated for the parking garage at Compton and Olive. For further information, contact Bruce Kowert. |
| 16 | Younger Chemists Committee Introductory get-together at The St Louis Tap Room, 6:30 pm Please join us for a fun-filled evening. Contact Arindam Roy if you have any questions. |
| 18–26 | Chemical Progress Week Tentative dates for events below ... more details as they become available. |
| 18 | Undergraduate Research Symposium University of Missouri–St Louis Benton Hall, 3–5 pm. For more information, contact Mike Nichols or Eike Bauer. |
| 21 | Awards Night Banquet 5:30 pm social hour, 6:30 dinner, 7:30 program, honoring the winners of the High School Chemistry Contest, the Leopold Marcus Award, the High School Teaching Award, the Chemical Science and Technology Award, and the outstanding junior chemistry students at area colleges. Featured speaker: Ted Gast on Paper-making is Fun and You Can Do It; the Science and History of Paper-making Kemoll’s Restaurant, 1 Metropolitan Square Reservation and payment by April 14. Send member’s name and a check for $25 per person payable to St Louis Section–ACS to: Dr Samir El-Antably |
| 22 | ADACIOM Luncheon 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, Sunset Country Club, 9555 Geyer Road Speaker TBA Contact Jane Bené for more information |
| 25 | St Louis Award Symposium honoring Dr Shelley Minteer Busch Student Center, Room 256, Saint Louis University, 2–5:30 pm. The full program for the symposium can be found here. |
| 26 | St Louis Award Banquet at Kemoll’s, 1 Metropolitan Square, St Louis 6:00 cocktails, 7:00 banquet, 8:00 program Reservation and payment by April 14. Send member’s name and a check for $55 per person payable to St Louis Section–ACS to: Dr Samir El-Antably |
| 29 | Younger Chemists Committee Washington University, Lab Sciences Bldg, Room 400, 6:30–8:00 pm. See here for details. |
May |
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| 5 | Greater St Louis Elementary Science Fair at Queeny Park. We will distribute participation ribbons to entrants with chemistry projects beginning at 6 pm. |
| 6 | Younger Chemists Night Out, 6:30 pm at “Twilight Tuesdays”, a series of free concerts at the Missouri History Museum, near Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park. Come out and enjoy the free music and networking. Bring blanket, food, drinks, etc. For more info about Twilight Tuesdays see here. |
| 8 | Greater St Louis Secondary Science Fair at Queeny Park. Judging starts at 6 pm. |
| 13 | Green Buildings: Science, Chemistry, and Technology talk and tour with Grant Lanham of Vertegy Company on Sustainable Building Technologies. Reception at 5:30 pm, talk at 6:15, tour at 7:00. Download the announcement flyer, (doc, 778 kb). For more information, contact Keith Stine, (314) 516-5346, kstine@umsl.edu |
| 20 | Board Meeting at Glen Echo Country Club. Note special date, rescheduled to allow members to judge at the Greater St Louis Science Fair on May 8. |
| 27 | Younger Chemists Night Out, 6:30 pm at Bar Louie (Central West End) for dollar burgers, then move somewhere quieter after dinner to discuss the progress on the September event on Career Day. Contact Arindam Roy (arindam.roy@covidien.com) if you have any questions. |
June |
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| 14 | Fourth Annual Section Picnic Tower Grove Park, Old Playground Shelter, 12 noon to ... until the food or the people are all gone Adults $5, children under 12 free. Please contact Steve Kinsley by June 6 so we can get the right amount of food and drink. The Old Playground Shelter is feature #9 on this map. If you can’t find “9” either, it’s just southwest of Pedestrian Gate #2. |
July |
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| 16 | Younger Chemists Committee Meeting 7:00 pm, Washington University Danforth campus, Lab Sciences Building, Room 400 (4th floor). Refreshments will be served, thanks to Kenya!. Details. |
August |
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| 7 | Younger Chemists Committee meeting, 7 pm at Covidien Webster Groves Technical Center (385 Marshall Ave, Webster Groves, MO 63119). Pizza and soda will be served. For questions or inquiries, please contact Arindam Roy, arindam.roy@covidien.com. |
| 8–17 | ACS at the Illinois State Fair In the spirit of cross-section cooperation, we have had a presence at this event every year since 2004. If you'd like to volunteer, even for only one “shift” (3–4 hours), to serve as host, answer-person, and mentor for demos and hands-on activities, visit the website acsillinoisstatefair.org, and click on “Volunteers”. If you volunteer, please let the Chair know, and bring back a photo of yourself in the tent. |
| 21 | Younger Chemists Committee meeting, 7 pm at Washington University Danforth Campus, Lab Sciences Building Room 400. Refreshments will be served. For questions or inquiries, please contact Arindam Roy, arindam.roy@covidien.com. |
September |
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| 11 | Board Meeting at Glen Echo Country Club. |
| 15 | Younger Chemists Committee meeting, 7 pm at Washington University Danforth Campus, Lab Sciences Building Room 400. Refreshments will be served. For questions or inquiries, please contact Arindam Roy, arindam.roy@covidien.com. |
| 17 | Chemistry Career Night, 6:00 pm, Lab Science Building, Washington University Danforth campus Panel discussion, Q&A, dinner. Hosted by Younger Chemists Committee, but free for all, younger, older, or somewhere in the middle. The flyer (pdf, 250 kB) has all the details. Download program (pdf, 1.9 MB). |
| 20 | Boy Scout Chemistry Merit Badge Clinic, 8:00 am, Jost Chemical Company (directions at jostchemical.com/contact-us.html The flyer (pdf, 98 kB) has all the details. Preregistration required; contact Lisa Balbes at 314-966-5298 or lisa@balbes.com by September 1. Leave your name, rank, troop number, phone number, and email address. Registration is limited. |
October |
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| 8–11 | 43rd ACS Midwest Regional Meeting hosted by the Nebraska Section in Kearney, NE. Visit the meeting website for information on registration, program, accomodations, and more. Update: deadlines extended — abstract submission, Sep 1st; early registration, Sep 17th; hotel reservations at MWRM rate, Sep 17th. If you go, be sure to attend the Midwest Award Ceremony, Banquet and Symposium, 5–8 pm on October 9th. The Midwest Award is sponsored and administered by the St Louis Section. |
| 16 | Board Meeting at Glen Echo Country Club Note special date: third Thursday to avoid conflict with Midwest Regional Meeting. |
| 19–25 |  National Chemistry WeekThis year’s theme, “Having a Ball with Chemistry,” emphasizes the role played by chemistry in athletics: improvements in nutrition, equipment, apparel. Chemistry’s prototypical Buckyballs will be sure to get heavy play. |
| 22 | Inaugural Science Café Crown Room at Schalfly’s Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest Avenue (at Manchester), Maplewood, MO 63143. Cash bar begins at 6 pm, Café meeting at 7 pm Science for Future Presidents Many of the most critical challenges for the next president involve science, from energy policy to biotechnology and terrorism to global warming. What does the next president need to know about science, and how should voters weigh science? What if science issues were the only ones? The St Louis Section–ACS sponsors the first in a series of science café events: a short introduction to set the agenda, followed by wide open questions and discussion. Tonight’s presenter is Professor Hal Harris, a physical chemist at the University of Missouri–St Louis. Update: see the report from this Science Café session. |
| 25 | Chemistry Expo, Center Stage at the St Louis Science Center, 10 am–4 pm. Come join the fun as volunteers from Saint Louis University, Southern Illinois University, St Louis Community College, University of Missouri–St Louis, Monsanto, and Covidien present hands-on demonstrations and activities that explore the way chemistry affects our lives and the world around us. |
November |
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| 12 | Younger Chemists Committee (YCC-STL) Happy Hour Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest Ave (at Manchester) in Maplewood, starting at 6:30 pm. Network and meet your YCC Officers. Friendly (or competitive) games of pool and darts are encouraged! Bring a friend or significant other. |
| 13 | Board Meeting at Glen Echo Country Club |
| 15 | Nominations for Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher due today. If you know one, or are one, nomination guidelines and forms are here. |
December |
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| 3 | YCC Happy Hour and Meeting Blueberry Hill, 6504 Delmar in The Loop, beginning at 6:30 pm This is primarily a networking event for all of us. Feel free to bring a friend or significant other. Contact Events Coordinator Francisco Franco if you have any questions. |
| 11 | Continuity Dinner – General Meeting – Board Meeting, including vote on bylaw amendments. CJ Muggs101 W Lockwood Ave, Webster Groves, MO Open bar (beer, wine, soft drinks) from 5:30–6:30 pm. Dinner at 6:30 pm. General meeting and board meeting during and after. Cost is $27 per person, check payable to St Louis Section–ACS. Reservations requested by December 1 to: Samir El-Antably |
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