The American Chemical Society (ACS) St. Louis Section has named Kirstin Blase, a faculty member at Villa Duchesne, as the recipient of the 2026 High School Chemistry Teacher Award. Since joining the Villa Duchesne faculty in 2016, Blase has become a cornerstone of the school’s STEM program, recognized for her ability to transform rigorous scientific […]
Three Iranian alumnae of SIU–Edwardsville will return on March 3rd, 11 am to 12:15 pm, as a panel relating Iran’s history and the experiences of Iranian students in the USA. The panelists are Forough Doustkhahvajari, Hadis Ghasemi, and Sanaz Salarvand. The event is sponsored by the Women Chemists Committee of the St Louis Section–ACS in
Your assistance in identifying candidates for the 2026 American Chemical Society (ACS) Midwest Award is solicited. In 1944, the St Louis Section of the ACS established, and since then has sponsored and funded the ACS Midwest Award to recognize “those who have made meritorious contributions to the advancement of pure or applied chemistry or chemical
Yes, Tuesday, December 9th, in fact. Our traditional end-of-year celebration, including very brief business meeting, passing of the gavel to the new slate of officers, preview of the Distinguished Service Award (conferred in the spring), and the Henry Godt Memorial Lecture (a light-hearted look back at the year past). If you’re not a regular ACS
The mumbleteenth annual St Louis ACS Section picnic is coming on Sunday, September 7th (the weekend after Labor Day). This is a little later in the season than usual, which is probably a good move toward slightly cooler temps. We think it’s the nineteenth picnic, but we kind of lost track during pandemic hiati (hiatuses?).
We are pleased to announce that Dr Megumi Yoshioka-Tarver, MICDS Upper School science faculty member, has been awarded the 2025 High School Chemistry Teaching Award. This prestigious recognition honors Dr Yoshioka-Tarver’s outstanding commitment to chemistry education, student engagement, and innovative teaching. With a PhD in Chemistry and experience in academia, industry, and government, Dr Yoshioka-Tarver
Envelope, please. [pause for effect] Aaaaaand the winner is … Jacquelynn Smith! It is our distinct pleasure to announce the winner of the 2025 Chemical Science and Technology Award. Jacquelynn is a Senior Scientist at Pfizer, Inc., where she specializes in protein characterization using mass spectrometry and contributes to groundbreaking advancements in drug development. Since
SIUE’s 48th Annual William J Probst Memorial Lecturer will be Professor Jayaraman Sivaguru of Bowling Green State University Department of Chemistry, where he is the Antonia and Marshall Wilson Professor of Chemistry and the Associate Director of the Center for Photochemical Sciences. His group’s research focuses on light-induced processes in asymmetric photochemistry, organo-photocatalysis, supramolecular photocatalysis,
The Saint Louis ACS section is seeking nominations for the 2025 Saint Louis Section ACS Award, originally sponsored by the Monsanto Company and administered by the Saint Louis Section. The award is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of chemistry and demonstrated potential to further the advancement of the
Professor Daniel G Nocera, of the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology at Harvard University, is the 22nd SLU-MilliporeSigma Lecturer. He will deliver two lectures on February 24th and 25th. Both are open to the public. Monday, February 24th, at 4:00 pm The Bionic Leaf: Surpassing the C- and N-Fixation Processes of Nature Attend in
