Hey, did you notice the red “help wanted” banner on the home page, the one that solicits donations of PPE and other items needed to save lives of COVID-19 victims? Our Section’s response has been a help to area healthcare providers, and has been noticed and noted by national ACS. In the April 27th edition […]
During the academic year 2019-2020, “Chemistry is pHun” outreach activities benefited from the contributions of many excellent volunteers. The efforts of these volunteers made it possible to present 28 programs that reached 908 school children within 13 different schools or organizations in the Rockwood, Kirkwood, Lindbergh, and Lutheran Missouri Synod school districts. Crestwood Elementary School
Will you be hanging around home this summer? (Haven’t you had enough of that?) You should be aware: The 16th Annual Section Picnic had been scheduled for June 21st. Had been. Won’t be. We are looking for a date later in the summer or early in the fall to give COVID more time to cool
Bowing to social distancing requirements, the Board of Directors meeting on April 9th is going remote. It will be hosted as a Zoom meeting by Sophia Hayes. All who are able to join, please email chair@stlacs.org. You will receive a Zoom link and password by reply. Social “chatting” starting at 6pm Business beginning at 6:30pm
That would be the 2020 Battle of the Burets. On the 24th of February, 38 students from seven area high schools competed in the “Battle of Burets”. Kevin Tucker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, at SIU Edwardsville, hosted/refereed/mediated the event. Each team completed six titrations, scored on relative error. The top team averaged less than 5
You know how we try to keep you in the loop when one of ours gets national attention? (No? Well, we do do that!) So it’s a bit disappointing when our Chair-Elect, Samina Azad, has been cited in C&E News, and we blew right by it. [Also, it’s a bit embarrassing when someone is a
At this time, two of our regional hospitals have put out urgent calls for donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves, goggles, lab glasses, face shields, and so on. If your organization wishes to donate such items to meet the current critical medical need, please see below and contact the individuals cited. If
As gatherings all over the country and world are being cancelled to safeguard community health, we must sadly announce that several of our most popular events are meeting the same fate. Bowing to social distancing, the April 9 Board meeting will be held remotely. All who are able to join, please email chair@stlacs.org. You will
These days, I suppose the idiom is “down for” judging, but either way … there are three opportunities coming up over the next couple of months. Volunteer by replying to GSM Sundaram by email or phone (314.258.5048). The dates and details for the 2020 fairs: Saturday, March 7, 2020 Missouri Tri-County Regional Science and Engineering
February 11 was International Women and Girls in STEM Day as sponsored by the United Nations. The celebration continued on February 12 with the Global Women’s Breakfast. The overall purpose of GWB2020 is to establish an on-going virtual network where women in the chemical and related sciences can connect with each other in a meaningful
