The annual Battle of the Burets titration face-off will be hosted again this year by SIU–Edwardsville on Monday, February 24th in 2075 Science West. Pizza begins at 6:00 pm; then pizzas-down, goggles-on buret-wielding at 6:30. Each school may send up to two teams of two students each. Each student will do three individual titrations; the […]
It’s always nice when your opinion of someone is reinforced by others. So it is with Kevin D Moeller, Professor of Chemistry at Washington University. Kevin is our 2019 Midwest Award winner. And he is now among the 2020 class of Arthur C Cope Scholars, announced by the American Chemical Society earlier this month. His
Coffee with Chemists in February is a special event in conjunction with the IUPAC Global Women‘s Breakfast (GWB). This event celebrates women and girls in STEM with a breakfast that starts in New Zealand, circles the world with the sun, and ends in Hawaii. The STLACS iteration: February 12, 2020, 7:30 – 9:00 am at
The outreach program Cocktails/Coffee with Chemists, initiated last year by Natalie LaFranzo, continues in 2020, coordinated by Tabbetha Bohac. The popular series of meet-ups jumps around St Louis geographically, calendrically, and horologically in an effort to reach as many area scientists as possible. Join one or more of these monthly events! For January, it’s a
Reaching out to area college and university faculty, but this is not about you. The ACS Office of External Affairs/Global Outreach is launching a new program for summer, 2020, offering a few select undergraduates a research and cultural opportunity that really should not be missed. Please pass the word at your first opportunity; the application
Signaling the end not only of an organizational year, but an entire decade, the 2019 Continuity Dinner delivered fitting fanfare on December 12 at Robust Café and Wine Bar in Webster Groves. Our group ju-s-s-st fit into the event space with tables set like service stripes in the long, narrow room. After a convivial social
You know us. We don’t retweet. We don‘t make you watch cute_cats.gif on a loop just so you can access the event calendar. We don’t copy-paste Uncle Morris’s latest copied-and-pasted email, no matter how meme-ish it may be. But (You knew there would be a “but“.) …. But this. Is. Funny. And timely. And germane.
The St Louis Section of the American Chemical Society annually judges chemistry-related projects at area science fairs and promotes the budding young talents in elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools by awarding and recognizing their effort. Each year, awards are given to students who demonstrate excellence in the conception, design, and presentation of a
Well, this is pretty big news for little ol’ Saint Louis. Holden Thorp, the Rita Levi-Montalcini Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Medicine at Washington University, and recently its provost and executive vice-chancellor for academic affairs, has been named the new editor-in-chief of Science magazine and its associated publications. He is moving from Washington University
The national ACS website has big page of small print listing all the benefits of membership. We’re guessing most of you (us) take advantage of only a fraction of what’s out there. Some of that might be “meh, not my thing”, but it could also be “I didn’t know.” Here are a few of those
