Natalie LaFranzo named Caesium
On second thought, that headline could be a bit misleading. The truth is that Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff discovered caesium in 1860 and named it for the sky-blue lines […]
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Chromatography DG re-revs
My name is Walter Gavlick, and I am the new chair of the Chromatography Discussion Group. As I take over for Doug Malkin, the previous chair, I need your help.
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IYPT2U
[First in a series of occasional posts for the International Year of the Periodic Table.] As anyone who has been perusing their C&EN knows, the United Nations has declared 2019
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Big, diverse turnout at 2018 Undergrad Research Symposium
The 2018 ACS–St Louis Section Undergraduate Research Symposium was held Friday, November 2nd, from 2:30-5:00 p.m. in the Science Laboratory West building at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville. Twenty-two presenters from six
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If it’s January, this must be a budget
The highlight of the January Board meeting is always the annual budget review. The Board considers each line item request from officers and committee chairs and attempts to fit it
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Show-and-tell time: chemistry career days for high school students
Mentor-A-Chemistry-Class jumps into gear this spring at University City High School, our very first school partner. The Committee on Minority Affairs would like to invite all minority chemists, chemical professionals,
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Another Salute to Excellence: delayed but not denied
Now hear this! Our Section normally announces “Salutes to Excellence” at the Continuity Dinner. But this year … crickets. For reasons your reporter has not been able to suss out,
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Chemistry is pHun Partners with Maryville University
Dr. Anuradha “Anu” Vummenthala, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Maryville University, has suggested the formation of a partnership with “Chemistry is pHun”, an outreach program of the St. Louis Section
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If it’s Continuity, we must have made it another year!
Outgoing Chair Ben Barth arranged a fine venue for our December 13, 2018, Continuity Dinner: upstairs at Pastaria, Clayton. The room was a perfect size for our group of thirty-ish
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Hergenrother is 2019 MilliporeSigma lecturer
Paul J Hergenrother, holder of the Kenneth L Rinehart Endowed Chair in Natural Products Chemistry at University of Illinois–Champaign-Urbana, is the guest speaker in the MilliporeSigma lecture series, co-hosted by