This past July, ACS–St Louis Minority Affairs participated in the Youth Exploring Science (YES) Networking Extravaganza. The YES Program provides a great opportunity to teens who are unsure of what they want to do with their futures: to meet with local professionals in STEM. These local professionals, including volunteers from ACS, spent their morning challenging […]
For some, weather definitely qualifies as small talk. But around these parts, in summer, it is serious business. So it is always a dicey proposition to plan a picnic months in advance, hoping for tolerable. Were you watching the weather forecasts the week before? Highs in the mid-to-high 90s wall to wall, and then, for
Tabbetha Bohac, chair of the local section YCC, reports: On June 29th, the YCC participated in an outreach event, leading a STEM station, providing a fun and educational experience to 300 3rd-5th graders at St Louis Public School Day Camp at Beaumont Scout Reservation. YCCers had fun too, performing the disappearing cup, reactivity, and elephant
Not exactly ours (STLACS), but sounds interesting: Ken Kelton, the Arthur Holly Compton Professor in Arts & Sciences, presents a public lecture, Materials through the Ages, sponsored by the Institute for School Partnership of Washington University. From the announcement: The launch date is decades away, but NASA will be sending humans to Mars. The trip
Our local section Minority Affairs group is certainly hitting their stride with two notices in a row. This time, the good reasons to get together are: Learn how the ACS is promoting diversity by viewing a webinar on Diversity in the Chemical Sciences, then… Join in discussing how we can contribute. And, not least… Food
We are pleased to announce a new award program sponsored by the Minority Affairs subcommittee of the Saint Louis Section–ACS: travel expense support for undergraduate students’ travel to regional or national ACS meetings. Cynthia Chapple, Chair of the Minority Affairs subcommittee says it all: This is a chance for minority students to build networks within
The 255th National ACS Meeting was held in New Orleans March 18–22. One of our Councilors representing the Saint Louis Section at the meeting, Lisa Balbes, has helpfully provided the Councilor Talking Points, a summary of significant actions taken during the Council meeting on March 21. Just a few highlights (from one person’s perspective of
Talented and hopeful chemistry students from area high schools gathered on either March 9th or 10th to compete in the Saint Louis Section High School Chemistry Contest, administered at UM–Saint Louis. Places are based on a written test. The Regular Division exam is open to students who are in their first year of high school
We have a winner, indeed we do: the 2018 Saint Louis Chemical Science and Technology Award is proudly presented to Susan Riordan, team member in the Global Regulatory Science Department at Monsanto. Susan’s career can serve as an inspiration to others who develop an interest in the chemical sciences without a traditional undergraduate degree in
The St Louis Section Younger Chemists Committee is sponsoring a talk on Investigating Career Paths in Chemistry featuring our career resources coordinator, Lisa Balbes. Lisa is much more than a local resource. She has been very active in career services at the national ACS level, and literally wrote the book on Non-traditional Careers for Chemists.
