Science is the foundation of a working democracy, and we recognize that it is successful translation of basic research to practical innovations that ensures a clean environment, sustainable progress, and healthier lives for all people. The March for Science is for everyone, including scientists! At present count, 360 sister Marches celebrating science are launching in […]
Talented and hopeful chemistry students from area high schools gathered on either March 10 or 11 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
Panel discussion: April 20, 6–8:30 pm Location: Library and Research Building Room 222 St Louis College of Pharmacy Parking in Children’s Place Garage 4531 Children’s Place Saint Louis, MO 63110 Map shows both parking garage and Library/Research Building The only constant is change! Are you ready for it? With industry wide corporate acquisitions, mergers, and
Nineteen teams (38 students) from nine area high schools competed in the “Battle of Burets”. The event was hosted for the third year in a row at SIU–Edwardsville. A new order of battle pertained to this year’s “hostilities,” allowing students to compete with their partner. Each team completed six titrations which were scored on relative
The new ACS President, Allison Campbell, wrote an editorial in C&E News (2/27/17) called “Speaking up for Science”. She is promoting greater advocacy on the part of chemists and will organize a presidential symposium titled “Communicating with Elected Officials” at the August 2017 ACS meeting in Washington, DC. More information can be found on the
Attendees at the December, 2016, Continuity Dinner witnessed the conferring of two S2Es. A great year for Excellence, was 2016. Here we cite Henry Rohrs for his leadership of the Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group, one of the most successful of our section’s discussion groups by any measure: activity, attendance, longevity, sponsorship. Henry keeps the ball
One of two S2E awards conferred at the 2016 Continuity Dinner, Jim O’Brien and Keith Stine were recognized for their unbroken 15-year record of Career Day programs. Held each spring at the UMSL Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, these programs draw visitors from area high school chemistry classes. Participants get a short talk (God, we
David Wonjun Rhee has announced the winner of the 2017 Saint Louis Science & Technology Award: Alison MacInnes of Monsanto. Alison graduated from the University of Manchester, UK, with a Masters in Chemistry with German. She began her research career at Pfizer in the UK working as a synthetic organic chemist in the Discovery Chemistry
Letting high school chemistry teachers know about the upcoming Chemistry/Biochemistry Career Day, an annual event at University of Missouri–St Louis on Friday, May 5th: Sponsored by the St Louis Section–American Chemical Society, the objective is to introduce high school science students to careers in chemistry and biochemistry and have them observe activities in those areas.
Where it goes when pay your Section dues This is the complete line-item budget for 2017. If you’ve never looked at one of these reports before, you might be surprised that we are budgeting for a very significant deficit. Don’t be fooled, though. The individual items are set to allow for development of new programs
