Late last month, we heard we were in the running for four ChemLuminary Awards: Outstanding local section career program, large to very large section: Lisa Balbes, career services coordinator Outstanding regional meeting: Leah O’Brien, meeting general chair Outstanding local section Younger Chemists Committee, Natalie LaFranzo, YCC chair Outstanding performance by a local section, medium-large section: […]
The YCC’s Evening at the Garden attendees enjoyed a night out of the lab at the Whitaker Music Festival at the Botanical Garden on July 17. The concert featured Montez Coleman and the Willie Akins Project. We had a great time!
Our ninth annual section picnic came off without a hitch on June 15: good weather, no rain, and the geese kept their distance. Eric Bruton, immediate past-chair and official host, reports that the event… … was a great time of socializing with members and their families. We had a wonderful spread of food and several
The program for the Saint Louis Award Symposium on Friday, October 25th, has been finalized. The symposium will take place at Washington University on the Danforth Campus in Room 300 of the Laboratory Sciences Building, which is #57, grid location H-4, on the map (pdf, 3 MB). The lecture hall is on the third level.
Please note that the Saint Louis Award Banquet is on the same day as the Award Symposium this year. Don’t come a day late, or there won’t be much food left! Friday, October 25th, at Glen Echo Country Club*, 3401 Lucas & Hunt Road, Saint Louis, MO 63121 6:30 pm cocktails (open bar), 7:00 pm
ACS section science fair coordinator Sheryl Loux has reported the results of the 2013 Greater St Louis Science Fair judging on May 1. In the Grades 9–12 Honors Division: 1st Place: Ravali Inja, Determination of Caffeine and Theobromine Concentrations of Chocolate in Saliva Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Grade 12, Rockwood Summit High School, Fenton,
Runpeng Liu, a recent graduate of Ladue Horton-Watkins High School, earned a gold medal at the 45th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO). His three teammates also earned high scores, receiving one gold and two silver medals. The Olympiad, hosted July 15–23 in Moscow (Russia, not Idaho), drew teams from more than 70 countries. Despite a grueling
Eric Bruton, Chair of the ACS Saint Louis Award Jury, has announced Washington University chemist D André d’Avignon as the 2013 Award winner. For the past three decades, Dr d’Avignon has managed the Washington University High Resolution NMR Facility. He has published over 70 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, participated in numerous grant proposals as principal-
National chemistry whiz Runpeng Liu of Saint Louis will be one of four students representing the United States at the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) in Moscow, July 15-24. The announcement was made by the American Chemical Society, sponsor of the U.S. team. Runpeng graduated from Ladue-Horton Watkins High School this spring. He scored in the
Abstracts are now being accepted for the 2013 Midwest Regional Meeting. Hosted by the Ozark Local Section at The University Plaza Hotel in Springfield, MO, October 16–19. Meeting Registration will open the week of July 8th. Submit your abstract before the last-minute rush. Planned symposia will include: Spectroscopic and Structural Methods in Chemistry Nanoscale Engineered
