On Friday, December 5, Dr. Benjamin Garcia was honored with a symposium and banquet celebrating his receipt of the 2025 St. Louis Section American Chemical Society Award. The award is given annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of chemistry and shown strong potential to further advance the field. The […]
From Jim Bashkin: On September 7, our section held its annual picnic at Shaw Park in Clayton. Twenty people attended, including 15 section members. After a long, hot summer, the weather was perfect. It was wonderful to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. We’re already looking forward to next year.
Dr. Mikhail Berezin, Chair of this year’s award jury, announced Dr. Benjamin Garcia as the winner of the 2025 St. Louis Section ACS Award.
Michael Harmata was born in 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, and spent his first 20 years in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. He graduated as valedictorian from St. Michael the Archangel elementary school in 1973 and from Thomas Kelly High School in 1977. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois–Chicago in 1980
From Joe Smith, leader of Chemistry is pHun sub-committee: The 2024-2025 “Chemistry is pHun” outreach program, sponsored by the St. Louis Section of the American Chemical Society, was wrapped up in March, and I would like to report on this year’s program. Due to a family move, this will be my last year with the
FINAL REPORT OF THE COLLEGE AWARDS SUBCOMMITTEE Michael A. Hauser, Chair [accordion] [acc_item title=”The Winners” id=”College Award Winner”] The College Awards Subcommittee recognizes college students who have shown outstanding achievement in their chemistry curricula. Outstanding Junior Chemistry Awards were presented to students attending institutions in the St. Louis area on April 22, 2025, at Favazzas
From Elizabeth Bergman, Saint Louis Section ACS Chair: Hello Students, Families, and Faculty! First, let me offer a hearty congratulations to high school participants and winners of the Chemistry Olympiad at UMSL, as well as those college students nominated by their professors as exemplary. The local St. Louis branch of the American Chemical Society would
On November 1, 2024, Dr. Timothy Wencewicz, Professor of Chemistry at Washington University, was selected as the 54th annual St. Louis Section ACS Awardee. The award was given to Wencewicz for his outstanding contributions to the chemistry profession and potential to advance the chemical profession. The symposium, organized by Wencewicz and Dr. Jen Heemstra, focused
David L. Garin Science Policy Lecture Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025 Missouri History Museum, Forest Park 5:15 PM Pre-registration is required; Sign-in between 5:00 and 5:15 PM Dr. Jamie Vernon, Executive Director and CEO, Sigma Xi “Cultivating a Generation of Civic Scientists Through Science Policy” The role of scientists is expanding beyond the bench. Many within
The U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) program is a tiered chemistry competition for high school students. ACS has sponsored the program since 1984. Our St. Louis ACS section has been active each year with the administration of the Local Exam in March held on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus. Students that achieve highest scores
