Save the date! Awards Night will be held this year from 6:00 – 9:00 pm on Monday, April 15th, 2019. The venue this year is Vue 17, located across from the Galleria. It is on the 17th floor, so the views of the city as the sun sets will be something to see! Vue 17 […]
Recognition Night celebrates and recognizes 50, 60, and 70-year ACS members and Distingtuished Service Award winner Jeff Cornelius. Jeff is a past Chair of the Section and currently serves as Treasurer (and all that implies). Many other Past Chairs of the St Louis Section will gather, including Immediate Past Chair, Ben Barth, who will give
Your assistance in identifying candidates for the 2019 ACS Midwest Award is solicited. In 1944, the St. Louis Section of the American Chemical Society established the ACS Midwest Award to recognize outstanding achievements an individual made in chemistry in the Midwest Region. From that point on, the award is conferred annually on a scientist who
Nominations are solicited for the St Louis Award, which has been sponsored by the Monsanto Company (now Bayer) and administered by the St Louis Section–ACS. Nominees should be individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the profession of chemistry and demonstrated potential to further the advancement of the chemical profession. The awardee is selected by
(editor’s note: many apologies to Dr. Joseph, who submitted this in November) Reported by Dr. Reni Joseph, Kids and Chemistry coordinator Kids and Chemistry celebrated National Chemistry week with a Spooktacular event hosted by the St Louis Science center on October 27th. Demonstrations included the composition of the atom and the meaning of going nuclear.
Greetings and Happy 2019 St. Louis Section Members. As I look forward to 2019, and my year as Section Chair, I approach it with excitement based on the events of 2018. I find that stories make it easier to convey a message, so let me share with you my favorite ACS-related story from 2018. One
Time flies when you’re having fun! It was my pleasure to serve as STLACS Section Chair for 2018. It never ceases to amaze me the number of programs and activities that are put on, to great effect, by the STLACS membership. Serving as Section Chair really gives you a new perspective on the impact the
One of the section’s great sucesses of 2018 were the “Cocktails with Chemists” and “Coffee with Chemists” events. We host one event per month – rotating the days, times, and locations to make it convenient for ALL St. Louis area chemists to attend. If you haven’t been yet, we encourage you to to attend –
Section Chair Ben Barth reports that the election returns are in. Next year’s officers include:: Chair-Elect – Sophia Hayes Secretary – Henry Rohrs Treasurer – Jeff Cornelius Councilors – Lisa Balbes and Natalie LaFranzo Alternate Councilor (3-year term) – Brent Znosko Alternate Councilor (2-year term) – Leah O’Brien Directors – William Doub, Jim O’Brien, and
This year’s St. Louis Section ACS Award was given to Professor James Janetka of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, and Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Washingon University in St. Louis. To celebrate the award, a symposium on “Mimicking Nature’s Biomolecules in Transformational Drug Discovery” was held on Friday November 2 in Erlanger Hall,
