Submitted by Natalie LaFranzo Have you attended one of our “Cocktails with Chemists” or “Coffee with Chemists” events in 2018? We’ve hosted 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 – you’re missing out! These […]
The St. Louis Section of the American Chemical Society is seeking nominations for the 2019 High School Chemistry Teaching Award. This award is given to recognize and encourage outstanding teachers of high school chemistry within the St. Louis Section. The award winner will receive a $750 check and a plaque, presented at an awards dinner
The December Board of Directors meeting, also known as the Continuity Dinner, is a fancier than usual affair to celebrate the year’s achievements, recognize certain members, announce the Distinguished Service Award (conferred in March), and pass the gavel to the incoming section officers. Plus, there is the Henry Godt Memorial Lecture, given by a surprise
On Sunday, October 14th at the Cub World Pavillion on the Beaumont Scout Reservation, approximately 700 Cub Scouts entered an outdoor science lab weary from their haunted hike and created pumpkin guts and snot (aka orange or green slime). They learned about non-Newtonian fluids, and polymer chemistry, then worked in pairs to make their own
There has long been a Saint Louis area discussion group devoted to high school chemistry teachers. It goes by the acronym SLACKERS (St Louis Area Chemistry Knowledge Educational Resource Sharers, which seems kind of forced to me, but at least it’s pronounceable). Bob Becker at Kirkwood High School is the coordinator (and more details about
Please meet Qingfeng Ge, the recipient of the 2018 Midwest Award. Dr Ge will officially receive the 74th Midwest Award and keynote the award symposium at the Midwest Regional Meeting in Ames, Iowa, on October 22nd. Dr Qingfeng Ge is a Distinguished Scholar at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale and Professor in the Department of Chemistry and
Early in October, all members will receive an email link directing them to their electronic ballot for 2019 officers. Bios and information about the candidates are below. Chair – Elect: Sophia Hayes, Professor of Chemistry, Washington University Service to the Section: Co-Chair of the St. Louis NMR Discussion Group (2004 – present), jurist for the
Dear Science Educator, You and your students are invited to Career Day sponsored by the St Louis Section–American Chemical Society to be held at the University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) Friday, November 9th, 2018 from 9 am to 12 noon. The aim is to introduce your students to careers involving chemistry and biochemistry and have
Applications are now being accepted to participate in the 2018 Undergraduate Research Symposium, to be held Friday, November 2nd, 2:30-5:00 pm in the Science Laboratory West building at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville. Good reasons to participate: Being an ACS member is not required. There is no charge to participate. This is an opportunity to meet folks
The STL-ACS Minority Affairs Committee hosted its first panel discussion in an ongoing series. Serving on the panel were Tony Thompson, an award-winning author and entrepreneur, Christina Thompson, a Privacy Manager at Mercy, Eden Tesfu, Analytics Lead at Bayer Crop Sciences, and Chris Anderson, Owner and Executive Director of Maximized Career Services. The topics of
