Submitted by Natalie Lafranzo, Chair of the Saint Louis Section of the American Chemical Society Every few years we send out a Member Survey to get feedback from ACS Members (like you!) in the St. Louis Section. This year, the Survey was open throughout the summer, and offered the incentive of a free iPad for […]
The Younger Chemists Committee sponsored two professional yet social, serious yet fun events recently. This report was compiled by Tabbetha Bohac, Chair of the local YCC. Anheuser Busch chemistry lab tour, October 11, 2017 At this event, 26 chemists set out to learn the chemistry of brewing at the Anheuser Busch chemistry facilities. The tour
Section Chair Natalie LaFranzo has reported: The results of our STL ACS election have been certified. Please join me in congratulating our 2018 elected officers. Chair Elect: Suzy Hartmann Secretary: Henry Rohrs Treasurer: Jeff Cornelius Councilor: Donna Friedman Alternate Councilor: Jim O’Brien Directors: Keith Stine, John-Stephen Taylor, Mikhail Berezin And many thanks to all who
This year, the 47th ACS–St Louis Award winner is Keith Stine of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Missouri–St Louis. The symposium arranged around Dr Stine’s research on Nanoscale Materials: Synthesis and Analysis was held on the afternoon of Friday, September 29th at the University of Missouri–St Louis. Section Chair Natalie LaFranzo opened
Kids and Chemistry celebrated a Spooktacular event on Thursday, October 26 at the Saint Louis Science Center. The theme was Spooky Chemistry- fizzing, bubbling and spectacular chemistry. Activities included using Jelly Marbles as vanishing ghost eggs. Jelly Marbles are superabsorbent polymers that refract light the same way as water, so they appear to vanish when
Nominations are open for the 2018 Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher award. Besides their own colleagues and administrators, students and parents (present or past) are also eligible to submit a nomination. That could be you … and who’d be more qualified to recognize good chemistry teaching when they see it? Nominating is pretty easy (full
The 13th Chemistry Merit Badge Clinic was hosted by Jost Chemical Company, with 29 scouts attending. Approximately 8 professional chemists, 5 Jost employees, and 6 SLU Chemistry Club students helped run the event. The day kicked off with the scouts discussing the 4 classical fields of chemistry (Natalie LaFranzo) and a safety demonstration (Justin Kuehnel,
On 2017 October 15th, almost 700 cub scouts and their siblings took a haunted tour of Beaumont Scout Reservation. As the grand finale, each youth listened to a discussion of the basics of polymer chemistry and non-newtonian fluids, then made their own batch of slime and took it home. 18 volunteers ran the sessions –
Today, 23 October 2017, is Carl and Gerty Cori Day in little Glendale, an inner suburb of Saint Louis, MO. The date marks the 70th anniversary of the day the Coris were informed that they had won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The “Glendale connection”: the Coris then lived in a modern house
The December Board of Directors meeting, also know 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
