Celebrating James K. (Jim) Bashkin as the 2022 St. Louis Section ACS Awardee When: Friday, October 14, 2022 following the Saint Louis Award Symposium at the University of Missouri-St. Louis Where: Glen Echo Country Club*, 3401 Lucas & Hunt Road, Saint Louis, MO 63121 6:00 pm Open Bar (6-8 pm) Candied Bacon, Caprese, and Chicken […]
The Saint Louis Section is the co-host (with the East Central Illinois Section) of the next year’s Midwest-Great Lakes Joint Regional ACS Meeting, October 18-21, 2023. The Program Co-chairs are seeking organizers of half-day Special Symposia. We have already identified a number of Special Symposium Chairs, but a few spots are still available. If you
Councilor Donna Friedman has kindly forwarded the Councilor Talking Points doc for the most recent ACS Council meeting, a hybrid meatspace/virtual format in conjunction with the national meeting in Chicago, August 21-25, 2022. A few of the highlights (but for all light levels, please see the full file): Council approved the Northeast Tennessee Section’s request
Join us for Cocktails with Chemists! Please join us for a networking Happy Hour at Urban Chestnut Brewing Company – from 4:30 – 6:30 PM on Tuesday, September 13th. Drinks and appetizers will be provided. Please bring business cards and be ready to catch up with STL ACS members. Chemistry students and chemists new to
Samina Azad, past chair of the St Louis Section–ACS and chair of the award jury, has announced the winner of the 2022 St Louis Section ACS Award: Dr James Bashkin, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Missouri–St Louis. James K Bashkin received a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from UC–Irvine at age 18 in 1977
Despite the forecast for the hottest day in several years, the annual picnic made its welcome reappearance after two pandemic-era absences. A small but appreciative group of about 20 chemists, chemist-adjacents, and chemist-progeny convened at Creve Coeur Lake Park under the welcome shade of the Taco Bell pavilion. It was reassuring to find that people
The word is out. The source of our power, our very job security, is threatened by this newly publicized alchemical secret sauce. Why couldn’t we have kept it to ourselves a little longer? And who is the leaker? Physical chemists and theoretical chemists may still be safe a little longer, but the rest of us
In the Great ACS Picnic-off, our home team amassed a 15-round win streak through the 2019 season. Two unexpected byes in 2020 and 2021 bring us to the Round of ’22. Our Past Chair, Samina Azad (the Picnic is in the Past Chair’s job description) has issued this invitation for all STLACS members and families:
Yes, believe it or not, 2023 planning is on the agenda. Is it just me, or does anyone expect a flying car to float by the window when you see “2023”?. Regardless, in the next few weeks, you should receive a Google Forms link about officer nominations for terms beginning in 2023. Please consider nominating
Our Cuatro de Mayo Cocktails with Chemists does not rush the season by even a day with a piñata-themed event. Instead, it is a Star Wars-themed get-together, as in “May the Fourth Be with You!” Join us on Wednesday, May 4, at Third Wheel Brewing, 4008 N. Service Road, St Peters (I-70 exit 255 at
