The 2021 Saint Louis Award Symposium, Friday, October 1, is sponsored by the Saint Louis Section of the American Chemical Society and Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville Honoring Dr. Leah O’Brien, 2021 Saint Louis Award Winner Professor of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville Science East, Room 1136 SIU–Edwardsville and online with Zoom Friday, Oct 1, 2021, 1–5 pm […]
We are pleased to present David F. Wiemer of the University of Iowa, as the 2020 Midwest ACS Award winner. The announcement of this award, normally presented at the Midwest Regional Meeting, was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, which caused, among many other ill effects, the postponement of the 2020 Midwest Regional Meeting. David
Austin Moyle recently moderated a ACS Chemical Health and Safety (CHAS) workshop and submitted this helpful report. If you are interested in attending the next workshop on October 17th, registration informtaion can be found at the Eventbrite page. In June, I had the privilege of serving as a moderator at the ACS Chemical Health and
Len MacGillivray obtained his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Chemistry from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1994. He earned his PhD at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1998, where he held a 1967 fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He then served as a Research Associate in
Sophia Hayes, past chair of the St Louis Section of the American Chemical Society and chair of the award jury, has announced the winner of the 2021 St Louis Section ACS Award to be Dr Leah O’Brien, Professor and Chair of Chemistry at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville. Leah Ellingboe attended St Olaf College (Northfield, MN), and
In today’s installment of “Trying way too hard for a catchy headline”, we bring you either an intro or a refresher about the Science Coaches program, a joint outreach initiative of ACS and the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT). This is for those of you who (a) heard of it and meant to or
Ah, youth! As we get solidly into the Dog Days of summer and most normal people think “beach”, “recliner”, “hammock”, our Younger Chemists have a counter-proposal: “Hell no, we won’t slow!” Check out these summertime events, in chronological order. But start checking now, because the first two are, like, soon. 1. CV/Resume Workshop Thursday, June
Every spring, the last UMSL seminar of the academic year honors outstanding student accomplishment in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Awards and scholarships are presented to undergraduate and graduate students, and an outstanding UMSL alumnus is asked to speak, especially describing where he has gone since UMSL. This year, the honoree was Dr Eric
The third and final coaching workshop for the Spring was held on April 14, once again with 20+ attendees and engaging discussions. We started with a presentation from Samina Azad on interviewing and how to convince the hiring team that you are the right fit for their role and organization. We also talked about salary
Yes, you read that right, 2022 planning is on the agenda. In the next few weeks, you will receive a Google Forms link about nominations for the election in which officers are elected for terms beginning in 2022. Please consider nominating one or several of your talented colleagues, or yourself, to participate in the governance
