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 […]
The 2018 ACS–St Louis Section Undergraduate Research Symposium was held Friday, November 2nd, from 2:30-5:00 p.m. in the Science Laboratory West building at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville. Twenty-two presenters from six area universities shared work from fifteen projects. In addition to learning from each other, students had an opportunity to explain their work to a range
The highlight of the January Board meeting is always the annual budget review. The Board considers each line item request from officers and committee chairs and attempts to fit it all within the more-or-less ironclad income expectations. Well, ok, not so much. The Section virtually always budgets for a significant deficit, knowing that some of
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
Mentor-A-Chemistry-Class jumps into gear this spring at University City High School, our very first school partner. The Committee on Minority Affairs would like to invite all minority chemists, chemical professionals, and chemical business professionals to come with us as we introduce high school chemistry students to our careers in chemistry. The goal of this outreach
Now hear this! Our Section normally announces “Salutes to Excellence” at the Continuity Dinner. But this year … crickets. For reasons your reporter has not been able to suss out, lauding excellence was not a feature of this past December’s Continuity Dinner. Well, it was, but in other categories (cough, cough — Jeff Cornelius and
Dr. Anuradha “Anu” Vummenthala, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Maryville University, has suggested the formation of a partnership with “Chemistry is pHun”, an outreach program of the St. Louis Section of ACS. Dr. Vummenthala had participated in a workshop where Chemistry is pHun partnered with the Math and Science Network of Greater St. Louis to
(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
