Save the date! Monday, April 9, 2018 Awards Night will be held this year at Maggiano’s on the Boulevard (across Brentwood Blvd from the Galleria – map). Winners of the high school chemistry contest, the high school chemistry teacher-of-the-year, and the outstanding junior chemistry students at area colleges and universities are all recognized. Agenda: 6:00 […]
You can be a Science Fair judge for the St. Louis Section’s Science Fair Chemistry Awards! Volunteer by replying to GSM Sundaram at guruswamis@wustl.edu or phone 314.258.5048. The dates for 2018 fairs that ACS St Louis Section is judging: Missouri Tri-County Regional Science and Engineering Fair (MTRSEF) Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Francis Howell North
Your assistance in identifying candidates for the 2018 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. The award is conferred annually on a scientist who has made meritorious contributions
Join us on Saturday, March 10th, at Pastaria in Clayton, as we celebrate and recognize 50, 60, and 70-year ACS members. Eric Bruton will be presented with the 2017 Distinguished Service Award for the St Louis Section. Eric is a past-chair of the section and currently helps to organize the Leadership Development Forum events. Many
Nominations are solicited for the St Louis Award, which is sponsored by the Monsanto Company 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 a review committee
Michael Gross won the Midwest Award, administered by the Saint Louis Section, in 2002. Now the national ACS has admitted that we got it right. Gross, who is professor of chemistry at Washington University in Saint Louis and professor of immunology and internal medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, has been named the 2018
The 2017 ACS–St Louis Section Undergraduate Research Symposium was held Friday, December 8th, from 2:30 to 5:00 pm in the Science Laboratory West building at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville. Twelve presenters shared work from ten projects. There was a lively mix of students early in their research experience getting a chance to express what they had
Hello St Louis ACS Colleagues! Here at the end of 2017, it is a good time to look back at the accomplishments of the past year and to get excited about what is to come in 2018. In serving as Chair-elect over the past year, it was awesome to see all the work done by
As 2017 draws to a close, our Chair shares her thoughts on the year that was. It’s incredible how fast time flies. I started my year as Chair with excitement and anticipation… and I can’t believe it’s over already! My perspective has changed a bit since I started the succession – I now recognize this
If you’re reading this, thank you. (Yes, of course you’re reading this; we know that.) One of the biggest areas for improvement we hear about from members is communication. Despite, you know, communicating? So, that’s not you, and you have a leg up on “those people.” Maybe two legs, because you’ll no doubt be familiar
