Please join the Younger Chemists Committee for Career Management Seminar XVIII: Electronic Communication Etiquette Thursday, April 18, at 6:30 PM Washington University in St Louis—Danforth Campus McMillen Laboratory Room 311 The presenters will give us their perspectives on best uses of email in professional communications: Elizabeth Petre, Washington University, Optimizing Electronic Communications and David Feldman, […]
Neall West graduated in 2007 from Saint Louis Community College with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Chemical Technology as well as an Associate of Arts degree in General Studies. He began working in the QC lab at Jost Chemical Company, their first chemist on second shift and weekends. Due to his education and
Places are based on a written test given in March. There are two divisions: the Regular Division exam is open to students who are in their first year of high school chemistry (other than an AP course); the Advanced Division to those taking their second high school chemistry course or AP chemistry. Each exam has
On Saturday March 9, we assembled at a new (for us) venue that got a thumbs-up for future use: Sapore Italian Café in Kirkwood. In all, 29 attended, among that number four new 50-year members and one new 60-yearer, plus ten former or current chairs. All seemed happy to have their photos taken, but this
Honors Division, Grades 9–12 First Place: John Vikman, Measurement of the Vaporization Enthalpy of L-Deprenyl by Means of Correlation Gas Chromatography, Grade 11, Wentzville Holt High School, Wentzville, MO. Second Place: Bryan Love, The Catalytic Activity of an Iron (II) Amine Based Complex in the Oxidation of Alcohols, Grade 12, Wentzville Holt High School, Wentzville,
On Wednesday, February 20th, 20 teams from 10 local high schools participated in the Battle of the Burets competition at St Louis Community College–Florissant Valley. The top team from each of three preliminary rounds—Parkway West, Villa Duschesne, and Westminster Christian Academy—advanced to the winner-take-all championship round. Rachel Arnold and Mary Hogan of Villa Duschesne took
Please join the Younger Chemists Committee for Career Management Seminar XVII: Nonverbal Communication in a Professional Setting Thursday, March 28, at 6:30 PM Farrell Learning and Teaching Center Room 213A/B Washington University School of Medicine The presenter, Miles Patterson, is Founders’ Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri–St Louis. His topic: Beyond Words: The Power
Undergraduate ACS student members are invited to participate in the 2013 Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday, April 12, 2013, 5–7:30 pm at Sigma-Aldrich, 2909 Laclede Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63103 (map, parking available on site). Undergraduates may either present posters or deliver oral presentations. Awards are given for Exceptional Poster and Oral Presentation, and all presenters
Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville and the St Louis ACS Section Women Chemists Committee invite you to a celebration of the life of Rita Levi-Montalcini—Nobel Laureate in Medicine who passed away on December 30, 2012, at age 103. The event will be held on March 16th at 10 am in Room 1033, SIUE Engineering Building (#19 on
This year, Awards Night is Monday, April 15th, at Maggiano’s on The Boulevard (across Brentwood Blvd from the Galleria, map). Agenda: 5:30 – Reception/social hour 6:30 – Dinner 7:15 – Awards program All award winners receive a complimentary dinner, as do the teacher/mentors of high school award winners; others may attend for $20 each. RSVP
