George Gokel, Professor of Chemistry at University of Missouri–St Louis, was interviewed by KWMU science reporter Véronique LaCapra today. Gokel, recently named Director of UMSL’s Center for Nanoscience, described some […]
Chemical & Engineering News takes another featured look (login required) at entrepreneurial St Louis chemist Shri Thanedar and the company he founded here, Chemir Analytical Services. At the time of their last look in
As part of the ongoing celebration of IYC2011, national ACS is compiling short essays on chemical topics, one for each day of the year. Our own Ted Gast contributed a
Vincent Spaziano had retired just last month! He had been a member of the faculty at Saint Louis University since 1973, rising to the rank of professor in 1986. He was
Jai Nagarkatti, CEO of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, died quite unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack on November 13. He had worked for Aldrich Chemical Company and Sigma-Aldrich Corporation his whole professional
St Louis public schools don’t get a lot of respect. But, at least at Gateway Academic and Classical High, they are doing something right. Bart Bartlett graduated from this top-ranked
Robert Becker, chemistry teacher at Kirkwood High School, has advanced from Kirkwood District teacher-of-the-year to Missouri teacher-of-the-year. And the field is not just chemistry, but all subjects! Becker, who has been
St Louis high school student Gabriel Hernandez was featured in a Post-Dispatch article highlighting his involvement with Project SEED, the ACS program that helps economically disadvantaged students learn about and pursue careers
At the St Louis Scientist Awards Dinner hosted by the Academy of Science–St Louis, Hal Harris (Professor of Chemistry, UM–SL) received the Science Educator Award, “recogniz[ing] a distinguished individual or organization on the basis
Ted Gast, president of Arch Paper LLC, is featured in a video “conversation starter” that describes his chemistry job to a layman. The ACS project, part of the Chemistry Ambassadors
