• Minority Affairs happy hour

    Come and network with minority chemists and chemical professionals. We will be collecting topic ideas for our upcoming spring professional development event and giving information on how you can get connected to the Committee and the Section. Please bring business cards for our business card raffle, and invite a colleague!Oh, almost forgot to mention: first […]

  • Continuity Dinner/Board of Directors

    The December Board of Directors meeting, also know as the Continuity Dinner, is a fancier than usual affair to celebrate the year’s achievements, recognize certain members, announce the Distinguished Service Award (conferred in March), and pass the gavel to the incoming section officers. Plus, there is the Henry Godt Memorial Lecture, given by a surprise […]

  • Hergenrother: MilliporeSigma Lecture

    Paul J. Hergenrother, Kenneth L. Rinehart Endowed Chair in Natural Products ChemistryDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Illinois–Urbana-Champaignspeaking onSynthesis of Complex and Diverse Compounds Leads to Novel Gram-Negative AntibioticsDr. Hergenrother will give the second lecture of the series on January 18, q.v. The public is welcome to both events.

  • Cocktails with Chemists

    The first networking event of the new year follows the final networking event of the past year because ... of course it does. This one is at Layla, 4317 Manchester Ave · St. Louis, MO.This is an informal event and meant to serve as a networking opportunity for all local chemists and scientists. ACS Membership […]

  • Mentor-a-chem-class

    The Committee on Minority Affairs would like to invite all minority chemists, chemical professionals, and chemical business professionals to join us as we introduce high school chemistry students to our careers in chemistry. The goal of this outreach opportunity is to expose high school sophomores to chemistry careers in the St Louis region and beyond, […]

  • Battle of the Burets

    Save the date!The annual titration face-off will be hosted again this year by SIU–Edwardsville. Registration and pizza begin at 6:00 pm, hands-on buret-wielding at 6:30.Each school may send up to two teams of two students each. Each student will do three individual titrations; the group score is the sum of the scores for the team. Registration […]

  • Coffee with Chemists

    Pastries of Denmark is billed as a warm, elegant European-style cafe. You are invited to join us for Coffee with Chemists. Besides being warm and elegant, the space is also intimate (the PC term for not too big), so we'll plan to take over and mingle with some coffee and treats. See you there?This is […]

  • Science & Technology Award nominations due

    Note the extended deadline for Chemical Science and Technology Award nominations this year. Please help your invaluable non-doctoral colleagues receive the recognition they deserve!Details here.

  • High School Chemistry Contest (alternate date)

    Primary Date: Saturday, March 9, 9:00 to 11:30 amAn examination in two partsPart I:Multiple Choice (110 min) (No. 2 lead pencil required)Part II: Tiebreaker (30 min)Students compete in two divisions, Advanced and Regular. Regular Division for first year students other than advanced placement; Advanced Division for all others.The Advanced Division exam is used to determine […]

  • High School Chemistry Contest

    Alternate Date:Friday, March 8, 4:00 to 6:30 pmAn examination in two partsPart I:Multiple Choice (110 min) (No. 2 lead pencil required)Part II: Tiebreaker (30 min)Students compete in two divisions, Advanced and Regular. Regular Division for first year students other than advanced placement; Advanced Division for all others.The Advanced Division exam is used to determine qualifiers […]