St Louis Award Symposium
2010-10-15 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago)
The full program of speakers and topics:
2:00—Dr Shelley Minteer, Chair, St Louis Section: Welcome and general introductions
2:05—Dr Joseph J H Ackerman, Washington University: Introduction of Dr Buhro
2:10—Dr William E Buhro, Washington University, 2010 St Louis Award recipient: General remarks
Dr Sophia Hayes, Washington University, Symposium session chair
2:15—Dr Richard A Loomis, Washington University, Colloidal Semiconductor Nanowires — Can They Behave as Model 1-D Quantum Systems?
3:00—Dr Sara E Skrabalak, Indiana University, Aerosol Synthesis of Shape- and Architecturally-Controlled Particles
3:45—Refreshment break
4:15—Dr Daniel R Gamelin, University of Washington, Unusual Photoluminescence Phenomena in Colloidal Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals
5:15–6:30—Reception in the Rettner Gallery, adjacent to the symposium room
Symposium participants and attendees can park in Washington University’s Millbrook Garage located on Throop Drive. The Laboratory Sciences Building is located immediately adjacent to the Millbrook Garage, roughly at its midpoint. October 15 is fall break at the University, so ample parking will be available. Throop Drive can be accessed directly off Forest Park (aka Millbrook) Blvd or by entering off Big Bend Blvd on Snow Way. Campus Map.

St Louis Award Banquet
2010-10-16 23:00 - 2010-10-17 02:30
6:00 pm Cocktails, 7:00 pm Banquet, 8:00 pm Program
Reservations must be received by October 14th. Please send to:
Samir El-Antably
3546 S Grand Ave
St Louis, MO 63118
Make checks payable to St. Louis Section–ACS
Name(s) _______________________________
Number attending _____ × $55 each =
amount remitted $_______

NCW at the Science Center
2010-10-23 15:00 - 21:00
Our traditional big windup event, again at the St Louis Science Center, on the Dinosaur Overlook, this year corresponding perfectly to Mole Day. More details as they become available. For updates or to help out, contact Greg Wall, gwall37@msn.com

Midwest Regional Meeting
2010-10-26 00:00 - 2010-10-31 00:00
45th Midwest Regional Meeting hosted by the Wichita Local Section

Irrational Science seminar
2010-11-04 00:30 - 02:00
Irrational Scientific Ideas: A Science Café featuring ACS member and St Louis Academy of Science Outstanding Science Educator Awardee Hal HarrisThe event is free including free parking in the South Lot. Water, lemonade, and coffee will be available. For information about the entire lineup of Academy of Science seminars, see here.

Career Management seminar
2010-11-11 00:00 - 02:00
Career Management Resources for Chemists in a Challenging Market: V — Looking Forward in Your Career
Parking pass and directions will be sent to those who RSVP
Speakers:

Kevin Pallardy, Managing Partner, BPI Group, Career Management in Challenging Times
Brock Levin, Patent Agent, Global Patent Group, What Chemists Need to Know About Intellectual Property

The event features

Networking/pizza/soda
Expert advice
Q&A

The cost to attend is $3 (cash) to be paid at the event.
Please share this opportunity with others who may be interested. There is a postable information sheet here. RSVP by Tuesday, November 9th, to Eva Stastna, stastnae@wustl.edu.

Board of Directors (open meeting)
2010-11-12 00:30 - 03:00
Social hour @ 5:30
Meeting begins @ 6:30, with hiatus for dinner. Cost of dinner usually $24. Reservations to the Chair no later than prior Monday. Dinner is Chair’s treat for your first meeting if you express an interest in getting involved in Section activities.
Ignore the “map” link above (not helpful). Use this one for the Glen Echo Country Club.

Women Chemists Dinner
2010-11-16 00:00 - 02:00
featuring Dr Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon and founder of COACh (Committee for the Advancement of Women Chemists), explaining Career Advancement Tips & Techniques: What They Left out of the Lab Manual
All are welcome. RSVP to Leah O’Brien, lobrien@siue.edu
Cost $10, payable at the door. Sponsored by the Women Chemists Committee, St Louis Section–ACS

YCC meeting/happy hour
2010-11-19 01:00 - 02:30
Come meet other YCC members and find out what is going on in the area while networking and socializing with new and old friends. We will be making plans for the rest of the year’s activities and start looking forward to next year.

Chromatography Disc Gp
2010-12-02 00:00 - 02:00
Jawad Pashmi, HPLC Sales Support Specialist, Dionex Corporation, Ultra-high Performance Nano/Capillary HPLC—New Developments and Applications
Pizza and soda at 6 pm, presentation at 6:30.
Directions to McMillan 311. The parking garage is northwest of McMillen, between Throop Drive and Forest Park Parkway. Print the parking pass and leave it on your dashboard.
RSVP to bruce_ritts@steris.com by noon on the day of the meeting to ensure that enough food is ordered.

Career mgmt event (YCC)
2010-12-09 00:00 - 02:00
Resources for Career Management for Chemists in a Challenging Market VI – Clear Language / Career Alternative, sponsored by the Younger Chemists Committee of the St. Louis ACS
Speakers:

Betsy Frick, Independent Consultant, Plain Language Solutions
Annette Kirk, Pipeline/Seed Treatment Lead Regulatory Affairs, and Tann Schafer, Team Lead, State Regulatory Affairs, Chemistry Regulatory Affairs, Monsanto, Regulatory Affairs As A Career Path

The event will feature:

Networking
Expert advice
Q&A
Pizza/soda

The cost to attend is $3 (cash) to be paid at the event.
If others in your organization may be interested in this event, please post the flyer.
RSVP by Tuesday, December 7, to Eva Stastna at stastnae@wustl.edu. A parking pass and directions will be sent to those who RSVP.
Please visit the St Louis ACS website for more information on upcoming events and services.

Board of Directors (open meeting)
2010-12-10 00:30 - 03:00
The December meeting is the special Continuity Dinner.
General Meeting of the Section – Board Meeting, including inauguration of new Chair, Henry Godt Memorial Lecture, more.
Important: vote on proposed Bylaw Amendments! All St Louis Section members are eligible to vote on this General Meeting issue, and your voice is needed!
Glen Echo Country Club, 5:30 social hour with open bar (beer, wine, soft drinks); 6:30 dinner and meeting.
Reservations required by December 1 to:
Dr Shelley Minteer
Department of Chemistry
Saint Louis University
3501 Laclede Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63103
(314) 977-3624
minteers@slu.edu
Make checks payable to St. Louis Section–ACS
Name(s) ___________________________________________________
Number attending _____ × $35 each = amount remitted $_____________
Choice of entrée (number of each): fish _________    steak _________

Mass Spec Discussion Group
2011-02-18 00:00 - 01:30
Steven Fischer, Agilent Technologies
Contact Henry Rohrs for more information, 314 935-8164 or rohrs@wustl.edu

Mass Spec Discussion Group
2011-02-22 15:30 - 17:00
Andy Tao, Purdue University
Contact Henry Rohrs for more information, 314 935-8164 or rohrs@wustl.edu

Mass Spec Discussion Group
2011-02-25 00:00 - 01:30
Graham Cooks, Purdue University
Contact Henry Rohrs for more information, 314 935-8164 or rohrs@wustl.edu

Battle of Burets
2011-02-25 00:00 - 02:00
This contest pits teams of high school chemistry students against each another in a test of titration accuracy. For information on how to enter a team from your high school, contact Bruce Ritts, phone 314.290.4744 or email bruce_ritts@steris.com.

MO Tri-county Science Fair
2011-02-26 15:00 - 18:00
Judging for Missouri Tri-county Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Judging from 9 am–noon. K-4 participation awards distributed.
Judging in divisions: 5th–8th, 9th–12th, and honors 9th–12th.
Free breakfast for judges 8–9 am.
To volunteer for judging, call Sheryl J Loux at 636.237.5149 or email sjloux@gmail.com.

Mass Spec Discussion Group
2011-03-01 15:30 - 17:00
Hao Zhang, Washington University
Contact Henry Rohrs for more information, 314 935-8164 or rohrs@wustl.edu

Mass Spec Discussion Group
2011-03-03 00:00 - 01:30
David Russell, Texas A & M University
Contact Henry Rohrs for more information, 314 935-8164 or rohrs@wustl.edu

Glitter talk
2011-03-05 01:30 - 03:00
ACS tour speaker Dr Robert D Blackledge wrote the book on the forensic analysis of glitter, and will tell us all about it. Please join this retired senior forensic chemist from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS): location and time to be announced here, but reserve this evening to learn more than you thought there was to know about glitter and crime.
For more information see here.

High School Chemistry Contest
2011-03-12 00:00 - 2011-03-13 00:00
Friday, March 11, is the alternate day for students unable to participate on Saturday.
For information about entering, contact the HSCC coordinator.

Recognition Night
2011-03-12 23:30 - 2011-03-13 03:00
5:30 social hour, 6:30 dinner: steak or fish, fresh vegetable, salad, desert, coffee
The speaker will be immediate past chair Shelley Minteer. There will be a brief General Meeting of the Section to vote on proposed Bylaw Amendments. All St Louis Section members are eligible to vote on this issue, and your voice is needed!
Cost is $30 per person, RSVP by March 5 to:
Jeff Cornelius
1 Maybeck Place
Principia College
Elsah, IL 62028
or email jeff.cornelius@prin.edu

Mass Spec Discussion Group
2011-03-15 14:30 - 16:00
Cheryl Lichti, Washington University
Contact Henry Rohrs for more information, 314 935-8164 or rohrs@wustl.edu

SAS tour speaker
2011-03-24 23:00 - 2011-03-25 01:30
Society for Applied Spectroscopy “tour speaker” meeting
Dr Nathan Bower, Professor of Chemistry at Colorado College
X-ray Fluorescence and High Resolution Mass Spectrometry in Numismatics: Case Studies using Biblical Coins from First Century Judaea
Dinner at 6 pm, speaker at 7 pm
Cost for dinner is: SAS members $10, non-members $15, students free! You need not come to dinner to attend the presentation. Parking vouchers provided. RSVP for dinner and/or talk by March 18 to Eileen McClendon at 314.654.1608 or Eileen.L.McClendon@covidien.com

Robert W Murray Lecture
2011-04-04 20:30 - 23:00
14th Annual Robert W Murray Lecture
Steven V Ley
BP Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge University
3:30 pm Reception
4 pm Lecture: New Tools for Molecule Makers
Reception follows talk in the Center for Nanoscience

William J Probst Lecture
2011-04-05 00:00 - 01:00
35th Annual William J Probst Lecture
Jerald Schnoor
University of Iowa College of Engineering
Public lecture for general audiences: Water Sustainability in a Changing World
Technical lecture Apr 5, 11 am, Science Building, Room 3114
Phytoremediation from Molecular to Field Scale

William J Probst Lecture
2011-04-05 16:00 - 17:00
35th Annual William J Probst Lecture
Jerald Schnoor
University of Iowa College of Engineering
Technical lecture: Phytoremediation from Molecular to Field Scale

Marcus Award competition
2011-04-06 21:00 - 23:00
The competition consists of presentations based on the undergraduate research projects of senior chemistry majors at Saint Louis University. The candidates, chosen by the faculty, will be making fifteen-minute presentations. The winner of the award is determined by vote of the professional chemists in the audience. All ACS members are invited to attend and are eligible to vote. Refreshments will be available after the competition. For further information, contact Bruce Kowert, 314.977.2837 or kowertba@slu.edu. The winner will be honored at the Awards Night Banquet, April 11.

YCC Career management panel
2011-04-07 23:00 - 2011-04-08 01:00
Next event: Resources for Career Management for Chemists in a Challenging Market— VI: Starting and keeping a career alive
Speakers:
* Dr Arlene Taich, Graduate Career Strategist, Washington University, Career Resilience
* Dr Lisa Balbes, Career Consultant, American Chemical Society, Networking 101
The event will feature:
* 6:00 Networking with pizza and soda
* 6:30 Arlene Taich
* 7:00 Lisa Balbes
* 7:30 More networking with Q&A
The cost to attend is $3 (cash) to be paid at the event.
If others in your organization may be interested in this event, please post the flyer.
RSVP by Tuesday, April 6th, to Eva Stastna, stastnae@wustl.edu. A parking pass and directions will be sent to those who RSVP.

Undergrad Research Symposium
2011-04-09 00:00 - 2011-04-10 00:00
Details as they become available; contact Donna Friedman for more information.
