• RESCHEDULED: MO Tri-county Regional Science and Engineering Fair

    Rescheduled and relocated from Feb 21 weather cancellation. 8-9 am: free breakfast for judges 9 am-12 noon: K-4th participation awards distributed and judging of 5th-8th and non-Honors 9th-12th grade projects Your participation as an ACS judge would be greatly appreciated! To volunteer, email co-coordinator Philip Ferko or call him at 678.592.4710 (cell).

  • Greater St Louis Science Fair

    Elementary (K-5) — Participation Awards distributed to chemistry-related projects. Three people needed for about 1 hour each between 3 pm and 8 pm. No Judging involved. Secondary (6-12) — Judging of chemistry-related projects 3 pm to 8:30 pm (please come for at least 2.5 hours). All secondary judges must be present at 8:30 PM to […]

  • St Louis Award nominations due

    Nominations received by April 30 are considered for award presentation in October. For complete details on qualifications, nominations, and a list of past winners, see www.stlacs.org/st-louis-award/.

  • HS ChemBowl

    Sponsored by the STL ACS Education Topics Group, a chemistry-and-quickness competition for area high school students (first-year, non-AP), promising to become an annual event. Teachers will have received separate registration materials, but this is for you, the audience. Come on out. Cheer on your favorite school, favorite student, favorite coach/teacher. Or just dispassionately take in […]

  • Chemistry Career Day

    Date tentative. Secondary school chemistry teachers are invited to bring their students to this event. The aim is to introduce students to careers involving chemistry and biochemistry and have them witness processes in those areas. Activities include tours of research laboratories and instrument facilities (with demonstrations of x-ray diffraction, NMR, mass spectrometry, and electron microscopy), […]

  • AWIS Elevator Pitch Event

    Elevator Pitch Event: AWIS St. Louis presents a workshop on how to craft and deliver an effective elevator pitch. Come practice your pitch and network with other women (and men!) in science. All are welcome! We will be serving cupcakes from "The Cup," pizza & hors d'oeuvres from "Central Table Kitchen," as well as non-alcoholic […]

  • LDF Workshop – Leading Without Authority

    Please join us for the seminar on the topic of "Leading Without Authority" with leader Steven Finkelstein, Senoir Partner with Experience on Demand Register by May 26th. All disciplines and professionals are welcome; you need not be a chemist or scientist to attend! All ages welcome, too! Date: Thursday May 28 Time: 6:00pm-8:30pm Location: The […]

  • Eleventh Annual STLACS Picnic

    Bring the family! Bring the kids. (There is an excellent playground and spray pool across the park road for diversion.) Just $5 per person, kids under 12 free. Please register by June 10th. To register, or if you have questions, please email Jim O'Brien. Highlights: — lunch at 12:30 PM — games — networking — […]

  • Society for Applied Spectroscopy tour speaker

    Professor Jon Camden, University of Notre Dame What Can We Do with Localized Surface Plasmons: From Simple Molecule Sensing to Energy Harvesting Campus map. Parking available in any lot. For more information contact Eileen.McClendon@Mallinckrodt.com.

  • Saint Louis Award Symposium

    Materials Science comes to St. Louis honoring Sophia Hayes Department of Chemistry, Washington University 2015 Saint Louis Award winner 1:15pm — Dr. Pegah Jalili, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Chair, Saint Louis Section–ACS) Welcome and general introductions 1:20pm — Dr. William E. Buhro, Chair, Department of Chemistry, Washington University (Symposium Chair) Introduction and Salute to Dr. Hayes 1:25pm […]