News digest

We are pleased to present David F. Wiemer of the University of Iowa, as the 2020 Midwest ACS Award winner. The announcement of this award, normally presented at the Midwest Regional Meeting, was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, which caused, among many other ill effects, the p...

Austin Moyle recently moderated a ACS Chemical Health and Safety (CHAS) workshop and submitted this helpful report. If you are interested in attending the next workshop on October 17th, registration informtaion can be found at the Eventbrite page. In June, I had the privilege of servi...

Len MacGillivray obtained his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Chemistry from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1994. He earned his PhD at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1998, where he held a 1967 fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research C...

Sophia Hayes, past chair of the St Louis Section of the American Chemical Society and chair of the award jury, has announced the winner of the 2021 St Louis Section ACS Award to be Dr Leah O’Brien, Professor and Chair of Chemistry at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville. Leah Ell...

In today’s installment of “Trying way too hard for a catchy headline”, we bring you either an intro or a refresher about the Science Coaches program, a joint outreach initiative of ACS and the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT). This is for those of you who (a) heard of...

Ah, youth! As we get solidly into the Dog Days of summer and most normal people think “beach”, “recliner”, “hammock”, our Younger Chemists have a counter-proposal: “Hell no, we won’t slow!” Check out these summertime events, in chronological order. But start checking now, becaus...

Every spring, the last UMSL seminar of the academic year honors outstanding student accomplishment in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Awards and scholarships are presented to undergraduate and graduate students, and an outstanding UMSL alumnus is asked to speak, especial...

The number of fully vaccinated people across the country and in the St. Louis region continues to rise, as does my hope for a semblance of summer normalcy. One summer normalcy that will continue is the Chemical Bond will be on its usual publishing hiatus for June-August, returning wit...

The third and final coaching workshop for the Spring was held on April 14, once again with 20+ attendees and engaging discussions. We started with a presentation from Samina Azad on interviewing and how to convince the hiring team that you are the right fit for their role and organiza...