Each year as part of Chemists Celebrate Earth Week activities, the American Chemical Society (ACS) sponsors an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten – 12th grades. CSW sponsors a local Illustrated Poem contest. This year’s contest theme was “The Buzz about Bugs: Insect Chemistry.” CSW is proud to announce […]
Activities
As part of Chemists Celebrate Earth Week, CSW will be hosting the ACS Illustrated Poem Contest for students K-12. Students are invited to create poems and illustrations around the theme, “Get a Charge Out of Chemistry”. Local submissions are judged based on grade categories and local winners advance to the […]
This year chemists across the world will celebrate Earth Week 2024 from April 21-27. The theme this year is “Get a Charge Out of Chemistry”. CSW has three ways you can help us celebrate. Volunteer with us: The Chemical Society of Washington will be celebrating “Chemists Celebrate Earth Week”- CCEW […]
Admission and parking are FREE! The Chemical Society of Washington will be celebrating “Chemists Celebrate Earth Week”- CCEW 2024, on Sunday, April 21, between noon to 5 pm at Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, during the annual Rockville Science Day event. Rockville Science Day is a community event that annually attracts […]
The Women Chemists Committee (WCC) started the year with an announcement of its new 2024 chair, Lorena Tribe, a Professor of Chemistry at Penn State Berks. WCC will be presenting a new award during the ACS Spring 2024 meeting, the Pfizer Emergent Leader Award. The winners of the WCC Rising […]
Meeting Logistics Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024 Time: 6:00 p.m. Check-in/Social Hour 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Speaker Presentation Location: ACS Headquarters – Marvel Hall / Othmar Hall 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC Menu: Meal will be catered by Everfresh Catering and will feature stir fry with […]
View the recording of this event 2023 Hillebrand Prize Dr. Christopher L. CahillDepartment Chair, Professor of Chemistry and International AffairsThe George Washington University Recipient of the 2023 Hillebrand Prize for illuminating research in condensed phase actinide chemistry and crystal engineeringharnessing organic-actinide interactions, which inform efforts in environmental remediation, separations, and […]
Every year, the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) hosts a CSW cohort with ACS Project SEED (Summer Experiences for the Economically Disadvantaged), where high school students join laboratories across the DMV for a paid summer research internship in chemistry or a chemistry-related field! Through participating in Project SEED, CSW—and our […]
VIEW THE RECORDING Meeting Logistics Date: Thursday, February 22, 2024 Time: 6:00 p.m. Check-in/Social Hour 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Speaker Presentation Location: ACS Headquarters – Marvel Hall, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC Cost: $20 (half price for students) Menu: Meal will be catered by VIPS Catering and will feature Peruvian chicken […]
Every year, the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) hosts a CSW Cohort with ACS Project Seed (Summer Experiences for the Economically Disadvantaged) where High School students join laboratories across the DMV for a paid summer research internship in chemistry or a chemistry-related field! Through participating in Project SEED CSW and […]
The recent networking social at Busboys and Poets, organized by the CSW Committee on Minority Affairs, was a huge success. The day was super rainy, but 15 members and non-members still showed up. There were students from George Mason University, Georgetown University, University of Maryland–and from as far away as […]