CSW Dinner Meeting – Thursday, October 10, 2019 Location: Department of Chemistry Atrium – University of Maryland Topic: NCW Theme “Marvelous Metals” Speaker: Dr. Janice Reutt-Robey, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland CSW and WCDG Joint Dinner Meeting – Thursday, November 14, […]
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The annual election of Officers, Councilors, and Managers of the Chemical Society of Washington will be held in November 2019 in accordance with the Bylaws and Standing Rules of the Section. All CSW Members are invited and encouraged to submit nominations for the open positions. Self-nomination is allowed. Elected members […]
Discussion Theme: Personal Development through Professional Organizations When: 6 – 9 P.M. Thursday, June 13th Where: Jackson’s, 11927 Democracy Drive, Reston, VA 20190 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-chemistry-on-tap-pub-crawl-tickets-63082017011 Join like-minded professionals from around the world who are attending the joint 23rd Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference and 9th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry […]
The Chemical Society of Washington is holding a joint event with Expanding Your Horizons (www.eyhn.org) May 25th 2019 , 9 am – 12:30 pm, at ACS Headquarters (1155 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036). Registration begins at 8:30 am. We are expecting about 50 middle and high school students. Students […]
I am excited to highlight some of the amazing opportunities available at the 2019 American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting. The 47th MARM will be held May 30 through June 1, 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. This year’s theme is ‘Seeking Solutions through […]
Elizabeth Weisburger, Ph.D., D.Sc.cancer researcher Elizabeth Weisburger, 94, a cancer researcher at the National Institutes of Health for 40 years before retiring in 1989, died February 12th at her home in Rockville, Md. The cause was respiratory failure and pneumonia, said a son, William Weisburger. She is survived by three children, William, Diane, […]
Call for Nominations: William F. Hillebrand Prize Nominations are invited for the 2019 Hillebrand Prize, awarded annually for original contributions to the science of chemistry by a member or members of the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW), the local section of the American Chemical Society. The Hillebrand Prize is the […]
ACS and CSW hosted a career day April 20th at ACS Headquarters. This full day event was focused on chemists looking to transition in their careers, but was open and inclusive to all enthusiastic chemists looking to build new skills. Thank you so much to our wonderful speakers who covered […]
ACS Relevance to Current and Future Members: Challenges and Opportunities As elected representatives of ACS members, Councilors are uniquely positioned to strengthen the Council’s role as ”the popular deliberative assembly of the Society” [Art. VII]. Through our regular interaction and dialogue with members, we can better understand what matters most […]
Dr. Lyle Isaacs was presented with the 2018 Hillebrand Prize for his elucidation of the remarkable molecular recognition properties of cucurbit[n]uril-type molecular containers and demonstration of their biomedical application as solubilizing excipients and reversal agents. Following the dinner, Dr. Isaacs presented his talk “Cucurbit[n]uril Molecular Containers: From Basic Science to […]