Greetings Fellow Chemical Society of Washington Members! The Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) is an organization with a great history that is built upon the strength of its many skilled and concerned members. In keeping with this tradition, CSW will be updating its Strategic Plan in order to chart […]
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We have, via the Washington Academy of Sciences, received a request for volunteers to serve as judges for the Blair Magnet High School Science Fair. The fair will be held on the afternoon of Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 51 University Blvd E, Silver Spring, MD 20901. If you are interested […]
The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is recruiting volunteers (called Ambassadors) to work with museum visitors in Spark!Lab, its hands-on invention space for children and families. Unlike traditional classroom-style learning, Spark!Lab is very “curiosity-driven” and there is no […]
Contributed by Regina Cody, Chemistry Olympiad Coordinator The U.S. High School Chemistry Olympiad is an annual program for high school students that has been organized by the American Chemical Society (ACS) since 1984. The Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) is proud that it is one of 17 Local Sections that […]
The annual election of officers, councilors, and managers of the Chemical Society of Washington will be held in November 2017, 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 acceptable. Elected members […]
This August, the American Chemical Society National Meeting will be hosted in Washington, D.C., and many undergraduate students at the University of Maryland, College Park are excited at the opportunity to attend their first major scientific conference. For the past several years, the ACS student chapter at the University of […]
The Thirty-third Annual Chemathon will take place on Saturday, April 29, 2017. The Chemathon is an annual chemistry competition for high school chemistry students in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The Chemathon competition is organized by a committee of area high school chemistry teachers and chemists, and […]
The 28th annual Rockville Science Day will take place on Sunday, April 23, 2017. Held annually on the Montgomery College campus, Rockville Science Day features a variety of science and technology-related exhibits, activities, games and demos. Activities and exhibits over the 27 years of the program have included rocket-building (and […]
The call for papers for the 2017 Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM) has been issued. The meeting will take place June 4-6 at the Hershey Lodge, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Details, including names and contact information for program and session chairs, can be found on the meeting website (http://marm2017.sites.acs.org/). The final […]
Earth Day was first officially recognized on April 22, 1970 as a way to demonstrate support for a healthy environment, raise awareness about environmental issues, and remind people that we all need to contribute to a sustainable planet. For years, chemists have been promoting a better world through recyclable plastics, […]