“O MG! How Chemistry Came to Be”
Dr. Stephen Cohen will present this talk on November 4th at The Evergreen State College AND November 5th at Western Washington University.
November 4, 2026
5:30 P.M.
The Evergreen State College
Purce Hall, Lecture Hall 1
November 5th, 2026
5:00 P.M.
Western Washington University
Room SL 150
Save either of these dates for this engaging lecture by Dr. Stephen Cohen, 2026 winner of the ACS James Grady and James Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Though chemistry is presented in modern textbooks as a series of facts, chemistry connects to society in unusual ways, co-evolving with its concerns throughout history. Dr. Cohen, author of O Mg! How Chemistry Came to Be, will share examples of how modern chemistry has affected music, art, politics, religion, and literature, or how these fields have affected chemistry
SPONSORED BY:
The Evergreen State College Unsoeld Seminar Series, supported through donations to The Evergreen State College Foundation, Western Washington University, and the American Chemical Society Puget Sound Section.