Category: Awards
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Pauling Medal 2025: Announcing the Winner!
Announcing the 2025 Pauling Award RecipientDr. Joseph FranciscoUniversity of Pennsylvania In recognition of his pioneering studies of the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere. His groundbreaking research reshaped our fundamental understanding of atmospheric processes, including pioneering air-water/microdroplet chemistry. The award will be presented in October 2025 at Seattle University. Please follow the Pauling Medal Award web page…
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Annual ACS PSS Awards and Member Recognition Dinner – September 27, 2025
Save the date! The 2025 ACS PSS Awards and Member Recognition Dinner will be held on September 27th at Renton Technical College. This event recognizes 50, 60, and 70-year members of the ACS, as well as undergraduate scholarship winners. Further information will be posted at our website later this summer. In the meantime, please put…
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Chemists Celebrate Earth Week Illustrated Poetry Contest 2025 ACS PSS Winner!
Congratulations to Marie-Sua Ki (Roosevelt Elementary School, Olympia), First Prize Winner in the Grades 3-5 Category of the 2025 Chemists Celebrate Earth Day (CCEW) ACS PSS Illustrated Poetry Contest! Here is her entry.
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Chemistry Olympiad Finalists
Congratulations to Lakeside High School students Vishnu Mangipudi, and William Wang, who are among the top 20 finalists selected to participate in the 2025 Chemistry Olympiad Study camp. From June 2-13, the 20 students will be attending a camp at the University of Maryland and will compete for the top 4 spots to represent the…
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Undergraduate Research Symposium Recap
Many thanks to our colleagues at Central Washington University (CWU) for hosting a very successful 2025 ACS PSS Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 19th! The event was well-attended and well-organized. The program and abstracts can be found at the ACS PSS URS page. The following photos offer some highlights. (Thanks to Despina Strong for the…
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Nominations for the 2025 Pauling Medal Award Are Due May 2nd
The Pauling Medal Award recognizes outstanding achievement in chemistry and is presented annually by the Puget Sound, Oregon, and Portland Sections of the American Chemical Society. The award is named after Dr. Linus Pauling, a native of the Pacific Northwest, because of the inspiration of his example. A nominee shall have made outstanding contributions to chemistry of a character that have merited…
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Sheri Tonn named Volunteer of the Year (VOTY) in the Puget Sound Section
Parallel with the Puget Sound Section’s celebration of Women’s History month, we also saluted Dr. Sheri Tonn who was named Volunteer of the Year (VOTY) in the Puget Sound Section. She joins 25 other individuals across ACS who were recognized in a recent issue of the C&EN. The local section is very fortunate to have…
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Mark E. Bussell (WWU) Receives the 2025 ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution
Professor Mark E. Bussell (Western Washington University) has received the 2025 ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution. A symposium in his honor and presentation of the award will take place on Sunday March 23, 2025, from 2:00-6:00 p.m. at the San Diego ACS Meeting. The symposium will be held in Room 25B of…
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Student Scholarship and Grant Application Opportunities
The Education Committee of the ACS Puget Sound Section is pleased to manage a number of scholarship, grant, and award opportunities for students in our section. Please visit the ACS Puget Sound Section Education Committee web page for detailed information. Scholarship applications are due in the spring. Students applying for scholarships must be enrolled in…
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ACS PSS DEIR Scholarship Named in Honor of Professor John Macklin
The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Respect (DEIR) Scholarship has been named in honor of University of Washington Professor Emeritus John Macklin. Professor Macklin had a long and distinguished career in the UW Department of Chemistry, where he was the first African American faculty member. John remains very active in chemistry and the ACS PSS, serving…