Category: Awards
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2024 Awards Banquet: Plan to Attend on September 28th!
The 2024 Awards Banquet will be held at Renton Technical College on September 28, 2024. Attendees can register and pay through the ACS PSS Webstore. The event will honor undergraduate scholarship winners, the Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher, and individuals celebrating their 50, 60, and 70-year ACS membership anniversaries. Advance registration is required to attend.…
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Dr. Despina Strong Receives the E. Ann Nalley Northwest Region Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society
This award recognizes the volunteer efforts of an individual who has served the American Chemical Society and contributed significantly to the goals and objectives of the Society through their regional activities. The ACS Citation can be found here. Dr. Strong has been an active member of ACS for over 40 years, serving as the Chair…
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NORM 2024 and the WCC
The ACS 2024 Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM) was held in Pullman Washington, from June 23- through June 26, 2024. The primary organizers were the Washington-Idaho Local Section and the Chemistry Departments at Washington State University (WSU) and the University of Idaho. The theme of NORM 2024 was Breaking Borders: Building Bonds. The WCC luncheon was organized by WCC member, Despina…
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Nominations Are Being Accepted for the 2024 Pauling Medal Award
Nominations are being accepted for the 2024 Linus Pauling Medal Award. Submit nomination packages using the 2024 Linus Pauling Medal Award Nomination Form Deadline: June 3, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. (PDT) The American Chemical Society Portland, Puget Sound, and Oregon Local Sections jointly sponsor this annual award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to chemistry that merit…
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Save the Date for The Annual Awards Banquet
The Annual Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, September 28, 2024. The banquet will honor 50, 60, and 70-Year members of ACS PSS and give members a chance to meet the 2024 Puget Sound Section undergraduate scholarship winners. Further information will be posted in the Puget Sound Chemist News Blog.
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Despina Strong Recognized as 2024 Outreach Volunteer of the Year in the Puget Sound Section
Congratulations to Dr. Despina Strong, ACS PSS Councilor, for her recognition as Outreach Volunteer of the Year in the Puget Sound Section! Dr. Strong is an active member of the Puget Sound of the ACS. She has held several leadership positions, including serving twice as Chair of the ACS Puget Sound, and as Education Committee…
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Dharshi Bopegedera Receives Chemical Education Sustainability Award
Congratulations to Professor Dharshi Bopegedera (The Evergreen State College for being selected as one of the 2024-2025 recipients of the ACS-CES Award for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry Education, sponsored by the American Chemical Society’s Committee for Environment and Sustainability (CES). Dharshi is receiving this award for her work “Incorporating Green Chemistry, Sustainability, and Climate ChangeThemes…
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Pauling Medal Symposium Recap
The 2023 Pauling Medal Symposium is a wrap. Congratulations again to Professor Laura Gagliardi (University of Chicago), 2023 Pauling Medalist. Professor Gagliardi received her medal at a symposium held at the University of Puget Sound on November 4th. The afternoon symposium featured talks by Dr, Chistopher j. Cramer (UL Research Labs), Professor Donald g. Truhlar…
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Scholarship, Grant, and Award Opportunities for Students
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, including a new scholarship available for historically underrepresented students. Detailed information is at the Education Committee website, including the application forms, deadlines, and answers to FAQs. Student applicants must be enrolled in…
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Read About Some of the 50-, 60-, and 70-Year ACS Members Residing in the Puget Sound Section
Here is biographical information shared with us by some of the 50-, 60-, and 70-year members of the ACS residing in the Puget Sound Section. These members and some other anniversary awardees were celebrated at the Awards Banquet on September 30th. Congratulations to all of them and others who are celebrating major membership anniversaries! Mr…