Category: News
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ACS PSS Election Results
The results of our fall election are in! Thank you to all ACS members who voted, and congratulations to the newly-elected officers and re-elected ongoing officers whose terms will begin on the ACS PSS Executive Committee in January 2024. Chair-elect (proceeds to Chair in 2025 and then Past-Chair for an overall three-year term): Katalina, Biondi,…
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Undergraduate Research Symposium Returning in 2024
The ACS Puget Sound Section Undergraduate Research Symposium is pleased to announce that the symposium will resume in 2024 after a hiatus that began with the Covid-19 pandemic. Western Washington University will host the 2024 ACS PSS Undergraduate Research Symposium on Saturday April 20th. Details will be posted at the symposium web page and announced…
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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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Sam Kean (NYT Bestselling Author) to Speak in Olympia in February
Join the New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean as he spins a selection of funny, spooky, poignant, and completely true science stories from several of his award-winning books. Topics covered include the joys of the periodic, the perils and promise of the human genome, and the enduring mysteries of neuroscience, as well as Sam’s…
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Career Event 2024
American Chemical Society- Puget Sound Sectionpresents an informative afternoon on Careers in Chemistry for Undergraduates February 7th 2024, 1-5 PM City of Tacoma, Center for Urban Waters326 East D Street, Tacoma, WA 98421(www.urbanwaters.org) Recommended for all undergraduate science studentsAdvance registration is required (see below) Event includes Center for Urban Waters Laboratory tour & a Career…
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ACS Elections
Members of the ACS, The ACS PSS Executive Commitee strongly encourages ACS members to vote during the local and national ACS elections. The Puget Sound Section will conduct its election later this fall. If you are member of the ACS, please cast your vote for our local section officers when you receive your ballot. A…
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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 DEIR Scholarship available for historically underrepresented students. Detailed information is below. Please feel free to distribute this information far and wide. Students must be enrolled in an institution within the…
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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…
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Register for the Scholarship Awards and 50,60,70-Year Membership Anniversary Dinner
Come help celebrate scholarship and long-time membership anniversary awardees at our annual Awards Dinner! The Education Committee of the Puget Sound Section has selected six area college students to receive scholarships, and earlier this year, ACS announced nineteen members from our section who are celebrating major milestone (50, 60 and 70 -Year) anniversaries as members…
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Register for the Pauling Medal Award Symposium: Laura Gagliardi is the 2023 Pauling Medal Awardee
The 2023 Pauling Medal has been awarded to Professor Laura Gagliardi, Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor, University of Chicago. The award will be presented to Professor Gagliardi at the 2023 Pauling Medal Symposium, to be held on November 4th, 2023 at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA. The Pauling Medal Symposium web page has details about the speakers, schedule, poster session…