Current Issue of the Crucible - May 2012
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Pittsburgh Section Announces Exciting Travel Grants for Student Members
The Pittsburgh Section of the American Chemical Society has budgeted funds to help encourage undergraduate/graduate student participation in national and regional ACS meetings. The awards are intended to help defray meeting registration and travel-related expenses (lodging, transportation, per diem) for eligible students. Click here for the grant invitation and application.
Councilor’s Report from Spring ACS in San Diego
Councilor Rich Danchik has submitted his report from the Spring ACS meeting in San Diego, CA. Please click here to view the report.
Penn Trafford Senior Lindsay Hill wins 1st Place in 2012 Chemists Celebrate Earth Day Illustrated Poetry Contest
Congratulations to Lindsay Hill, a Senior from Penn Trafford High School. She was selected as the first place winner of the CCED 2012 National Illustrated Poem Contest in the 9th-12th grade category. See the other winners here.
Props to the Greater Pittsburgh Women Chemists Committee
The Greater Pittsburgh WCC’s inaugural year was profiled in the National WCC Newsletter! To see the article, please click here.
Join the Pittsburgh Section’s New Environmental Group
The Environmental Group of the Pittsburgh Section of the American Chemical Society was formed with the aim to promote awareness about the impact that some chemicals can have on our health and the health of our environment. We place an emphasis on sustainability and chemical management. We invite individuals from all professions and studies to join us in promoting awareness. We support technical seminars with an emphasis on environmental monitoring, remediation and restoration technologies, risk assessment, and public policies as it relates to chemicals in our environment. We also sponsor site visits, social gatherings and networking.
If you are interested in joining or want more information, please contact the following officers:
Chair – Longzhu Shen, lshen@andrew.cmu.edu
Co-Chair – Mark Bier
Join the Pittsburgh Section’s New Polymer Group
The ACS Polymer Group is dedicated to promoting technological and environmental innovation in the polymer sciences. The group has the following two goals:
1. Foster relationships between polymer science professionals in academia and industry
2. Provide comprehensive summary of resources in the greater Pittsburgh area that can be leveraged to advance our members’ research
Membership in the Polymer Group is open to all.
If you are interested in joining or want more information, please contact the Chair, Carrie DuMars at pghpolymergroup@gmail.com.
National Chemistry Week 2012 – October 26-27
The Carnegie Science Center has been reserved Friday and Saturday, October 26-27, 2012 for the Pittsburgh Section’s NCW event. The theme for 2012 will focus on nanoscience and the 25th anniversary of NCW!
