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Sophia Hayes portrait

2015 Saint Louis Award Symposium: program is set

The speakers have been lined up, the venue set, talks titled. The Saint Louis Award Symposium—Friday, October 16th—will feature a who’s-who of rising local and national material scientists. Come for the science; come back for the banquet. Materials Science comes to St. Louis honoring Sophia Hayes Department

2015 Picnic was ... no picnic (bc the rain!)

The picnic was a wash-out but a good time was held by all who attended, submitted by Jim O’Brien June 14, 2015, dawned bright and sunny, but true to the weather forecast, did not stay that way. By 11:30 am, sprinkles of rain were growing in abundance, but

Meet the 2015 Midwest awardee, Robert Blankenship

Meet the 2015 Midwest awardee, Robert Blankenship

Pegah Jalili, 2015 Chair of the St Louis Section–ACS and Chair of the Midwest Award Jury, has announced the winner of the 2015 Midwest Award: Professor Robert Blankenship of Washington University. Dr Blankenship was born and grew up in southeast Nebraska. He received his BS in Chemistry from Nebraska

Items of interest from Boston

Items of interest from Boston

Our national Councilors have reported from Boston, where the 250th national ACS meeting continues through today. As usual, they have provided the document “Councilor Talking Points” that gives a good summary of governance issues raised, discussed, voted on, etc. It would be reckless for anyone to try to select the

Sophia Hayes is 2015 Saint Louis Award winner

Jim O’Brien, Immediate Past Chair of the Saint Louis Section–ACS and Chair of the Saint Louis Award Jury, has announced the winner of the 2015 Saint Louis Award. Sophia Hayes is Professor of Chemistry at Washington University in St Louis. Her BS is from UC Berkeley in Chemistry.

Kathleen Dwyer receives presidential honor

Kathleen Dwyer, chemistry teacher at Maplewood–Richmond Heights High School, has been cited as a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Dwyer is one of only two Missouri teachers selected. The other is Ruth Knop, Parkway West Senior High School mathematics teacher. The

You have ideas? Of course you do!

Have you ever given a moment’s thought to how the local ACS section is run? I know, I know, that’s not likely for most, but you are reading this, so maybe.... You might have some ideas about how things could be done better or some things that we’