No Belles: Women Scientists and the Nobel Prize
Marie Curie No Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel Prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play “No Belles” focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ACS meeting in Washington, DC, and the CA Section WCC have arranged for it to be shown in the San Francisco Bay Area to benefit and...
Space and beyond!
Space and beyond: 2018 ACS Nano-Western Regional Meeting Saturday, October 27, 2018 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena “Chemistry is Out of this World” Speakers will talk on space/chemistry-related themes with a poster session for undergraduates and graduate students. Contact: acswrm.org
Flavors of Chemistry: Beer and Cheese!
ACS Sacramento Section is proud to present the 2018 Flavors of Chemistry event. The event will feature Prof. Charlie Bamforth speaking about the flavors of beer and Prof. David Everett talking about the flavors of cheese. The event will occur on Saturday September 29th from 1-4pm in the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) Ballroom on the UC Davis campus. Prof. Bamforth is the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and...
Donations Towards Awards!
ACS Sacramento Section is happy to announce two donations towards funding its awards: $50 Anonymous: Student Travel Awards $50 Bill Miller: JHHSTA
Sponsor an Award
The Sacramento Section of the ACS has been working hard to recognize its members through three relatively new awards: Jan Hayes High School Teacher Award: $1,000 John Berg High School Chemistry Student Award: $1,000 Student Travel Awards: two $250 We are looking for someone or a company that would be willing to sponsor each of these awards. Please contact Bill Miller if you are interested in discussing a partial or full sponsorship of...
50 and 60 Year Members of ACS
ACS Sacramento is proud to honor the members of our section who have been members of ACS for 50 and 60 years. They are: 50 Year Members: Dr Janan Hayes Dr Nori Chu Dr Marion Gattuso Dr Bruce Gates Dr Claude Meares Dr Richard Stern Mr Der Huang Mr Roger Schirmer Mr James Sparks Mr Paul Noble Dr Anthony Wong Mr Guy Gilbert Mr Ralph Hudek There is only one 60-year member: Dr. Donald Wedegaertner. Congratulations to these members, and...
New High School Student Scholarship
ACS Sacramento is very pleased to announce the John Berg High School Chemistry Student Scholarship, a new scholarship for high school students who intend to major in chemistry or a chemistry-related field. This scholarship will be for $1,000 and has a May 1, 2019 deadline. The scholarship is named for John Berg. John has served the Sacramento Section for a long time and in many ways. When he became a 50 year member of ACS, there was...