San Joaquin Delta College Chemistry for Everyone
From a simple cornstarch and water demonstration, to a more complicated one, such as one that turns a clear glass flask into a mirror by the reduction of silver nitrate, the ACS chapter here at Delta College drives itself from sparking the love of chemistry in students. ACS and its members take pride in putting on volunteering events and chemistry demonstrations, that with its glamorous effects, will leave an impact on the students....
Wine, Cheese, and Olive Oil at the Mondavi Center
“There is life after cheddar.” That was the working title of Prof. Moshe Rosenberg’s talk about the chemistry of cheese at “The Flavors of Chemistry” event September 12th at the Mondavi Center. Rosenberg, Prof. Andrew Waterhouse, and Dr. Selina Wang spoke about the chemistry of cheese, wine, and olive oil, respectively, at the event. Rosenberg, Professor and Specialist in Dairy Engineering and Technology...
Oct. 20 Lab Safety Seminar and ACS Outreach to UCD Undergraduates
The UC Davis Chemistry Department, in conjunction with ACS Fellow Debbie Decker, will present the ACS webinar, “Tales of Lab Safety: How to Avoid Rookie Accidents” at 4:00 pm. The webinar will be followed by a reception with food, games, prizes and the chance to meet local ACS members. “Tales of Lab Safety: How to Avoid Rookie Accidents” October 20, 4:00PM Chemistry Building Room 172 All are invited! There is a learning curve with...
Walking in the Woods with Chemistry: Talk, Tour, And Continuing Exhibit
Sunday, October 11 Walking in the Woods with Chemistry: Talk and Tour 1 p.m., Arboretum Gazebo, UC Davis campus (Rain location: 146 Environmental Horticulture) Have you ever wondered what makes up the flavor of your wine? Or how a plant can cure cancer? What the smell is in your perfume? Or how a tree defends itself? Join Chemistry Professor Dean Tantillo, Plant Biology professor Philipp Zerbe, and Chemistry Ph.D. candidate Nhu...
Interesting Links: Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit
Taken from: https://crowdsourcing-toolkit.sites.usa.gov/ Welcome! Crowdsourcing and citizen science help federal agencies to innovate, collaborate and discover. In this toolkit, you will learn how to design and maintain projects. You can also read through case studies and access additional resources related to communities that practice crowdsourcing and citizen science. What Is Crowdsourcing? Crowdsourcing involves an open call for...
Discoveries: Sniffing out cancer with improved ‘electronic nose’ sensors
Nano Letters Scientists have been exploring new ways to “smell” signs of cancer by analyzing what’s in patients’ breath. In ACS’ journal Nano Letters, one team now reports new progress toward this goal. The researchers have developed a small array of flexible sensors, which accurately detect compounds in breath samples that are specific to ovarian cancer. Diagnosing cancer today usually involves various...
CRC Chem Club: Field Trips and Outreach Planned
The Chemistry Club at Cosumnes River College held its first meeting of the semester on September 21st. We are currently planning trips to visit various labs in the area this year. So far, we are confirmed to visit both the UC Davis and Food and Agriculture labs. One of our main goals is to visit the Department of Justice’s Crime Lab in Sacramento, and hopefully with the help of Senator Galgiani’s office, we will make that happen! At...
UCD Chem Club: A Fast Start to the School Year
The Chemistry Club at UC Davis is a dynamic social and academic club with an emphasis on outreach. We host many events throughout the year as well as chemistry demos for the community in order to promote the physical sciences. Our officers consist of mostly undergraduate students in Chemistry. However this year we are lucky enough to have three graduate student representatives on our team as well as Professor Crabtree, Professor...
Student Travel Grant to the Western Regional Meeting
Deadline Extended to October 10, 2015 The Sacramento Section of the American Chemical Society is pleased to announce the second year of a travel grant to support undergraduate and graduate students presenting their work at national and regional meetings. One of last year’s winners was Hailey Hibbard was the undergraduate winner for 2014. She presented her work at the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco. ACS Sacramento Travel...
SCC Chem Club: A Volcano and A Liquid Nitrogen Demo
On September 24, 2015, the SCC Chemistry Club amazed the students of Sacramento City College yet again with the SCC ACS Chemistry Club booth at SCC Student Club Day. The Chem Club had 2 demonstrations for display and a chemistry trivia corner where students answered science questions to win prizes of candy or chemistry moles. The main demonstration of the Chem Club booth was the Baking Soda Volcano, built by Ryan Johnson, one of our...
Share Your Chemistry Story with Middle/High School Students
The School of Engineering and Sciences (SES) in South Sacramento wants you to share your knowledge at its Friday Speaker series for the 2015-2016 school year. SES seeks professionals and college students to help inspire the next generation to consider science careers. The best speakers from last year brought hands-on materials and/or told their story of how they ended up in their field of interest. Visit the SES website for...
Election for 2016 Executive Committee Officers
Have you thought about getting more involved in the Sacramento section, but not sure where to start? We are looking for nominees for 2016 Executive Committee to place on the fall 2015 ballot for the following Sacramento Section offices: Chair, Chair Elect, Secretary, Treasurer and Alternate Councilor. General duties for each office, as well as local section committees, are described here. Why not attend one of the upcoming Executive...
Councilor Chubbic’s Report: ACS National Meeting Boston, 2015
The national meeting in Boston was another great event. The ACS is active in so many areas, striving to help chemists everywhere. Here are some of the highlights from the Council Meeting. There’s something for almost anyone! The ACS Committee on Chemical Safety helped coordinate the development of an extensive document on identifying hazards in research labs. You can download it at: acs.org/safety . The ACS Committee on Science has...
Councilor Berg’s Report: Fall Meeting in Boston
Summary: I attended the Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs meeting and chaired the Subcommittee on Public Policy on Saturday. Monday morning was spent at the Graduate Education Advisory Board meeting, and Wednesday morning was the ACS Council meeting. CEPA: From the report given at Council – “The committee reported that ACS ChemCensus data showed that Domestic Unemployment among ACS member chemists edged...
2016 ACS Student Leadership Award
Gain management and leadership skills by applying for a 2016 ACS Student Leadership award! The award covers travel, accommodation, and registration expenses for the 2016 ACS Leadership Institute to be held January 2016, in Dallas, TX at the Dallas InterContinental Hotel. Visit the ACS Leadership Institute page to find out more and learn answers to frequently asked questions. Participation is limited to 15 undergraduate ACS student...
John Berg’s Life and Career
John first got interested in chemistry in sixth grade when he had a chemistry set. Back then they were legitimate chemistry sets with real chemicals allowing one to occasionally blow things up. He was inspired by an excellent high school chemistry teacher who, unfortunately, became the Boy’s Dean a couple of years later. The fascination with chemistry remained, though. John majored in chemistry at UC Berkeley where he did...
Joseph DiGiorgio’s Life and Career
Joe’s interest in chemistry first started when he got a chemistry craft kit. While sin high school he developed a hobby and keen interest for pyrotechnics. He would enjoy making homemade explosives and gun powder and then setting them off. One of these was gun powder and magnesium which was taken near a lake and blown up there. The government noticed this and assigned a team from the University of Washington to investigate. However,...
Jerry Wilson’s Life and Career
Jerry Wilson started his career at Oklahoma A&M (now called Oklahoma State University) where he worked in a Biochemistry lab for two years and got his B.S. in Chemistry in 1961. After his bachelors, he was in the army ROTC for two years at Fort Bragg where he supported immediate response groups, specifically the eighteenth core. After leaving the army, he worked on his PhD at the University of Oklahoma from 1963-1967. He worked...
Sterling Chaykin’s Life and Career
Sterling Chaykin’s career first started blooming when he did a double major in Chemistry and Biology at New York University. After receiving these two degrees, and not quite sure of his next step, he encountered a professor who recommended Sterling to go to graduate school in an emerging field called Biochemistry. Sounding like a good idea, he applied to fifty graduate schools, looking for a teaching assistantship to insure enough...