Sierra Nevada Section - 2011 Meetings and Events

2011 Section Meetings & Events

February 7, 2011 - Time Management Workshop for Graduate Students/Postdocs, Megin McIntosh

March 21, 2011 - Dr. Lisa M. Balbes, "Career Management in the Information Age: New Ways to Find Jobs"
March 24-26, 2011 - Western Nevada Science & Engineering Fair, Sierra Nevada ACS Awards for Outstanding Chemistry Projects
April 9, 2011 - Chemistry Olympiad Study Camp, University of Nevada, Reno, Chemistry Building 111
April 16, 2011 - National exams for Chemistry Olympiad finalists, co-sponsored with Coral Academy of Science
April 18, 2011 - Tour of Chemical Waste Processing Facility, Environmental Health & Safety, University of Nevada
May 22, 4:00 p.m., SLH 002, UNR - High School Chemistry & Physics Awards, Dr. Ralf Sudowe, Guest Speaker, "Nuclear Power, Nuclear Fallout, and Environmental Monitoring"
September 19, 2011 - Freshman Chemistry on a Mega-Scale: Acid Mine Drainage in Open Pit Mines, Professor Glenn C. Miller, Department of Natural Resource and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno
October 13-14, 2011 - Sierra Nevada Distinguished Chemist Award, Professor Alan Balch, University of California, Davis
- "What's New with Soluble Carbon" Thursday, Oct. 13, 6:00 p.m., Washoe Grill
- "Crystallization as Synthesis: Some Remarkable Luminescent Gold Complexes Friday, OOct. 14, 4:00 p.m., SLH 003, UNR
November 14, 2011 - "Atmospheric Mercury: Why Nevada Matters", Professor Mae Gustin, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada Reno