Join us for a Networking Cookout
The East Central Illinois local section of the American Chemical Society is hosting a spring cookout at the Hessel Park Pavilion in Champaign, IL on Sunday May 6th from 1-4pm.  This will be a great opportunity for science e

The ECI local section, WCC, and YCC will be hosting events through out the week of October 22nd-28th.  A summary of the events can be found below:

Pumpkin Carving: Monday, October 23 at 6 PM - 7 PM at the CLSL-A Atrium

The YCC and WCC invite you to join us

The East Central Illinois Section of the American Chemical Society invites you to participate in a National Chemistry Week (NCW) celebration from 3:30-5:30 PM on Friday, October 27th at the Urbana Free Library! NCW encourages chemists and chemistry enthus

For the past thirteen years, the Illinois Sections of the ACS have sponsored and run a science tent in the Conservation World section of the Illinois State Fair.  This year, the tent is scheduled to be open from August 10 through the 19th at the Illinois

Earth Day is Saturday April 22 and the 2017 theme is "Chemistry Helps Feed the World," exploring the role of chemistry in agriculture and its impact on the planet. Our goal this week is to build awareness of chemistry at the local level and to bring inter

Join us on Thursday, March 2nd at 5:30 p.m. at Pizza M as the ECI Local Section and the Younger Chemists Committee host the ACS Program-in-a-Box webinar on the chemistry of sports.  Free pizza will be served at 5:30pm, this is a great time to get to know

The Women Chemists Committee along with the East Central Illinois ACS will be co-hosting an Ice Skating event on Wednesday, January 11th from 7:30-9:30 pm at the UIUC Ice Arena (406 E Armory Ave., near the corner of 4th and Armory). All the East Central I

Save the date for the 2017 Great Lakes Region Meeting!

Abstract Deadline: April 24, 2017

Meeting Dates: June 27-30, 2017

Meeting Location: Fargo, ND

In addition to the 6 voting Districts to which ACS members are assigned, there also are 10 geographical Regio

Please join me in welcoming the 2017 East Central Illinois Local Section leadership team!

ECI Local Section Officers

• Chair: B.K. Sharma
• Chair-Elect: Austin Cyphersmith
• Immediate Past Chair: Kali Miller
• Treasurer: Laura Sonnichsen
• Councilor: Amy Nicely
• Alternate

The ECI ACS local section, WCC, YCC,  SACNAS, and ACS Undergraduate Chapter would like to thank you for contributing to the First Annual ECI Undergraduate Research Conference. We enjoyed learning about all of research undergraduate are performing in our r

ECI's Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) is now accepting nominations for the 3rd YCC Executive Board! More information about each position is available on the google form below. Executive board members must be ACS members and under the age of 35. Please no

The Chemistry Library at UIUC is planning an ACS on Campus event for Thursday, November 10th. This outreach event is geared towards faculty, students and post-docs and brings leaders in chemistry, publishing, research, science communications and career de

Dear ECI Members,

The nomination period for our 2017 election is now open. All positions are listed below with a short description of responsibilities. If you wish to nominate yourself or a colleague for an open position, please send an email to east.ce

Immediately following our invited lecture on October 28th from 1-2 pm in 33 Roger Adams Laboratory, we will vote and approve our new bylaws! This is an exciting event because they were last changed in 1998. If you would like to participate in voting, plea

The ECI local section is sponsoring two main events on Friday, October 28th in celebration of National Chemistry Week! NCW encourages chemists and chemistry enthusiasts to build awareness of chemistry at the local level. Local businesses, schools, and ind