The American Chemical Society East Central Illinois Section and the University of Illinois Undergraduate Student Chapter extend an invitation for all undergraduates and professionals in the chemical sciences to attend the  First Annual ECI American Chemic

Check out the Fall 2016 Newsletter for a summary of events in our section!

http://eastcentralillinois.sites.acs.org/Newsletters/2016%20Fall%20Newsletter.pdf

Join our Younger Chemists Committee and UIUC Student Chapter for an afternoon workshop designed to prepare you for applying to and succeeding in your chemistry graduate school program! Two graduate student panels and a professional chemist will discuss th

Join us on Tuesday, October 11th at 5:30 p.m. at Pizza M as the ECI Local Section and its Younger Chemists Committee learn about 3 Essential Skills Sets for succeeding in chemistry! This program-in-a-box webinar event will describe how your career as a ch

Come help your fellow Illinois ACS Sections run a science tent at the Illinois State Fair!

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Join our YCC for a panel discussion Wednesday June 29th from 6-8:45 p.m. at the Bread Company with current experts on research regarding alternative energy! Topics include, but are not limited to: nuclear energy, solar energy, and nano-scale devices. Dr.

Come enjoy some free coffee and  refreshments with the local section's Younger Chemists Committee this Friday, May 27th from 8:00 am - 10:00 am at 133 CLSL-A (the Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory at UIUC). You will hear about some of their upcoming s

ECI's Women Chemists Committee at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been selected as a finalist for the Best Overall WCC Local Section! Recipients will be announced and the presentation of awards will occur during the 18th Annual ChemLumi

To encourage excellence in scholarship and service throughout our local section, we have chosen five outstanding members as local section award recipients for the Spring 2016 semester. If you know anyone on this list, please congratulate them!

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Congratulations are in order for the members of the ECI section who have reached 50 years of service: David S. Seigler and John A. Katzenellenbogen! The American Chemical Society takes immense pleasure in acknowledging these distinguished members who have

We are very excited to say that we successfully hosted the U. S. National Chemistry Olympiad exams in our section this year! Join us in congratulating these four students for their outstanding achievements in high school chemistry.

Earth Day is Friday April 22 and the 2016 theme is "The Great Indoors- Your Home’s Ecosystem," exploring the chemistry behind indoor air quality issues. Our goal this week is to build awareness of chemistry at the local level and to bring international fo

The UIUC Women Chemists Committee along with the East Central Illinois ACS will be co-hosting "World of Colors: The Chemistry of Natural Dyes", an Earth day event on Monday April 25th, 2016 from 6-7:30 pm at 263 Noyes Lab (505 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61

We are happy to announce that the Local Section Activities Committee has approved funding for the first annual ECI Undergrad Research Conference! In general, we will have two poster sessions arranged by topic, a lunch/networking break at noon, and an awar

The East Central Illinois (ECI) local section of ACS brings you “Chemists Celebrate Earth Day." Join us Wednesday, April 22 from 4-6 p.m. at the Illini Union Ballroom to see how chemists can make a positive impact on the environment. In addition to invite