The ACS Green Chemistry Institute® receives input from a variety of stakeholders and last week the GCI Advisory Board met in Washington, DC. Chaired by ACS Past President and former Chair of the Board Bill Carroll, the Advisory Board includes Concepción J

Contributed by Mary M. Kirchhoff, Ph.D., Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute®; Executive Vice President of Scientific Advancement, ACS

The green chemistry community lost a friend with the passing of Ken Seddon on January 21.  Ken's stellar science, cou

December is a time for reflections on the current year as it rapidly draws to a close, along with anticipation for the year ahead.  The ACS Green Chemistry Institute’s commitment to green and sustainable chemistry and engineering was reinforced through it

This year marks the 30^th year of National Chemistry Week (NCW), which will be celebrated October 22-28. NCW is a wonderful opportunity for chemists to share their passion for chemistry with the general public, and working with your ACS local section or st

Contributed by Mary M. Kirchhoff, Ph.D., Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute®; Executive Vice President of Scientific Advancement, ACS

Summer is always a busy season for the ACS Green Chemistry Institute^® (GCI), and this year was no exception. My colle

By Mary M. Kirchhoff, Ph.D., Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute^®; Executive Vice President of Scientific Advancement, ACS

My colleagues and I at the ACS Green Chemistry Institute^® (GCI) are very excited that the 2017 Green Chemistry & Engineering Conf

By Mary M. Kirchhoff, Ph.D., Acting Director, ACS GCI; Executive Vice President of Scientific Advancement, ACS

I had the privilege of attending the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) “Arc of Science: Research to Results” event on Capitol Hill last evening

It is my pleasure to return to the ACS Green Chemistry Institute^® as a result of the organizational realignment announced last month by ACS Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Tom Connelly. The ACS GCI is part of the newly formed Scientific Adv

By David Constable, Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute®

Back in October, I wrote about systems thinking: what it is and why we need to think about it more in chemistry. This month, I’d like to talk about a related idea, and that is life cycle thinking

We’re very pleased with how preparations for the 21^st Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference are coming together. Our technical program chairs, Dr. David Leahy, BMS, and Dr. Amit Sehgal, Solvay, have been working very closely with us, and we ar

Contributed by David Constable, Ph.D., Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute^®

Planning and preparations for the 21^st Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference have continued throughout the past two months. For most people, thinking about a confer

Contributed by David Constable, Director, ACS GCI

Some of you may have read a few recent publications about the future of chemistry^{1, 2}. It’s always interesting to read articles like these to see the author’s vision of chemistry as it is now and for chemis

Contributed by David Constable, Ph.D., Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute^®

It’s hard to believe that three weeks have passed since we were at the 252^nd ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia. The ACS National Meetings are usually a whirlwind of activity

Contributed by David Constable, Ph.D., Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute^®

The pace of activities has thankfully slowed just a bit over the past month, although we are down another person with Ann Lee-Jeff’s departure to assume her role at Teva as a S

Contributed by David Constable, Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute^®

In less than a month we’ll be in Portland, OR, for the 20th Annual GC&E Conference and I hope many of you have made plans to attend.  We are very grateful to our Organizing Committee,