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The Nexus Blog and Newsletter is published by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® to connect and expand the global green chemistry and engineering community. Learn more about us: www.acs.org/gci.
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Reporting on the 2025 ACS GCI Green and Sustainable Chemistry Summer School

By Cecilia Smith, Administrative Assistant, ACS Green Chemistry Institute, and David A. Laviska, Portfolio Manager for Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Education, ACS Green Chemistry Institute

The 2025 ACS GCI Summer School brought together 71 passio

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Green Chemistry Guidance for ACS Student Chapters

By David Laviska, Portfolio Manager for Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Education, ACS Green Chemistry Institute

 

Attention all ACS Student Chapters, graduate student organizations, chapter advisors/mentors, and students at institutions where forma

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Beyond Benign Launches On-Demand Courses to Expand Green Chemistry Education

Contributed by Amy Cannon, Co-Founder and Executive Director; Monica Soma Hensley, Instruction and Research Manager of Higher Education; and Omar Villanueva, Chief Program Officer, Beyond Benign

Green Chemistry education is essential for preparing the nex

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Catalyzing Curricular Change through Faculty Mentoring Networks

By Sarah Prescott, Ph.D. (University of New Hampshire) and David A. Laviska (GCI) 

 

Transforming chemistry education to meet the challenges of the 21st century requires more than new curricular materials; it requires strong communities of practice. Facul

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A new Green Chemistry Training program based in Benguerir, Morocco, offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for advanced students and early career faculty from across the African continent. 

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2025 Winners of the Nina McClelland Memorial Award & the Heh-Won Chang Fellowship in Green Chemistry

By Cecilia Smith, Administrative Assistant, ACS Green Chemistry Institute, and David A. Laviska, Portfolio Manager for Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Education, ACS Green Chemistry Institute

Each year at the American Chemical Society Green Chemistr

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Congratulating the 2025 Student Winners of the Hancock, Breen, and Ciba Green Chemistry Awards!

By Cecilia Smith, Administrative Assistant, ACS Green Chemistry Institute, and David A. Laviska, Portfolio Manager for Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Education, ACS Green Chemistry Institute

Meet the winners of the 2025 of the Kenneth Hancock Memo

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At the nexus of green chemistry and environmental justice, everyone has something to contribute.
Contributed by Jarod Davis, Global Policy Director, Social Equity at Dow

Co-Authored with Ashley Baker, Scientific Content Manager (Contractor) at the ACS Green Chemistry Institute

Jarod Davis, Global Policy Director, Social Equity at Dow, shared his jour

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GChELP Is Preparing Chemists for Success in a Competitive Landscape

The Green Chemistry and Engineering Learning Platform (GChELP) is a free, asynchronous online resource for effective training in practical green chemistry and engineering.

 

While the number of educational institutions prioritizing green and sustainabl

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Chemistry Visionaries: A Leadership Conversation on the Future of Green & Sustainable Chemistry

Visionary leaders Jenny MacKellar from Change Chemistry, Adelina Voutchkova-Kostal from ACS GCI, and Amy Cannon from Beyond Benign discuss the remarkable progress, challenges, and strategic initiatives undertaken in the past year, and where they see gree

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Revolutionizing Chemistry Education with Comic Books & Storytelling: A Q&A with Dr. Colleen Kelley

The creator and founder of Kids Chemical Solutions, Colleen Kelley, Ph.D., pioneers an innovative approach to teaching chemistry through comic books.

As the creator and founder of Kids’ Chemical Solutions, Colleen Kelley, Ph.D., pioneers an innovative

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ACS Sustainability Summit: ‘Reimagining Chemistry Education’ Will Promote Development of a Green and

In a concerted effort to catalyze the propagation of green chemistry and sustainability in the research enterprise, the ACS Office of Sustainability, in partnership with the ACS Education Division and Beyond Benign, is gearing up to host the 2nd Annual AC

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Student Perspectives on the Importance of Training in Green Chemistry and Sustainability
By David A. Laviska, Ph.D., Portfolio Manager for Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Education, ACS Green Chemistry Institute

An interview with graduate students Krystal Grieger and Francisco Yarur Villanueva.

By David A. Laviska, Ph.D., Portfolio Man

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It’s LIVE!! Come join us in the Green Chemistry Teaching & Learning Community (GCTLC) Platform
By Amy Cannon, Ph.D., Executive Director and Co-Founder, Beyond Benign

In the 16 years I have led Beyond Benign, my favorite projects have been the ones where we collaborate closely with the community. Ever since the loss of the GEMs database, we have hea

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Your Qualification in Chemistry for a Sustainable Future at Leuphana University
By Ann-Kathrin Amsel, Coordination Masters Programme Sustainable Chemistry M.Sc., Leuphana University Lüneburg

Learn about two worldwide unique distance-learning study programs offered at Leuphana University, Germany.

Your Qualification in Chemistry for

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