Contributed by Thomas P. Umile, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Gwynedd Mercy University

“I am pleased to announce that you have been selected to receive an NSF Student Scholarship to attend the 2007 Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, June 26-29,

The Green Chemistry Commerce Council (GC3) is pleased to announce the second annual Innovators Internship Program, which places technically proficient students into sustainability-related summer internships with their member companies. The interns spend 1

Contributed by Amanda Kibbel, Student, University of Oregon.

In fall 2015, I enrolled in the chemistry course, Green Product Design, designated as a science class for non-science majors taught by chemistry professor Julie Haack at the University of Oregon.

Contributed by Meg Sobkowicz Kline, Assistant Professor of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell

I first came across green chemistry as a Ph.D. graduate student of chemical engineering at Colorado School of Mines. Before that I knew I li

Contributed by Jaime Conway, President of Northeastern University’s Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, Northeastern University

Our student chapter is one that focuses heavily on professional development, campus presence, community service

Contributed by Dr. Keying Ding and Dr. Gary White, faculty advisors and Club President Tim Chitpanya, Middle Tennessee State University

Our chapter’s interest in green chemistry began in the fall of 2006 with a seminar at a club meeting.  In his presentati

Contributed by Nanetta Pon, Sara Shu, and Grace Woo, University of California, Los Angeles

In 2013, the UCLA ACS student chapter (SMACS) held its fall kick-off meeting with guest-speaker Professor Miguel Garcia-Garibay, chemistry department chair, who talk

Contributed by Yunejung Park, 12th grade student, Korea International School, Jeju

In 1933 Mrs. Brown in Ohio dyed her lashes with Lash Lure--a permanent mascara containing a chemical used to tan leather and clothes--which blinded her. Fifteen more women l

Contributed by Nathaniel Beres, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Heidelberg University

I don’t remember hearing about green chemistry as an undergraduate, and if I did, I would have thought that it meant I should recycle. It wasn’t until graduate school t

The ACS Green Chemistry Institute^® is proud to announce the 2015 Ciba Travel Award Winners: Brooke Mason, Tova Williams, Brendan Phillips and Ryan Pearson.

The Ciba Travel award sponsors the participation of students—from high school through graduate schoo

The word is out. Green chemistry has caught on, and the field has grown tremendously since it first emerged in the 1990s. The question now is where are we going with all this momentum?

On September 18, 2015, we took an important first step in the roadmappi

Contributed by Cathleen M. Fry, Dallas R. Mosier, and Edward P. Zovinka, Department of Chemistry, Saint Francis University, Loretto, PA

Before arriving at Saint Francis University (SFU), many of our Chemistry Club members have never heard of green chemistr

This year the American Chemical Society and chemists around the world are celebrating National Chemistry Week (NCW) in color! The 2015 NCW theme is "Chemistry Colors Our World", focusing on the chemistry of food colors, fireworks, rainbows, natural dyes,

Contributed by Laura M. Reyes, Ph.D. student and Green Chemistry Initiative Co-chair, University of Toronto.

As chemistry students advance through their education, they train and specialize to become better scientists. For those who pursue graduate school,

Contributed by Ashley Baker, Research Assistant, ACS Green Chemistry Institute^®

The ACS Green Chemistry Institute^® has become a hub for green chemistry education and for students and educators to find new ways to integrate green chemistry into their curric