Contributed by Michael Cann, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, The University of Scranton

Twenty years ago this July I was reading the abstracts for the fall 1996 ACS meeting in Orlando.  I came across two abstracts “The Green Chemistry Challenge” and

Two U.S.-based students have received the 2016 Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award, presented by the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute (ACS GCI). Each recipient receives $1,000 USD. The award was formally presented at the 20th annual Green

The Joseph Breen Memorial Fellowship is awarded to undergraduates through early career scientists who demonstrate outstanding research or educational interest in green chemistry. The 2016 Breen winners are Sarah Kwan, Yale University, and John-Hanson Mach

Each year the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable awards targeted grants to fund key research priorities. These grants spur impactful and highly relevant green chemistry research in alignment with the critical needs of the industry. Green research grants of

The ACS Green Chemistry Institute® is once again holding the only business plan competition exclusively devoted to green and sustainable chemistry and engineering. Early stage, pre-revenue companies and innovators who are reimagining chemistry for a susta

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 ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable is seeking a one year R&D commitment to assist the Roundtable’s biopharma initiative. The focus of the R&D will be toward optimizing the water use in downstream processing steps for monoclonal antibody (mAb) productio

Every year the ACS Green Chemistry Institute^® (ACS GCI) awards students pursuing green chemistry and engineering research grants and travel funding to present their research at green chemistry and engineering conferences. This year, ACS GCI awarded four p

The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable is seeking to fund a 1-2 year R&D program to address the roundtable initiatives in flow chemistry.  Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: photo redox chemistry, photochemistry, and biocatalysis in flow.

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Sofinnova Partners, the top renewable chemistry venture capital firm, has announced that Glucan Biorenewables is the winner of the prestigious Renewable Chemistry Start-Up Award.  Following a public vote with almost 8,000 votes cast, the top 5 companies w

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65 Nobel laureates recently signed a declaration stating that climate change poses a “threat of comparable magnitude” to nuclear war. And concluded, that “if left unchecked, will lead to whole

Request for Proposal: The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable is seeking to fund a 1-2 year R&D program to address the Roundtable’s initiatives in flow chemistry.  Areas of interest include, but are not limited to photo redox chemistry, photochemistry, and

Innovative technologies tackle climate change, water, and chemical issues

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing landmark green chemistry technologies developed by industrial pioneers and leading scientists that turn climate risk and

Professors often apply for grants to pursue green chemistry research that could lead to significant environmental benefits and have immediate application within the pharmaceutical industry. The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable has awarded five of such gr

This month we have dedicated The Nexus to green chemistry and public health, and at the nexus of these issues is the pharmaceutical industry and their innovation processes. As an industry dedicated to developing products that can save people’s lives, typi