Celebrate the 95th anniversary of the Women Chemists Committee at the Reading Science Center

Wednesday, May 25th 9:00-10:30 AM

First 15 attendees at the door free! Everyone else $8.

Speaker: Sarah Troy, aka Solar System Sarah.

Sponsored by LVACS-WCC

Monday, April 11th
April Meeting (In-Person Format)
- Undergraduate Poster Night & Undergraduate Senior Excellence Awards
- Talk: “Density Functional Theory (DFT) as a Non-Destructive Probe in the Field of Art Conservation Science”
Speaker: J. W. Bennett, Ph. D., University of Maryland Baltimore College
DeSales University Center, 2755 Station Ave, Center Valley, PA 18034
https://www.desales.edu/about/location-directions

Social/Posters, 4:45pm-6:00pm Dinner: 6:00-7:00pm; Talk/Meeting: 7:00pm
Cost: $25 for full members, $15 for students, retired, and unemployed
RSVP by April 4th 2022 for poster session, dinner, & meeting
REGISTER: https://forms.gle/fAZ5S6Ean4seMexu9
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!! Submit at Registration Link above
CONTACT: Sara Hayik, sara.hayik@desales.edu

March Section Meeting - Color from Colorless Materials

Thursday, March 10th 2022
5:30 pm social / 6:00 pm dinner / 7:00 pm meeting
"Color from Colorless Materials"
Speaker: Lauren Zarzar, Dept. of Materials Sci. Eng., PSU
Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18104

Friday, February 18th Meeting (Hybrid Format) --- Panel Discussion/Q&A at East Stroudsburg University

Panelists: Bryan Trimm, IBM; Christopher Dubbs, ESU; Moderator: Ariel Tucci, ESU Gender & Sexuality Center 

Host: East Stroudsburg University
Co-sponsored by ESU's Gender & Sexuality Center and Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Our next section meeting, Thursday, January 27th, is High School Teachers Night. This virtual event will begin online at 7:00 pm! There will be a program consisting of speakers, laboratory demonstrations and educational exhibits focusing on High School teaching needs.

“SLiThEr - Supporting Learning with Interactive Teaching: a Hosted, Engaging Roundtable”
Speaker: Chip Nataro, Lafayette College
Thursday, November 18th / Time 7:00 pm

Zoom link:

https://american-chemical-society.zoom.com/j/86596741438?pwd=MUZqZ0RFRkVLRmZPTHV3dm5VUHFHZz09 

if needed: Meeting ID: 865 9674 1438 Password: 068522

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By Samantha L. Bower, PSU News

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. — Lee Silverberg, associate professor of chemistry at Penn State Schuylkill, has recently published a peer-reviewed paper on a novel method he has devised to create organic compounds that have demonstrated antiparasitic properties. Until this research was conducted, the structure of the starting material used to synthesize the chemical compounds was unknown.

Volunteers from the Lehigh Valley Section celebrated Mole Day 2021 with visitors to the Da Vinci Science Center on October 23rd (when else?) with exhibits and demonstrations illustrating this year’s National Chemistry Week theme, “FAST/OR SLOW…Chemistry Makes It GO!”

Lehigh Valley Section extends its congratulations to Prof. Chip Nataro of Lafayette College on winning the 2022 ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution. The award, sponsored by Research Corporation for Science Advancement, is given annually to a chemistry faculty member whose research in an undergraduate setting has achieved wide recognition and contributed significantly to chemistry and to the professional development of undergraduate students.

FAST /OR SLOW...Chemistry Makes it GO!

Saturday, October 23rd, 10:00am-2:00pm
NCW at Da Vinci Science Center
3145 Hamilton Blvd. Bypass, Allentown, PA 18103

VIRTUAL SEPTEMBER LVACS MEETING

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH; 7:00 PM

“Creating a Community of Practice for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research in the Lehigh Valley”

The Lehigh Valley Section of ACS includes more than ten traditional four-year colleges/universities as well as several community colleges.  At these institutions, undergraduate research is mentored by independent faculty, but there is very limited communication between faculty who mentor undergraduate research at various campuses.  It is with this project that we intend to create more of a community of practice to build bridges between chemistry and biochemistry programs at our LVACS institutions so that more collaboration and sharing of resources can benefit our local section members.  

Join Jeanne Berk of Cedar Crest College as we learn about cheese making chemistry, the steps involved and the texture and the flavors of cheese.

Join Cedar Crest College’s Signs Club for an overview of American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet and numbers, as well as explore general words related to STEM. 

Greglynn Gibbs

Berks Chemical Society posted the recording of their pilot production of Chemistry Fun on BCTV. Take a look!

Join us on International Women’s Day – March 8, 2021 from 1–2 pm ET for an hour-long panel discussion with four dynamic chemists presenting their stories – past, present, and future.

The Lehigh Valley Section of the American Chemical Society is partnering with community organizations to provide an interactive, virtual after-school chemistry enrichment program via Zoom!Lehigh Valley ACS Section

David Lewis, Univ. of Wisconsin/Eau Claire, speaker

Thursday, February 18th / 7:00 pm

Zoom Link: http://bit.ly/2XZS9H0

CONTACT: Roger Egolf [rae4@psu.edu]

Every student of organic chemistry for the last four decades, at least, has learned two empirical rules: Markovnikov's Rule for electrophilic addition to alkenes, and Zaitsev's Rule for base elimination of alkyl halides. The other thing about Markovnikov and Zaitsev is that they hated each other, carrying on a life-long feud that I contend led, in part, to Zaitsev's Rule. The careers of these two fascinating individuals will be highlighted in this talk, along with my perspective on the origins of their eponymous rules and of the feud.

Lehigh Valley ACS Webinar

Thursday, January 14, 2021; 7:00 p.m.

Can you answer the following questions (no fair consulting the internet) …

 “What does ‘S.C.R.A.M’ stand for?”

 “You have four relatively low-level radioactive cookies: one is an alpha particle, the second is a beta particle, the third is a gamma ray, and the fourth is a neutron.  You must eat one, put one in your pocket, keep one in your hand, and throw one away.  Which is which?”

No? Why not join our webinar by nuclear chemist Bob Artz!

Speakers from Lehigh Valley ACS colleges tell us their formative stories in a video format during a Facebook Live Event!

Do you know…

What LVACS institutions of higher education had an M.D.-holding chair as their first chemistry professor?  

Where was the hy

Wednesday, October 28th
Starting a Company: Do You Need a Business Plan?
2-3pm ET
https://lnkd.in/dxCNTS8
Join Jim Skinner of Terregena, Inc. and the ACS Division of Small Chemical Businesses during this free interactive broadcast as he reviews the elements o

VIRTUAL OCTOBER MEETING HOSTED BY ALBRIGHT COLLEGE

Albright College will host a webinar and virtual LVACS

Business meeting Thursday, October 15^th from

7:00 to 8:00 pm. Lorena Tribe, PhD will speak on:

“Where will all of the CO₂ go?”

Many solutions have been

Just because we're not out trick-or-treating this year doesn't mean we can't enjoy some Halloween Chemistry!

Join our own Greglynn Gibbs and the Berks Chemical Society on Monday, October 12th @ 7:00 pm for this 'element-ary' exploration of color-changing f

The September 17, 2020 section meeting outside Da Vinci Science Center attracted 35 members and awardees. The BRICKLIVE-Ocean exhibit was much enjoyed by all. Congratulations once again to our awardees for HS Teacher-of-the-year, Corinne Long; Foundations