Senior Chemists on the Move

The AAAS STEM Volunteers Program, stemvolunteers.org, needs STEM professionals to assist K-12 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) teachers in the DC metro area during the 2022-23 school year.  Our school districts are Montgomery County MD, DC, Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax Counties VA. All lessons will be in the classroom, and it is anticipated that masks and testing will be optional. If you care about K-12 STEM education and have time to share your knowledge with students and teachers, please send a note to bcalinge@aaas.org with your home address. ... View more

As the new, incoming SCC Chair, I wish to render Happy New Year salutations to all Senior Chemists. May 2022 be the best year ever for everyone and may we see COVID19 and its variants decline to negligible levels. I also wish to acknowledge the previous Chair, Dr. Arlene Garrison, for her wisdom and guidance the last three years. We are never too old to learn and share new ideas, knowledge, insight, and experiences. Therefore, I wish to encourage all Senior Chemists to post interesting and engaging questions and comments on this site. I will begin with what I hope to be a rhetorical question with expected humorous responses. “How many Senior Chemists does it take to screw in a light bulb?”. One possible answer – “Zero. That’s a job for a graduate student”. ... View more

The latest SCC Newsletter was distributed by email this week. It is posted here. If you did not receive it and want to be added to the distribution email for future issues, contact seniorchemists@acs.org. Thanks!     ... View more

Senior Chemists Committee Mini-Grant Program to Support Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect (DEIR) - Proposals are due October 29, 2021 at DEI&R Senior Chemists Mini-Grant (smartsheet.com) ... View more

  Join ACS and IUPAC on February 16, 2022 for the Global Women’s Breakfast! The Global Women’s Breakfast is an event that happens on a single day in February of each year in conjunction with the U.N Day of Women and Girls in Science. In celebration of 2022’s central theme “Empowering Diversity in Science”, the ACS will host a virtual panel event and networking sessions with prominent female chemists. Registration is free! For additional details and registration information, visit: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/outreach/iupacglobalwomensbreakfast.html ... View more