Building and sustaining connections through chemistry in the Silicon Valley Region, we are a large Local Section with about 2,000 members and about 1,000 Community Associates from five counties in California: San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey.
Title Pages Chemistry Unleashed 1-2 An Evening with Bonnie Garmus, Author of Lessons in Chemistry 1 Chemists Celebrate Earth Week 2024 1-2 Upcoming Events 3 Stanford Chemistry Department - Upcoming Events 4 Local 2024 Science Fairs 5 Call for Nominations Ottenberg Award 5 Call for Nominations Radding Award 5 PIEFEST 2024 Picture Album 6 Did the Chemical Building Blocks of Life Form in Space? 6 Chemistry Quiz 6 Interested in serving on an ACS National Committee? 7 New Members 7 Brief Summary of the Spring 2024 ACS Council Meeting 8 CSA Trust: Call for Grant Applications from Younger Chemists 8 Society of Plastics Engineers – Golden Gate Section - Local April Events 9 Congratulations to the 2024 CAS Future Leaders! 9 12 Principles for Green Chemistry infographic 10
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Table of contents for the March 2024 issue of the Silicon Valley Chemist newsletter. Title Pages LinkedIn for Chemists 1-2 Silicon Valley IP Forum 1, 3 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting 2 Are Ammonia Engines the Way of the Future? (video) 3 Upcoming Events 3 Judges Needed for Local Science Fairs in March 2024 4 Guest Speakers “Mr. & Mrs. Chocolate” at Prof. Zare’s Chemistry of Cooking Class 4 Call for Nominations Radding Award 5 Call for Nominations Ottenberg Award 5 New Members 5 Chemistry Quiz 5 Interested in Serving on an ACS National Committee? 6 P.I.E.F.E.S.T. Bay Area Pasifika STEM Fair 2024 6 Call for Nominations ACS Fellows Program 6 ACS On Campus: Top 10 Tips 7 ACS 2024 Public Policy Agenda 7 Interesting and Cool Science in the News 8-9 Headline Science Videos 9 Celebrating Women’s History Month (infographic) 10
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Title Page(s) Celebrating Black History Month 2024 1, 11 Mosher Award Ceremony 1-2 Judges Needed for Local 2024 Science Fairs 2 ACS National Spring Meeting 2024 Many Flavors of Chemistry 2 Upcoming Events 3 New Funding Landscape Report 4 Call for nominations Community College Teacher-Scholar Award 4 Can Science Beat Counterfeit Detector Pens? 4 Chemistry Quiz 4 CSA Trust Grant: Call for Applications 5 NSF – R&D Spending Report 5 EPA’s Computational Toxicology and Exposure Online Resources 6 Chemistry of Tea Book Stirs Controversy 6 New Members 6 New and Noteworthy: Free eBooks from the National Academies Press 7-8 Science Made Simple 8 Three New Green Chemistry Learning Modules Available for Free 9 Interesting and Cool Science in the News 9-10 Celebrating Black History Month 2024 continued 11 Chemistry of Roses (Infographic) 12
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Title Pages 2023 SVACS Harry & Carol Mosher Award 1-2 Judges Needed for Local Science Fairs 2 Upcoming Events 3 UpCycling Polymers Seminar 4 Pictures from National Chemistry Week 5 New Members 5 Chemistry Quiz 5 Roy Rocklin Science Building In Cupertino 6 Scifinder-n Available for ACS Premium Members 7 ACS Spring Meeting 2024 in New Orleans 7 2024 Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue 7 ACS Publications News on Diversity and Open Access 8 Apply for CAS Future Leaders Program 2024 8 Interesting and Cool Science in the News 9-10 ChemEd Xchange 10 Identify Trusted Publishers for Your Research 10 Antibiotic Resistance War (Video) 10 FAIR Chemistry Updates 11-12 A New Encyclopedia Explores Europe’s Smelly History 12 Evolving Research Fronts 12 Aroma of Coffee (Infographic) 13
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Table of Contents: Title Pages SVACS 2023 in Review 1-2 Chair’s Message 1-2 The 2023 SVACS Harry & Carol Mosher Award 3 Election Results for 2024 SVACS ExComm 3 Judges Needed for Local Science Fairs in 2024 4 Upcoming Events 4 Report: 2023 Bay Area Chemistry Symposium 5 New Members 6 Clarivate’s List of 2023 Highly Cited Researchers 6 PubChem 2023 Update 6 New LinkedIn Learning Benefit for ACS Premium Members 7 Apply for 2024 CAS Future Leaders Program 7 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Reports 7-8 SVACS Middle School Student Takes 1st Place in ACS NCW Poetry and Art Contest 8 SVACS BUBBLE Grant 2023 Winner 9 US National High School Olympiad: Key Dates 9 Silicon Valley ACS Section Launches Hub on the New ACS Network 9 2023 ACS Presidential Laboratory Safety Teams Summit 10 Free Digital Access to Illustrated Encyclopedia from 1860 10 Interesting & Cool Science in the News 11-12 Reaction Videos: Yule Log for Nerds and Vanadium Flow Batteries 12 Celebrating Scientists with Disabilities 12-13 Chemistry of Ginger and Gingerbread (infographic) 14
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