The theme of the New Orleans 245th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, April 7 – 11, 2013, is the Chemistry of Food & Energy.  In sync with the food part of the theme, the “Communicating Chemistry: Cajun Cooking (C4)” event on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 will

Registration and housing for the 245th ACS National Meeting is now open. For more information about the meeting and to register, go to www.acs.org/neworleans2013.

Responding to the demands of ACS Members, partners and Chinese-speaking friends, we are proud to present the new ACS Chinese microsite.  The microsite offers information about ACS

• Programs
• Products and
• Services

in the Chinese language.

We hope to provide bette

As part of the NCW 2012 celebration, students from grades K-12 were invited to share their interpretation of this year's theme, “Nanotechnology: The Smallest BIG Idea in Science!”, in the form of illustrated poems.

You can see the full list of awardees onl

The schedule for November and December's ACS Webinars are now available!

ACS Webinars for October 2012 are now available.

Congratulations to all 2012 ChemLuminary award finalists and winners!  You can now watch edited videos of the ceremony.

Pacifichem 2015 (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA December 15 - 20, 2015) may seem a long way away, but the Call for Symposium Proposals is right around the corner: January 1 – April 1, 2013.  ACS Technical Division members are encouraged to work with their division

It's time to get excited and get involved with National Chemistry Week (NCW), October 21-27, 2012!   NCW is the annual event that unites ACS Local Sections, businesses, schools, and individuals in communicating to their communities the importance of chemi

The application deadline for the WCC/Eli Lilly Travel Grant is coming up fast!  Don’t miss this opportunity to receive up to $1000 to present at an ACS meeting between January 1 and June 30, 2012.  If you travel to the ACS National Meeting you will be amo

Just in Time for Back to School!

The New ACS Guidelines and Recommendations for Teaching High School Chemistry

Featuring strategies and considerations for teaching high school chemistry in the 21st century to all students, the new ACS Guidelines and Recomme

You can find photos of the 2012 ChemLuminary Awards on our flickr site.  Recognize anyone you know?

ACS Webinars for September 2012 is now available.

The Committee on Community Activities has been busy getting ready for the Philly National Meeting as well as National Chemistry Week!  In fact, I’m excited to report this year will be NCW’s 25th anniversary and in recognition of this milestone, there will

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