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The Entrepreneur Award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who have created a commercially viable business within the chemical enterprise. Nominations for the 2021 Entrepreneur Award are open through September 27, 2021. Award recipient will be announced October11, 2021. Recipients of the Entrepreneur award demonstrated passion, persistence and hard work by creating something where nothing existed before or improved on an existing product
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This award recognizes significant volunteer efforts of individuals who have served the Rochester Local Section of the American Chemical Society, contributing to the Vision and Mission of the Society through their Local Activities. Nominations for this award are open until September 10, 2021. Please send all forms to Maryann Mendel at mmendel70@aol.com. Rules of Eligibility: A nominee must be: a member of the
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We now have a page dedicated to resources intended for K-12 science instructors. The page is found under the Rochester YCC tab. Topics include chemistry, physics, biology, and general science concepts. If you have any resources for instructors that you think we should include, feel free to contact us with the form at the bottom of the resources page.
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The Annual Rochester Collegiate Research Symposium sponsored by the Rochester Section of the American Chemical Society took place virtually on Saturday, April 24th from 9 AM-1:15 PM. The keynote speaker was Dr. Sam Pazicni, University of Wisconsin-Madison, who presented, “Graduate School Reality Check: Knowing When to Go and How to get there.” His talk was very informative and very current
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The Rochester Section recently received a Diversity, Inclusion, and Respect grant from National ACS. On Thursday, March 11, at 6 PM, the Section will present its first “Better Together: Improving Diversity in the Rochester Section” seminar. The featured speaker will be Dr. Tommie Royster, Founder and CEO of R-Display & Lighting, a company that designs and develops advanced Organic Light Emitting Diode materials for the OLED device
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Thank you to everyone who came to our trivia night on February 11th, 2021. We had participants from University of Rochester, SUNY Brockport, Monroe Community College, and from out of state. Our winners were Brittney, Michael, and Nate. Congratulations and we will see you at the next event!
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The 2021 Rochester ACS Section Annual Meeting took place virtually on Wednesday, February 24, at 7 PM. A brief summary of last year events was covered. A preview of current and future plans was offered including NERM2022 and the need for volunteers. Richard Cobb, our councilor to ACS, updated us on the current happenings and directions at ACS. Sarina Bellows transferred
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Nominations are now being accepted for the Rochester ACS Section’s “Covid-19 Modified” Travel Grant Program. Because the 2021 ACS Spring National Meeting is being held virtually, the Section is offering grants in the amount of the registration fee to undergraduate students who will present their research at an ACS sponsored conference. Student registrations for the Spring National Meeting are $29. Meeting
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A message on behalf of our Councilor, Richard Cobb: 2020 comes to a close, and it is assured that this is a year within the ACS, as well as everywhere we will never forget. As we enter 2021, it appears that many of the new concepts will continue. The January ACS Leadership Institute will be virtual, as will the Spring
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2020 High School Chemistry Teacher of the Year–Donna Himmelberg-left with Julie Marshal and Beth Burns, (Fairport High School) Join us to celebrate the achievements of the Rochester ACS Section members and friends! To attend the Recognition Event via Zoom, CLICK HERE on Tuesday evening shortly before 7:00PM EST. Zoom Meeting ID: 845 6668 2810Passcode: 663675Phone-in options are also available. If you would like
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