At the Fall 2019 ACS National Meeting and Exposition, the Women Chemists Committee sponsored our “Just Cocktails” networking event at the Hilton San Diego, Bayfront. The gathering gave women chemists the space to make connections and renew acquaintances, but also to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the WCC/Eli Lilly Travel
On Sunday, August, 25th, the ACS Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Board hosted its “Diversity Reception” in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel. This reception offers the opportunity for conferees who value diversity to meet up and network. The reception often draws many current and former committee
top row l-r: Amy Solinski, Sophia Robinson, Agnes Thorarinsdottir, Summer Dockrey; bottom row l-r: Gozde Demirer, Jaqueline Carozza, Van Tran, Tiffany Chen The fourth annual WCC Merck Research Award Symposium was held on Sunday August 25, 2019. The symposium highlights outstanding research work of 3rd and 4th-year graduate students. The
During the Fall ACS National Meeting in San Diego, the WCC Women in the Chemical Enterprise Breakfast was held early Tuesday morning, August 26, 2019. This event brought together over 50 women and men from across the chemical enterprise, including undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, and chemists working in academia,
The Fall 2019 WCC luncheon took place at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront with over hundred people in attendance. The keynote headliner for the luncheon was Dr. Frances Arnold, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The room buzzed with excitement as attendees filed in to find their seats
Kathleen Lugo Charriez is the 2019 Overcoming Challenges Award recipient. Kathleen, originally from Puerto Rico, moved to the continental United States in 2016 due to medical issues. As an exchange student, she attended Florida International University(FIU), commuting five hours a day to attend classes. Later that same year, Kathleen’s mom
Greetings from the Women Chemists Committee! Welcome to the first of our new blog entries on our brand new website. Some of you who are involved with other American Chemical Society (ACS) units, may know that the older websites hosted on the Webs platform are no longer being supported. So
English