Kalamazoo Section of the
American Chemical Society
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Research Scientist with Local Roots Headlines Annual Bell’s Event with Inspirational Speech
The 12th Recycle-a-Poster annual KACS event took place on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at Bell’s Eccentric Café. This iconic Kalamazoo venue was once again filled with a broad spectrum of scientists from the Kalamazoo area representing both academia and industry; there were close to 80 attendees, 17 of whom presented posters.
This year’s keynote presentation was given by Carrie Graveel, Ph.D.
Chemistry Historian Presented “How Color Changed the World” at WMU
On Sept. 17, 2024, about 40 people attended Dr. Mary Virginia Orna’s seminar which was based on her popular book, “The Chemical History of Color” (Springer, 2013). When the Covid-19 pandemic affected everyone’s travel plans, including Orna’s, she focused on writing “March of the Pigments – Color History, Science and Impact” (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022). Dr. Orna, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Chemistry, College of New Rochelle, New York. Her academic specialties are in the areas of color chemistry and archaeological chemistry.
Chemistry Reference Books Available
A generous offer of Chemistry Reference Books available to anyone interested in having any or all of them in his/her library. (If interested please contact Lydia E M. Hines at lemhwgh@gmail.com and give your name along with reference to the list.)