Dr. James Bour, chemistry professor at Wayne State University, will deliver a seminar in person at Kalamazoo College on Thursday, October 13, at 6 p.m. in Dewing Hall, room 103. This seminar is jointly sponsored by KACS and the Kalamazoo College Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Questions may be directed to edwardwthomas@gmail.com or Blakely.Tresca@kzoo.edu. Title: Understanding Relationships Between Defectivity and Microporosity in Organic Polymers Abstract: This presentation describes efforts to understand structural features critical for high surface areas in porous organic polymers. Using a network disassembly approach, we show that porosity is highly sensitive to dangling end defects. The implications ...

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The Kalamazoo Valley Museum and the Kalamazoo Section of the American Chemical Society invite you to attend the event “Fabulous Fibers: The Chemistry of Fabrics!”, which is the 2022 theme of our National Chemistry Week outreach. Visitors of all ages will enjoy chemistry experiments related to fibers, as well as other favorites. After a two-year hiatus, the 36th annual event will take place in person on Saturday, October 15, from noon to 4 p.m. at the museum; it is FREE to attendees. Discover how chemistry can tell us more about fibers using fire in Great Balls of Fire! Use the ...

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Deadline to submit an abstract for the Spring 2023 National ACS meeting in Indianapolis, IN, March 26-30; the theme is “Crossroads of Chemistry,” and it will be in hybrid format (visit acs.org/meetings for further details).

contact chair@kalamazooacs.org for information and an invitation

contact chair@kalamazooacs.org for information and an invitation

Our keynote speaker will be Mark E. Jones, Ph.D. Mark retired in March 2021 as Executive External Strategy and Communications Fellow for Dow Chemical, having spent a decade on the CTO’s staff. As an active contributor to the American Chemical Society he has served as chair of the Midland Local Section, writes for Industry Matters, hosts webinars and currently serves on the Committee on Public Relations and Communications and the National Historic Chemical Landmarks subcommittee. All scientists interested in presenting a poster, please send your abstracts to symposium@kalamazooacs.org along with the poster title, the author list with the presenter underlined ...

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contact chair@kalamazooacs.org for information and an invitation

contact chair@kalamazooacs.org for information and an invitation

contact chair@kalamazooacs.org for information and an invitation

Wednesday, February 22, from 2:45 to 4:10 p.m. EST. There will also be a room provided at Kalamazoo College where students and KACS members may enjoy the ZOOM presentation in a more social atmosphere. The live viewing will be in Room 229 of the Dow Science Building. Dr. Giordan’s talk is entitled, “ACS and YOU! The Power of Connections for Personal and Professional Growth!” For those interested in attending by ZOOM please contact Ed Thomas at edwardwthomas@gmail.com For those interested in participating at the Kalamazoo College location please contact Dr. Blakely Tresca at Blakely.Tresca@kzoo.edu.

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Indianapolis, INTheme: “Crossroads of Chemistry”