Please join KACS in recognizing outstanding high school, Kalamazoo College, and Western Michigan University students as well as 50 and 60 year ACS members for there achievements. Register in advance for this ZOOM meeting here.
Dr. Luis M. Campos Associate Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University will present "Organic Materials Design for Next-Generation Energy Systems" will be presented at Dalton Theatre, Light Fine Arts Building on the Kalamazoo College campus at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 5, 2022 with a reception following at 8 pm. See the event flyer here Kalamazoo College requires non-campus attendees to provide proof of vaccination, including booster(s), if eligible. Proof of vaccination will be required at the door. See event flyer for more information.
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The Huron Valley Local Section is hosting the Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society June 7-10, 2022. This four day event will take place at Eastern Michigan University's Student Center.
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The ACS Division of Chemical Education’s Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE 2022) will be held at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Visit the conference website for complete conference details, or email bcce2022@gmail.com with questions.
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https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/acs-meetings/abstract-submission/call-for-abstracts.html
Kalamazoo College Dalton Fine Arts lobby (see article on page 4 of August newsletter)
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This will be a ZOOM event, register at this link.
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 ...