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Entrepreneurial and Business Track Programming at #ACSSanDiego 2016

  Entrepreneurial & Business Track – Programming & Events Roadmap 251st ACS National Meeting, San Diego – Mar... by Jennifer Maclachlan

Celebrating a man, Edwin Land and his legacy, instant photography: Massachusetts' first National Historic Chemical Landmark

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Massachusetts' first National Historic Chemical Landmark dedication for Edwin Land and Instant Photography took place on August 13, 2015 at the MIT Museum in Cambridge for permanent installtion at the former Polaroid Laboratory, also in Cambridge, MA. This was a public event with opening remarks by both the Vice Mayor of Cambridge and the President of the ACS, Diane Grob Schmidt with many ACS members and Cambridge residents in attendance (150 total in attendance) including the majority of the ACS Board of Directors. A second event occurred the following day which was a private event for Polaroid retirees with 80 people attending. Two days later, the third event, an afternoon symposium at the ACS National Meeting for ACS members/attendees featuring former Polaroid employees sharing how their experience working at Polaroid contributed to their successful careers in the chemical enterprise. There were 65 people in attendance at this Sunday afternoon session. The forth event was a fe

STEM Journey III: Transportation-Land, Air, & Sea April 2, 2016

  STEM Journey III Keynote Speakers and Event Description by Dr. John " Jack" driscoll

Advances in Analytical Separations at ACS Philly 2016

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    Accepting abstracts for the ACS Fall National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA August 21-25 2016. Learn more here   Advances in Analytical Separations This symposium will explore a variety of chomatographic and other separation science techniques including LC, LC-MS, ​ HPLC, UHPLC,​ HPTLC, GC, MS, GC-MS, IC, ICP-MS, SFC, ​ CZE and other novel separations. Topics may be focused on  ​fundamental separations, detectors,​ application s​ and/or instrumentation. Organizer: Jennifer Maclachlan Submit your abstract here

ACS Division of Small Chemical Business meetings and lunches at the 2016 #ACSSanDiego

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SCHB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING SAN DIEGO: SCHB’s technical program will be in Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, which is adjacent to the San Diego Convention Center, and runs Sunday-Tuesday. The first SCHB event is the Executive Committee Meeting, Saturday March 12, 2016, 6:00-9:00 p.m., and is open and all are welcome to attend; if you have an item for the agenda, please contact Abhi Kantak at  secretary@acs-schb.org . Refreshments will be served, please RSVP at  https://t.co/brJc37NmOG SCHB BUSINESS MEETING SAN DIEGO: SCHB will also hold its 2016 Business Meeting on Monday, 12:00-1:00 p.m. and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP at    https://t.co/oC1unEjR4K . SCHB MONDAY/TUESDAY LUNCH RSVP LINKS: SCHB, with PROF, will host Speaker and Member Luncheons, no cost to you. After you RSVP, you will be notified of the room number: Monday 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., RSVP at   https://t.co/oC1unEjR4K Tuesday 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., RSVP at  https://t.co/SnsR1TDXHv

SCHB experience helps you meet the challenges of employment in the chemical sciences sector

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SYMPOSIUM NAME: My Comments to the President's Task Force on Employment- Poster PROGRAM AREA NAME: PRES TITLE: SCHB experience helps you meet the challenges of employment in the chemical sciences sector AUTHORS (FIRST NAME, LAST NAME): Jennifer L. Maclachlan 1 , Anis Rahman 1 , Joseph E. Sabol 1 , Mukund Chorghade 1 INSTITUTIONS (ALL): 1. ACS Division of Small Chemical Businesses , Harrisburg, PA, United States. PRESENTER : Jennifer Maclachlan | Anis Rahman | Joseph Sabol | Mukund Chorghade ABSTRACT BODY: Abstract: The mission of the ACS Division of Small Chemical Businesses is to aid in the formation, development and growth of small chemical businesses. We do this by continuously providing relevant programming and networking events at ACS national, regional and often local section meetings, for attendees who currently own and operate their own small chemical businesses, those who are considering entrepreneurship and those employed by a small chemical busin