Silicon Valley ACS Wins Two ChemLuminary Awards

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Outstanding Regional Meeting — Innovative Programming (Sponsored by ACS Committee on Meetings & Expositions).  This award recognizes outstanding performance in organizing and hosting a regional meeting.  Winner: Western Regional Meeting (WRM 2025) which was co-organized and hosted by the Silicon Valley and California Sections in October, 2025.

Best New Senior Chemists Activity within a Local Section (Sponsored by ACS Committee on Senior Chemists). This award recognizes local sections for their efforts to increase the participation of senior members and to encourage innovative activities at the local level.  Winner: California and Silicon Valley Sections.

Silicon Valley and California Sections Receive a ChemLuminary Award.
ChemLuminary Poster Hostesses with the Mostesses

Eefei Chen created two posters for the Silicon Valley Section to display at the ChemLuminary Awards

ChemLuminary Award poster created by Eefei Chen about the Western Regional Meeting
ChemLuminary poster created by Eefei Chen to represent our nomination as a section with an outstanding performance

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