Stephanie Benight, PhD And just like that, it’s May! I hope everyone is enjoying Spring, whether it be the warmer weather, gardening, wildflowers, spring cleaning and organizing or all of the above. We’re continuing with our virtual programming. This month we have an Read more
Hello Silicon Valley Section of the ACS! I’m thrilled to be back from leave to serve as your Chair after welcoming a brand-new chemist-to-be into the world. We have hosted some great virtual events to kick off the year, and Read more
Hello Fellow Chemists, Welcome to March Madness. Just like the basketball tournaments, March is a very busy month for the ACS and the Silicon Valley section. The big event of the month is of course the ACS Spring National meeting Read more
Hello Fellow Chemists, I am writing as Acting Chair while Stephanie Benight is enjoying time with her new baby. Our by-laws dictate that under these circumstances the Chair Elect serves as Acting Chair. So I will be supporting the section Read more
Happy New Year! I’m thrilled to be serving as your Chair for the upcoming year and look forward to the many exciting events we have in the works for 2022. I hope everyone’s holidays were merry and filled with time Read more
Farewell with Appreciation, Pride, Humility and Gratitude At the end of this month, I will step down as the chair of this section, so this is my last “Chair’s message”. After sitting down to write this column eleven times over Read more
Happy November! This is my favorite time of year…perhaps my cheerfulness has something to do with a much-needed procession of rain showers, cooler temperatures, a promise of more time with family and friends, and memorable holidays! So much has happened Read more
As I write this (mid-September), we have been back in school now for four weeks and are fortunate that our students have been present in person and there have been very few setbacks. Everyone is masking and we have already Read more
As I sit down to write this message, the school year has sprung again! If you are a parent of a kid under the age of twelve like me, you are probably dealing with the stressful dilemma of unvaccinated children Read more
It’s hard to believe that it is already August. The summer is rushing by as it so often does. We had the SVACS annual picnic in-person on 17 July 2021. The weather was perfect, the venue was beautiful, the wines, Read more
