By Stephen Boyer, PhD KNIME is an open-source, free, and powerful platform for data integration, analytics, and reporting. In the “old days”, familiarity with tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word was considered essential for professional success across disciplines. Going Read more
Deadline: May 30, 2021 The Abraham Ottenberg Service Award was established in 1973 by the Silicon Valley Section to recognize members who have rendered outstanding service to the Section. It is named after Abraham Ottenberg, a former member who devoted Read more
Deadline: May 1, 2021 This award was established in 1994 by our Section of ACS to recognize demonstrated, dedicated, unselfish leadership, service and significant contributions, over a sustained period of time, to industrial, academic, or applied chemistry and to the Read more
The Silicon Valley ACS is piloting a mentoring program for prospective chemistry transfer students! The main objective of the Paving the Path (PTP) program is to help students from underrepresented groups in STEM transition from community colleges to 4-year institutions. Read more
A few days ago, I was scrolling through some social media posts and came across a post by Priya Amin, a mother and the CEO of Flexable. She shared her thoughts on the importance of taking a break from work Read more
Have you noticed how many kinds of periodic tables have sprung up these days? There is a periodic table format for practically everything! All you have to do is search for the term “Periodic table of <insert term of your Read more
Showcase your research during ACS Spring 2021 by submitting an abstract for oral and poster presentations by January 19, 2021. ACS Spring 2021 will be held virtually April 5-16, with a meeting theme of Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century. The Read more
By Greg Braggin and Natalie McClure The Silicon Valley ACS Book Club will meet on Zoom in January to discuss The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. All are welcome to join the SVACS Book Club! Use our Read more
By Jigisha Shah “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it Read more
Each month, the section receives a spreadsheet from national ACS with the names of members new to our section. The members are either new to ACS, have transferred in from other areas, or are the newest members — students. To Read more
