On May 23, the Omaha Section’s Women Chemists Committee held its first social event at Corkscrew Wine & Cheese bar. Participants discussed their interest in growing the network of women chemists of the Greater Omaha area, and plans for leadership development and future events. If you are interested in participating in future activities organized by … Read more
Members of the ACS Omaha Section Joel Destino and Erin Gross, and Creighton Chemistry Club students volunteered on Saturday, April 27 at the Nebraska SciFest Science Expo to promote Chemists Celebrate Earth Week. The theme of the demonstrations at the booth was “Get a Charge out of Chemistry”; it included information and activities involving batteries … Read more
On Monday, April 1, 2024 the Omaha Section’s Women Chemists Committee was thrilled to partner with NASA Nebraska and the University of Nebraska at Omaha Chemistry Department to host Dr. Leyte Winfield of Spelman College who presented Culturally Relevant Pedagogies and Fostering Agency in the Chemistry Classroom. Dr. Winfield is an ACS Fellow and has … Read more
Continuing a multi-year tradition, the Omaha Section of ACS supported this year’s Metro Science and Engineering Fair. This year, MSEF had a total of 175 presentations, with 44 chemistry-related projects: 8 in senior division and 36 in junior division. The winners were: Junior division: 1st place – Breathe Green by Carson Thorberg, 2nd place – … Read more
Congrats to Joel Destino, the 2022 #ACSVoty recipient for the Omaha ACS Local Section. Learn more about Joel’s outreach efforts to bring #chemistry to the community at www.acs.org/voty
Event I: Outreach Event at Strategic air command and Aerospace Museum Join the Omaha section of American Chemical Society April 16th 2022 at Strategic air command and Aerospace Museum. Stop by the booths are organized and administered by the local section members. Fun activities and demonstration have been planned for the everyone!!!!! Goodie bags and … Read more
The Section is delighted to present the inaugural Distinguished Career in Chemistry Award to Jonathan Vennerstrom, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, “for his outstanding contributions to the development of chemical science, and lifelong service to chemistry for the betterment of the society”. The award was … Read more
The reception celebrating the Omaha Local Section’s 100 years anniversary held place yesterday at the Taxi’s Bar and Grill. Although our Section was founded in 1920, we were not able to celebrate our Centennial until recently. We are very excited that many Members were able to join us, and certainly missed who were not. The … Read more
On behalf of all the Members of the Omaha Local Section, we would like to congratulate Dr. Edward Roche on achieving an impressive milestone of 60 years of service, and Mr. Ronald Crampton for 50 years of service! We are proud to have you in our Section, and thank you for many decades of dedication … Read more
The ACS Omaha Local Section is excited to welcome our new and returning members: Justin Boerma Grace Boganowski Randy Bourdess Abbey Brockhouse Katie Cunningham Adrian Draney Lucas Dunshee Karoline Ford Carly Isder Thiago Mattos Caroline Ng Welcome on board, dear colleagues! We hope that you enjoy being part of our Section, and look forward to … Read more