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Message to members in light of Covid-19 Letter to members from Section Chair Marcie Merritt Current newsletter The winner of the 2019 Linus Pauling Medal was Prof. Catherine Murphy of the University of Illinois. The award symposium was held Saturday October 26 at Oregon State University. As of 2018, the Portland Section has been awarding student scholarships for 50 years! Read the history of our scholarships, and what some of the awardees have done since graduating. The Portland Section again won an ACS ChemLuminary Award at the Fall 2019 meetings in San Diego. See our winning poster.

Calendar of Events   Please note that the scheduled events are tentative pending resolution of the Covid-19 issues

Videos of past events 9 April 2020: ACS local section meeting (CANCELLED) 10 April 2020: Northwest Science Exposition. NOTE: this is now a Virtual Fair. Judges needed! 22 April 2020: 50 Years of Earth Day 14 May 2020: ACS local section meeting. Speaker: Prof. Miriam Bowring of Reed College; plus recognition of 50-70 year ACS members and poster session with NWSE winners 20 June 2020: Oregon Science Startup Forum 28 June - 1 July 2020: ACS NORM meeting at Western Washington University, hosted by the Puget Sound section 10 September 2020: ACS local section meeting (details forthcoming) with recognition of 25-40 year ACS members 8 October 2020: ACS local section meeting (details forthcoming) 17,18 and 24,25 October 2020: National Chemistry Week: "Sticking with Chemistry" 25 October 2020: Portland Section Undergraduate Poster Symposium and Career Fair at Portland State University 12 November 2020: ACS local section meeting with poster presentations by SEED students 10 December 2020: ACS local meeting

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