American Chemical Society, Portland Local Section

"If you want to have a great idea, have lots of ideas" -- Linus Pauling

News and Announcements

Current newsletter
Dinner reservations for the next ACS Portland section meeting may be made online or by calling 503-912-4360
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.
Hazards of anhydrous ammonia by Warren Ford
The Portland Section will be hosting NORM 2019 (the Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society) June 16-19, 2019
Geraldine Richmond of the University of Oregon won the 2018 Linus Pauling Medal. The award symposium was held November 17 at the Bothell campus of the University of Washington.

Calendar of Events

14 February 2019: ACS Meeting at Reed College: David Stuart, PSU, "Opportunities for Chemical Synthesis with Hypervalent Iodine"
21 March 2019: ACS Meeting at Reed College: Jeremy Sackett, Cascadia Labs, "Cannabis Testing"
11 April 2019: ACS Meeting at Reed College: David Ji, OSU, "Energy Storage"; student scholarship awards
20 April 2019: Oregon Science Startup Forum
9 May 2019: ACS Meeting at Reed College: TBD
16-19 June 2019: NORM 2019

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To contact the Section, send email to chair.acs.pdx@gmail.com or call 503-912-4360