Meeting/Event Information
Past Meetings
Marie Curie Live! + Undergrad Symposium + Holiday Party
December 15, 2017
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
North Central College, Wentz Science Center
131 S. Loomis Street
Naperville, IL 60540
https://www.northcentralcollege.edu
Live Reenactment, Holiday Party, Iota Sigma Pi Raffle, Door Prizes, Food and Toy Drive, Three Remote Streaming Sites, Daytime Undergraduate Research Symposium... "Hardships are but part of the life experience. They are there to test our mettle, our resolv
2017 Undergraduate Research Symposium
December 15, 2017
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
North Central College, Wentz Science Center
131 S. Loomis Street
Naperville, IL 60540
https://www.northcentralcollege.edu
POSTERS, KEYNOTE TALKS, CAREER FAIR: On Friday, December 15, the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society (Chicago ACS) will host a one-day symposium on Chemistry Careers and the Future of Chemistry. The symposium is intended to attract college un
"Honey Bees as Chemists" - Prof. May Berenbaum, UIUC Entomologist
November 17, 2017
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
College of DuPage - Health and Sciences Building
425 Fawell Blvd
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
http://www.cod.edu/about/maps_and_directions/regional_map.aspx
(NOTE: LECTURE=7:00) For decades, nutritionists and bee scientists have dismissed honey as little more than sugar water. It's now clear, however, that honey contains a broad diversity of phytochemicals that vary with the nectar sources utilized by the bee
$tart $mart - Workshop for Women
November 11, 2017
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Loyola University - Cuneo Hall
6430 N. Kenmore Ave., Room 103
Chicago, IL 606600
http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/
$tart $mart is a three-hour workshop that provides women with the knowledge and skills for negotiating salaries and benefits in order to receive fair and realistic compensation as they approach the job market.
2017 Basolo Award Lecture and Reception - Anthony K. Cheetham, "Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites"
October 27, 2017
4:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Technological Institute, Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208
http://www.chemistry.northwestern.edu/
Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites
EDUCATION NIGHT: Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, "Introducing Solar Energy Science in Classrooms"
September 15, 2017
5:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Roosevelt University - Schaumburg
1400 N Roosevelt Rd
Schaumburg,, IL 60173
https://www.roosevelt.edu/campuses/schaumburg
TEACHER WORKSHOP WITH SOLAR CELL KITS, POSTER SESSION, TALK, and DINNER
Prof. Stuart Rowan: "Using Dynamic Chemistry to Access Stimuli-Responsive and Adaptive Materials". PLUS Distinguished Service Award, 50- and 60-year Member Recognition
June 16, 2017
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Loyola University - Chemistry Department (Life Science Building)
1050 West Sheridan Road (Room 142)
Chicago, IL 60660
http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/
A 3-fold event! Prof. Rowan will discuss molecular engineering, Avom Litin will receive the Distinguished Service Award, and our 50- and 60-year members will be recognized.
2017 Gibbs Awardee, Judith Klinman "C-H activation, quantum tunneling, and new ways of looking at enzyme catalysis"
May 19, 2017
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Meridian Banquets
1701 Algonquin Rd
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
http://www.meridianbanquets.com
Our ability to understand and design potent catalysts lies squarely at the interface of biology and chemistry. In particular, the enormous rate accelerations of enzyme catalyzed reactions make them ideal subjects for advancing this topic. Yet, despite ove
Priestley Medalist Tobin Marks, "How Do We Design Organic and Inorganic Materials for Flexible, Transparent Electronic Circuitry?"
April 21, 2017
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Loyola University - Chemistry Department (Flanner Hall)
1068 West Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60660
http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/
This lecture focuses on the challenging design, realization, and implementation of new materials families for creating unconventional electronic circuitry. Fabrication methodologies to achieve these goals include high-throughput, large-area, high-resoluti
Jennifer Walling, “Environmental Policy and Advocacy”
March 17, 2017
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Benedictine University - Goodwin Hall of Business
5700 College Rd
Lisle, IL, IL 60532
PUBLIC AFFAIRS LECTURE: Recent environmental policy passed by the state legislature and currently under consideration will be reviewed. The presentation will include best practices to communicate environmental messages and information to legislators. The
Prof. Richard B. Silverman (Northwestern U.): "Drug Discovery: Ingenuity or Serendipity?"
February 17, 2017
5:00 PM - 9:30 PM
University of Illinois at Chicago, Mol. Biol. Res. Bldg.
901 S. Marshfield Ave. (Formal address 900 S. Ashland)
Chicago, IL 60607
Drug discovery is a long, challenging process, which is more often than not unsuccessful. How do medicinal chemists discover new drugs? Why are they so expensive? This lecture will describe some approaches taken to discover drugs, including an example fro
Prof. John Rogers, "Materials for Biodegradable Electronics"; Joint with AIChE
January 20, 2017
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Roosevelt University - Schaumburg
1400 N Roosevelt Rd
Schaumburg,, IL 60173
https://www.roosevelt.edu/campuses/schaumburg
Please join us for our annual get-together with the chemical engineers of Chicago's Section of AIChE. Our featured speaker is Prof. John A. Rogers. NEW: STREAMING LOCATIONS UIC, NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE
