Current Year Meetings

2026 - 2027 Schedule

SVS meetings are typically held in the evening on the second Wednesday of the month at rotating locations around the section. Any meeting that is moved from this standard date is indicated in red. Information is added and edited monthly, so check the site often!

Please send an email to our Local Section secretary to request a section newsletter (August through May) via email.

  1. September 2026 - Bucknell University

  2. October 2026 - Wilkes University

  3. November 2026 - Lycoming College

January 2027 - [Executive Board Meeting]

  1. February 2027 - TBD

  2. March 2027 - TBD

  3. April 2027 - TBD

  4. May 2027 - Annual Awards Banquet With the presentation of various local section awards, the Annual Awards Banquet recognizes both aspiring and accomplished chemistry professionals in the area who have helped to promote chemistry, the chemical professions, and the section. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will also feature our guest speaker Dr. Jeanne Berk, a scientist and educator at Cedar Crest College, who will deliver a lecture entitled "The Chemistry of Cheese".


Previous Meetings




Our Academic Partners

Bloomsburg University Bucknell University King's College Lycoming College Marywood University Misericordia University Penn State Hazleton Penn State Scranton Penn State Wilkes-Barre Susquehanna University University of Scranton Wilkes University

About

The Susquehanna Valley Section of the American Chemical Society began in 1958 and serves eight counties in PA:

Lycoming
Union
Snyder
Northumberland
Montour
Columbia
Luzerne
Lacawanna
 
The section provides services for the chemistry professionals, undergraduate chemistry students, and high school students of the area.

Contact

If you need more information or would like to submit information, E-mail our Local Section Webmaster at webmaster@svs-acs.org or the National ACS Webmaster.

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