2022 - 2023 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, Ron Supkowski (at ronaldsupkowski@kings.edu), to request a section newsletter (August through April) via email.

14 September 2022 - Bucknell University: September meeting postponed to Feberuary 15 due to COVID issues

  1. 19 October 2022 - 7:00 pm at Wilkes University Third Wednesday in October : The Henry J. and Linda C. Pownall Lecture will feature Dr. David Yaron, Professor of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University, who will present a talk titled "Using Machine Learning to Improve Quantum Chemistry and to Advance Student Learning " The lecture will be preceeded by a reception and dinner at 5:00. Get details.

  2. 9 November 2022 - 7:00 pm at Lycoming College: The meeting will feature Kelley Caflin, Ph. D, from the US Army's Explosives Research Branch. The title of the evening's talk will be "Principal Components Analysis for Green Process Development." The lecture will be preceded by a dinner at 5:00. Get details.

  3. January 2023 - [Executive Board Meeting]

    8 February 2023 - Marywood University This meeting has been cancelled.

  4. 15 February 2023 - Bucknell University: The meeting will feature a presentation by our invited speaker and will be preceded by a social hour and dinner at 6:00. The guest speaker will be Miriam Freedman, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Associate Department Head for Climate and Diversity at Penn State University, who will present a talk titled "Phase transitions, ice nucleation, and acidity of atmospheric aerosol particles." Get details.

  5. 8 March 2023 - Susquehanna University This meeting has been cancelled.

  6. 12 April 2023 - King's College : The meeting will feature a presentation by our invited speaker and will be preceded by dinner. The guest speaker will be Monica McCallum, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and the title of the evening's talk will be "Making Molecules from Microbes." Get details.

  7. Tuesday 2 May 2023 - [Annual Awards Banquet] at the Pine Barn Inn in Danville: 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 ceremony will begin at 5:30 PM and the guest speaker will be Dr. Matthew Polinski of the Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry, Engineering and Physics at Commonwealth University, Bloomsburg who will present a talk titled "Squaring Up the f-Block." Please email or call Dr. Daniel McCurry at 570.389.5320 for reservations. Get details and the banquet's program.




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

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