ACS-Savannah River hosted the 2nd Science Cafe held at the Cafe Scientifique in downtown Aiken. Guest speaker, Jim Cadieux, gave an incredible talk about the history and making of the field we know as Radiochemistry and nuclear industry ("Adventures of Radiochemistry")...

ACS-SR Adopt-A-Highway Clean-Up (3 of 4)

On August 25, 2018, members and non-members of the ACS-SR gathered for a third time this year to participate in the “ACS-SR Adopt-A-Highway Clean-Up” event, clearing trash along Whiskey Rd. in Aiken, SC.  As expected for late Aug...

ACS-Savannah River local section was a nominee for a CheLuminary award this year. A poster was displayed and winners announced at the Boston ACS Meeting! We were amongst many other great sections and able to take home a win!Congratulations to all!

ChemLuminary awards pr...

On June 02, 2018, members and non-members of the ACS-SR gathered on the warm and sunny Saturday morning for the second, of four, annual “ACS-SR Adopt-A-Highway Clean-Up” event of 2018, clearing trash along Whiskey Rd. in Aiken, South Carolina. 

The weather pro...

On Tuesday, May 15th at the Willcox, the newly appointed Executive Vice President and Director of the Savannah River National Laboratory, Dr. Vahid Majidi discussed the Future Plans for Programs and Activities at SRNL. The audience comprised of 33 guests from a variety...

A Night at the Park: Greenjackets Baseball Game at the new SRP Park

On May 10, 2018, a joint event with the Central Savannah River Section of the AIChE and the ACS-SR was held at the newly constructed SRP Park in North Augusta, SC to watch some minor league baseball; Au...

The ACS-SR recognized YCC Co-Chair, Thanh-Tam Truong, for receiving the American Chemical Society 2018 Local Section Outreach Volunteer of the Year award for Savannah River.

Dr. Truong has demonstrated superb and exemplary efforts from which the Central Savannah River A...

YCC represented ACS at Earth Day Aiken with the theme Dive into Marine Chemistry.

Visitors of all ages stopped at the booth to answer ocean trivia questions, learn about the buoyancy of objects in salt water compared to fresh water, wear blubber gloves to learn how whal...

SRLS Strategic Planning Retreat- Update

The Strategic Planning Retreat (SPR) team worked together at the retreat in February to developed seven specific strategies for our three goals that can started in the next 6 months to help the ACS-SR Section achieve its goals.  W...

March 22, 2018, the Girls Scouts of Historic Georgia in Augusta, GA earned thir STEM badge with help from the.

A theft victim asked the Girl Scouts to identify the burglar out of three suspects using evidence from the scene of the crime.

The girls were given envelops wit...