The UC Berkeley ACS Chapter has started four major initiatives this year: Berkeley Chemical Review (BCR) undergraduate research journal, Undergradute Chemical Tutoring Program (UCTP), outreach in collaboration with student-run non-profit See Your Future (SYF), and student-taught course (CUIR) in the opportunities in industry and academia for the chemical sciences.The BCR journal accepted over 40 submissions from undergradutes for its first issue, and was edited by a panel of 18 gradaute students and 12 faculty at UC Berkeley. It featured the breadth of chemical research from nanocrsytals to battery chemistry to polymers science. Also the BCR crew hosted a research journal symposium with the College of Chemistry and handed out cash prizes to the best submissions.The UCTP program provided chemistry tutoring by upper-classmen in lower-division chemistry classes to over 600 students in 2012. Tutors were assigned to labs, held drop-in sessions, and/or hosted midterm and final exam reviews.Outreach to various Bay area schools were done in collaboration with the SYF nonprofit. ACS student members worked with SYF volunteers to develop new demonstration and lab curriculum for K-12 in areas of green chemistry and sustainability, and perfomed those demos and labs at schools. Also, the chapter partnered with BESSA (Black Engineering and Science Student Association) for on campus high-school science recrutiment events.The CUIR course was student led by four ACS officers and included guest speakers and field trips. Field trips were taken to UC San Francisco and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs. Guest speakers from local industry incldued Dow Chemical, Amyris, Peppertree Engineering, San Francisco Surgery, Kilpatrick Law and others. Speakers from academia included Prof. Jeffrey Reimer (Dept. of Chemical Engineering), Prof. Terry Johnson (Dept. of Bioengineering), Dr. Ron Zuckerman (LBNL), among others.

UC Berkeley ACS chapter this year: Research, tutoring, outreach, and student-led class

244th National Meeting (2012)

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