The Northeastern University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (NUSAACS) has made huge strides to emphasize green chemistry in all aspects of our chapter, specifically since Northeastern signed onto The Green Chemistry Initiative. We host speaker series that include guests from all areas of chemistry, which our members attend on a weekly basis. In recent years, green chemistry has become a more prevalent factor in who we invite to speak, the demos that we hold, and the discussions that provoke our students to consider the impact that the initiative can have. More recently, NUSAACS began hosting a Journal Club, where papers are dissected for the purpose of finding greener approaches to perform equivalent chemistry, providing professional development to our members. NUSAACS also notes the importance of sharing knowledge of green chemistry with other local student chapters of ACS, and for this reason, we host annual events with our fellow Boston schools that focus on the initiative and facilitate networking and collaboration. Lastly, we bring green chemistry into our community service on our campus and in the greater Boston area to generate awareness through informative demonstrations, displays, and presentations. NUSAACS feels that an integral part of emphasizing green chemistry is distinguishing the actual initiative from general sustainability practices, which were illustrated on our soon to be published article in the ACS Green Chemistry Institute’s Nexus Newsletter. The purpose of this poster is to detail the initiatives and efforts NUSAACS has made to increase green chemistry engagement among our members, other student chapters, our campus, and our community.

Northeastern University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society: Efforts in embracing and emphasizing the importance of green chemistry

251st National Meeting (2016)

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