The American Chemical Society (ACS) Student Chapter of the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla has been a dynamic organization that uses the transformative power of chemistry to impact the local community. Our history begins in 2003 with the visionary though of one of our chemistry professors and founder advisor, Dr. Carlos R. Ruiz-Martínez (RIP), who creates the chapter to develop excellent student leaders. Since the beginning, our chapter has been unique because: “we are biologists that love chemistry”. Now we stand out as one of the most numerous ACS student chapters in Puerto Rico. This allows us to create different committees focusing on the development of a professional and philanthropic membership. Our most distinctive activity is “Universitarios Por un Día”; where our members have a direct interaction with pediatric cancer patients. One of our philanthropic activities consists of helping people with necessities by distributing fresh and ready-to-eat homemade food, clothes and first aid essentials. No matter the challenges throughout the years, we have been determined to serve with passion, help with kindness and educate wisely about the great things that can be achieved through Chemistry. Each year we innovate and refresh our legacy by motivating more students and making our “ACS Family” bigger. All of this can be done by our common love for science. With the help of all our advisors, professors, past and present members we made our 15 years of history a real and permanent success.

ACS UPR-Aguadilla an outstanding legacy: 15 years of successful history

255th National Meeting (2018)

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